Private Forests Act 1994

Private Forests Act 1994
1993-1999
Enacted byGovernor of Tasmania
Assented toMay 10, 1994

The Private Forests Act 1994, established an Authority to provide assistance and advice on private forest management, to prescribe the functions and powers of that authority, to provide for related matters and to amend certain Acts. The Act created Private Forests Tasmania, a body corporate with perpetual succession, with seal and may sue and be sued in its corporate name.[1]

The Act was given Royal assent on May 10, 1994.[2][3][4]

The Act, under Schedule 1, set out the broad objective of the Authority which is to "facilitate and expand the development of the private forest resource in Tasmania in a manner which is consistent with sound forest land management practice" [1].

  1. ^ "Private Forests Act 1994". About pft. pft.tas.gov. Archived from the original on 25 May 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2015.
  2. ^ OECD (27 March 1998). OECD Environmental Performance Reviews OECD Environmental Performance Reviews: Australia 1998. OECD Publishing. pp. 51–. ISBN 978-92-64-16269-3.
  3. ^ Martin R. Perrow; Anthony J. Davy (5 September 2002). Handbook of Ecological Restoration. Cambridge University Press. pp. 108–. ISBN 978-0-521-79129-8.
  4. ^ "Forestry administration in Tasmania: Timeline of key events". ABC. ABC. Retrieved 30 September 2015.