Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020
Public bill · Government · Presented
Changes how forestry licence appeals are handled, mainly to speed up the Forestry Appeals Committee’s work and clear delays. It lets the committee split into smaller groups, decide some appeals without a hearing, sets a 28-day appeal deadline, allows appeal fees to be introduced, and gives the Minister more control over procedures and priorities. It also requires more forestry application and appeal documents to be published online, so the public can see more of the process.
Formal long title
Bill entitled an Act to provide for matters relating to forestry including, in relation to the Forestry Appeals Committee, reporting on the activities of the Committee, enabling the Committee to sit in divisions to determine appeals, procedures and arrangements for conduct of appeals by the Committee and the payment of fees to the Committee in respect of appeals; and for those purposes to amend the Agriculture Appeals Act 2001; to provide for the publication of information relating to applications for licences for felling, afforestation, forest road works or aerial fertilisation of forests; for those purposes to amend the Forestry Act 2014; and to provide for related matters.
Last updated 5 October 2020
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