Forestry (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2020

Transitional and saving provisions

6. (1) The amendments of section 14A of the Act of 2001 effected—

(a) by paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of section 3 shall apply in respect of the composition of the Forestry Appeals Committee who consider an appeal made before or after the coming into operation of those paragraphs (a), (b) and (c), and

(b) by paragraphs (e) and (f) of section 3 shall apply to an appeal made after the coming into operation of those paragraphs (e) and (f).

(2) The amendment of the Act of 2001 effected by section 4

(a) in so far as it relates to the insertion into the Act of 2001 of section 14B (other than subsections (4), (5) and (6) of that section), 14C and 14D shall apply to, or in relation to, an appeal made before or after the coming into operation of section 4 , and

(b) in so far as it relates to the insertion into the Act of 2001 of subsections (4), (5) and (6) of section 14B shall apply to, or in relation to, an appeal made on or after the coming into operation of section 4 .

(3) A person appointed by the Minister to be the chairperson or a member of the Forestry Appeals Committee under section 14A of the Act of 2001 or regulations made under it before the coming into operation of this Act shall continue as such chairperson or member under and in accordance with the Act of 2001 as amended by this Act or regulations made under the Act of 2001 as so amended.

(4) In this section “appeal” means an appeal under section 14A(4) of the Act of 2001 whether it is made before or after the coming into operation of section 3 (d).