Supplementary Order Papers (SOPs) are proposed amendments to Bills
Clause 43: new section 158A
Subsection (1): to omit “An owner”
(line 14 on page 174) and substitute “A landowner”
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Subsection (2)(a): to insert after “other forest land”
(line 21 on page 174) “(the offsetting forest land)”
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Subsection (2)(a)(i): to omit “land proposed to be offset”
(line 22 on page 174) and substitute “proposed offsetting forest land”
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Subsection (2)(a)(ii): to omit “met.”
(line 25 on page 174) and substitute “met; and”
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Subsection (3)(a): to omit this paragraph (lines 28 to 32 on page 174) and substitute the following paragraph:
“(a) if the chief executive approves the offsetting of pre-1990 forest land, subject to complying with any conditions of the approval,—
“(i) the pre-1990 forest land ceases to be pre-1990 forest land; and
“(ii) the applicant does not become a participant in respect of the deforestation of the pre-1990 forest land; and
Subsection (3)(b)(i): to omit “other land that has been offset for the pre-1990 forest land”
(lines 3 and 4 on page 175) and substitute “offsetting forest land”
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Subsection (3)(c): to omit this paragraph (lines 7 to 13 on page 175) and substitute the following paragraph:
“(c) a person may not register as a participant in respect of an activity listed in Part 1 of Schedule 4 in respect of post-1989 forest land that is offsetting forest land unless, in accordance with a process prescribed in regulations, units have been surrendered in respect of the deforestation of the pre-1990 forest land that was offset, or surrendered in respect of the offsetting forest land, as the case may be.