109Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024—Regulations dealing with transitional matters

109 Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024—Regulations dealing with transitional matters (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations containing provisions of a transitional nature, including matters of an application or savings nature, arising as a result of the enactment of the **Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024** (including the repeals and amendments made by that Act). (2) Regulations made under this section may— (a) have a retrospective effect to a day on or from the day on which the **Sustainable Forests (Timber) Repeal Act 2024** receives the Royal Assent; and (b) be of limited or general application; and (c) leave any matter or thing to be decided by a specified person or class of person; and (d) provide for the exemption of persons or things or classes of persons or things from any of the regulations made under this section. (3) Regulations made under this section have effect despite anything to the contrary in any Act (other than this Act or the **Charter of Human Rights and Responsibilities Act 2006**) or in any subordinate instrument. (4) This section is **repealed** on the second anniversary of the day on which it comes into operation. Schedules Sch. 1 repealed by No. 38/2021 s. 15(2). Ss 3, 42. Sch. 2 substituted by Nos 6976 s. 7(1)(k), 7228 s. 7(Sch. 4 Pt 12(d)), 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 90). Second Schedule—Reserved forests The areas of Crown lands delineated by projections bearing a distinguishing colour or shading on maps— (a) sealed with the seal of the Board of Land and Works before 15 March 1965; (b) signed by the Minister of Lands on or after 15 March 1965 and before 1 September 1983; or (c) signed by the Minister for Conservation, Forests and Lands on or after 1 September 1983— and deposited with the Clerk of the Parliaments and described— (d) where the maps were sealed and deposited before 18 December 1962—as permanent forests or as timber reserves; or (e) in any other case—as reserved forests. Sch. 3 repealed by No. 6976 s. 7(1)(l), new Sch. 3 inserted by No. 82/1990 s. 5, amended by GG 16.1.97 p. 128, repealed by No. 48/2004 s. 109(c), new Sch. 3 inserted by No. 46/2021 s. 9, amended by No. 26/2023 s. 27. Third Schedule | | *Column 1*<br>*Disease* | *Column 2*<br>*Qualifying period* | | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | Primary site brain cancer | 5 years | | 2 | Primary site bladder cancer | 15 years | | 3 | Primary site kidney cancer | 15 years | | 4 | Primary non-Hodgkins lymphoma | 15 years | | 5 | Primary leukemia | 5 years | | 6 | Primary site breast cancer | 10 years | | 7 | Primary site testicular cancer | 10 years | | 8 | Multiple myeloma | 15 years | | 9 | Primary site prostate cancer | 15 years | | 10 | Primary site ureter cancer | 15 years | | 11 | Primary site colorectal cancer | 15 years | | 12 | Primary site oesophageal cancer | 25 years | | 13 | Primary site cervical cancer | 10 years | | 14 | Primary site ovarian cancer | 10 years | | 15 | Primary site uterine cancer | 10 years | Sch. 4 amended by Nos 6976 s. 22, 7547 s. 3, 7876 s. 2(3), 8945 s. 8, repealed by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.123). Endnotes 1 General information See [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information. The **Forests Act 1958** was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 892. INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA) Style changes Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act. References to ILA s. 39B Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided section or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subsections or subclauses, the original section or clause becomes subsection or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original section or clause. Interpretation As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects: • Headings All headings included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any heading inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; sections; clauses; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms. See section 36(1A)(2A). • Examples, diagrams or notes All examples, diagrams or notes included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Act. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Act. See section 36(3A). • Punctuation All punctuation included in an Act which is passed on or after 1 January 2001 forms part of that Act. Any punctuation inserted in an Act which was passed before 1 January 2001, by an Act passed on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Act. See section 36(3B). • Provision numbers All provision numbers included in an Act form part of that Act, whether inserted in the Act before, on or after 1 January 2001. Provision numbers include section numbers, subsection numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C). • Location of "legislative items" A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of an Act is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B. • Other material Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of an Act. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).