This Act is to establish Forestry Plantations Queensland to manage, under the Forestry Act 1959, State forests that are plantation forests, including selling particular forest products from those forests, and to own and use other property for plantation-related purposes, and to amend various Acts. This corporation has the following functions (a) managing State plantation forests by (i) entering into a profit a prendre for the Forestry Act 1959, section 46(1AA),3 in relation to natural resource products on State plantation forests; and (ii) dealing with the natural resource products in accordance with the profit a prendre and the Forestry Act 1959; and (iii) performing functions, and exercising powers ,under the Forestry Act 1959 in relation to State plantation forests; (b) owning and using freehold land primarily for plantation purposes and any other purpose consistent with those plantation purposes; (c) entering into, and complying with, profits a prendre under the Land Act 1994, the Land Title Act 1994 or a law of another State; (d) selling plantation-related services to other persons; (e) investing, under section 17, in activities performed on, or connected with, any of the following (i) a State plantation forest; (ii) freehold land mentioned in paragraph (b); (iii) land subject to a profit a prendre mentioned in paragraph (c); (iv) the provision of services mentioned in paragraph (d); (f) paying dividends to the State under section 22;(g) performing community service obligations; (h) reporting to the responsible Ministers as required under this Act.
澳大利亚 · 2007-05-02