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Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Bill
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This bill establishes a new regulatory system for providing legal harvest assurance for the forestry and wood-processing sector.
Bill No.118-3
53Parliament
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Assented on 18 May 2023
Act: Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Act 2023
Royal Assent
The Governor-General formally signs the bill into law.
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Member(s) in charge: Hon Stuart Nash, Hon Peeni Henare Type of Bill: Government Parliament: 53 Bill no: 118-3 Introduction: 17 May 2022 First reading agreed: 21 Jun 2022 Referred to: Primary Production Submissions due: 02 Aug 2022 Select Committee Report(s): Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Bill (118-2) - 13 Dec 2022 Second reading agreed: 09 Mar 2023 Committee of the whole House concluded: 02 May 2023 Third reading agreed: 17 May 2023 Royal assent: 18 May 2023 Act: Forests (Legal Harvest Assurance) Amendment Act 2023