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This Act may be cited as the Inland Fisheries (Director of Inland Fisheries Validation) Act 2003 .
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Tasmania act
This short Act retroactively treats the person who acted as Director of Inland Fisheries between 1 March 2000 and 26 May 2003 as validly appointed and confirms that acts done or omitted by them in that role are not invalid solely because a formal appointment under section 11 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 was missing. It also assigns responsibility for administering this Act to the Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment and that Department until an Administrative Arrangements order is made.
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Direct links to the current provisions in Inland Fisheries (Director of Inland Fisheries Validation) Act 2003.
This Act may be cited as the Inland Fisheries (Director of Inland Fisheries Validation) Act 2003 .
This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(1) The person who performed and exercised, or purported to perform and exercise, the functions and powers of the Director of Inland Fisheries during the period commencing on 1 March 2000 and ending on 26 May 2003 is taken to have been validly appointed under section 11 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 as, and to have held the office of, Director of Inland Fisheries for that period.
(2) An act done or omitted by or in relation to the person referred to in subsection (1) in, or in respect of, the performance or exercise, or the purported performance or exercise, of the duties, functions, obligations, rights and powers of the Director of Inland Fisheries during the period specified in that subsection is not invalid by reason only that the person did not hold an appointment to that office under section 11 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 at the time the act was done or omitted.
Until provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 –
(a) the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment; and
(b) the department responsible to that Minister in relation to the administration of this Act is the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.
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This Act may be cited as the Inland Fisheries (Director of Inland Fisheries Validation) Act 2003 .
This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.
(1) The person who performed and exercised, or purported to perform and exercise, the functions and powers of the Director of Inland Fisheries during the period commencing on 1 March 2000 and ending on 26 May 2003 is taken to have been validly appointed under section 11 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 as, and to have held the office of, Director of Inland Fisheries for that period.
(2) An act done or omitted by or in relation to the person referred to in subsection (1) in, or in respect of, the performance or exercise, or the purported performance or exercise, of the duties, functions, obligations, rights and powers of the Director of Inland Fisheries during the period specified in that subsection is not invalid by reason only that the person did not hold an appointment to that office under section 11 of the Inland Fisheries Act 1995 at the time the act was done or omitted.
Until provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 –
(a) the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment; and
(b) the department responsible to that Minister in relation to the administration of this Act is the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.