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Forestry (Amendment) Act 1989

Commencement: 24 April 1989

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

THE FORESTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT
No. 3 OF 1989

Arrangement of Sections

1. Amendment of Section 1 of Act No. 14 of 1982.

2. Amendment of Section 11(1) of the Act.

3. Amendment of Section 14 of the Act.

4. Commencement.

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Assent: 18/4/89
Commencement: 24/4/89

THE FORESTRY (AMENDMENT) ACT
No. 3 OF 1989

To amend the Forestry Act No. 14 of 1982.

BE IT ENACTED by the President and Parliament as follows:-

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 1 OF ACT NO. 14 OF 1982

1. Section 1 of the Forestry Act No. 14 of 1982 (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), as amended, is further amended -

(a) by inserting after the definition of the words "clearing operations" the following definitions:

""Director" means the Director of Forestry or such other person as the Public Service Commission may appoint as Director for the purposes of this Act";

(b) by deleting the words "Forest Officer" and its definition substituting the following definition therefor:-

""Forest Officer" means any forest officer or any officer carrying out the duties of a forest officer, whose duties are approved by the Director under this Act."

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 11(1) OF THE ACT

2. Section 11 of the Act is amended in subsection (1) by deletion of the following words:-

"and shall be exempt from the provisions of section 6 and 7 of the Land Reform Regulation No. 31 of 1980 or any provision replacing such provisions."

AMENDMENT OF SECTION 14 OF THE ACT

3. Section 14 of the Act is amended by deleting the words "Forest Service" and substituting the words "Director of Forestry" wherever it appears in the section.

COMMENCEMENT

4. This Act shall come into force on the date of its publication the Official Gazette.

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