Forest Practices Advisory Council Must Include People with Experience in Tree Growing and Non-Tree Farming Nominated by TasFarmers
Forest Practices Amendment Bill 2026
House of Assembly
Legislative Council
Assent
Introduced by: The Hon Felix Ellis MP (LIB)
Links to official parliament websites
Effects of this bill
If this bill passes, it means that:
The Forest Practices Advisory Council must include a person with experience growing trees on private land; this person is nominated by TasFarmers and the Tasmanian Forest Products Association.
The Council must include a person with experience in agriculture other than tree growing; this person is nominated by TasFarmers.
The law confirms that specific administrative rules apply to bodies named under the Forest Practices Amendment Act 2026.
In a year, the Forest Practices Amendment Act 2026 will expire automatically once it has done its job, so it does not have to be manually repealed by Parliament.