Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 No 143. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Parts 1, 4 and 5 (other than secs 20, 21 and 22 (2)), secs 243 (1) and 247, cll 1–3 of Sch 7 and the Dictionary, 15.6.2001, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 15.6.2001, p 3654; date of commencement of the remainder (other than cl 11 of Sch 7), 28.9.2001, sec 2 and GG No 146 of 28.9.2001, p 8183; cl 11 of Sch 7 was not commenced and was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112. This Act has been amended as follows:

1999	No 31	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.37, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.58, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 93	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1.23, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2.34, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 90	Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Auditor-General) Act 2001. Assented to 6.12.2001. Date of commencement, 21.12.2001, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 21.12.2001, p 10446.
	No 121	Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002	No 33	Pastoral and Agricultural Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 24.6.2002. Date of commencement, 27.9.2002, sec 2 and GG No 154 of 27.9.2002, p 8371.
	No 64	Game and Feral Animal Control Act 2002. Assented to 10.7.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 3.4, 6.8.2004, sec 2 and GG No 131 of 6.8.2004, p 6300.
	No 103	Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.
	No 112	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2003	No 6	Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 28.5.2003. Date of commencement, 1.8.2003, sec 2 and GG No 121 of 1.8.2003, p 7529.
	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 87	Veterinary Practice Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 3.23, 1.9.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 111 of 1.9.2006, p 7064. The amendment made by Sch 3.23 [1] was without effect as the provision being amended was repealed by the Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006.
2004	No 55	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 1.38 [1] and [3], assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 1.38 [2], 1.12.2005, Sch 1.38 and GG No 140 of 18.11.2005, p 9404.
	No 91	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2004. Assented to 10.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 1.34, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005	No 64	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 1.33, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 2	Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006. Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
	No 99	Apiaries Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 27.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.6.2007, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 1.6.2007, p 3049.
	No 118	Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.2007, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11548.
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008	No 23	Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex Relationships) Act 2008. Assented to 11.6.2008. Date of commencement, 22.9.2008, sec 2 and GG No 118 of 19.9.2008, p 9283.
	No 112	Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008. Date of commencement of Schs 1–5, Sch 4 [1] [2] and [4]–[8] excepted, 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 4 [1] [2] and [4]–[8]: not in force.
2009	No 9	Western Lands Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 7.4.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 17	Real Property and Conveyancing Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 13.5.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 105	Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 14.12.2009. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
2010	No 19	Relationships Register Act 2010. Assented to 19.5.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 59	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010. Assented to 28.6.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 2.86, 9.7.2010, sec 2 (2).
2011	No 62	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 2.30, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).
2012	No 52	Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Act 2012. Assented to 27.6.2012. Date of commencement, 6 months after assent (ie 27.12.2012), sec 2 (1).
	No 96	Forestry Act 2012. Assented to 21.11.2012. Date of commencement of Sch 4.39, 1.1.2013, sec 2 and 2012 (680) LW 21.12.2012.

Table of amendments

Long title	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [1].
Sec 2A	Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [2].
Part 2, heading	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [2] [3].
Sec 6	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 7	Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 9	Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 11	Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 12	Am 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [8], 5 [3].
Part 4 (secs 14–18)	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [9].
Part 5, Div 1	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Secs 19–21	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Part 5, Div 2	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 22	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 23	Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [1]. Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 24	Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [2] [3]. Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 25	Am 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [1]. Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 26	Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Secs 26A, 26B	Ins 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [3]. Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Part 5, Div 3, heading	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [4].
Part 5, Div 3	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [5] [6].
Sec 27	Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [4]; 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [11] [12], 5 [5] [6].
Sec 28	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [5].
Sec 29	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [5] [6].
Sec 31	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 33	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [7].
Sec 35	Am 2001 No 90, Sch 2.3 [1] [3].
Sec 36	Am 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [2]–[4].
Sec 36A	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [5].
Part 6, heading	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [14].
Part 6, Div 1	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [15].
Secs 37–40	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 41	Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 42	Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [4]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [8].
Sec 43	Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [5]. Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [9].
Sec 43A	Ins 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [5]. Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [16].
Sec 44	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [10].
Sec 49	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [11].
Sec 52	Am 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 53	Am 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [12].
Sec 54	Rep 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 55	Am 2001 No 90, Sch 2.3 [2] [3].
Part 6, Div 4A (secs 55A–55F)	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Part 6, Div 4B	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 55G	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 55H	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10]. Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [17].
Secs 55I, 55J	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 55K	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10]. Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 55L	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 56	Am 2001 No 90, Sch 2.3 [3]; 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [11]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [13].
Sec 56A	Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [14].
Sec 57A	Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [12].
Part 6A, Divs 1–3 (secs 57B–57F)	Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 60	Subst 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [1].
Sec 62	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 4 [3]; 2009 No 105, Sch 1.1 [1].
Sec 65	Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 66	Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [7]–[10].
Sec 68	Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 72	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [15].
Sec 84	Am 2012 No 96, Sch 4.39 [1].
Secs 85–88	Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [1].
Sec 89	Am 2005 No 64, Sch 1.33 [1]; 2012 No 96, Sch 4.39 [2] [3].
Secs 90, 91	Am 2012 No 96, Sch 4.39 [1] [2].
Sec 92	Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [2].
Sec 100	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [16]–[18].
Sec 101	Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [19].
Sec 102	Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [12] [13]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [20] [21].
Sec 125	Am 2006 No 99, Sch 3.
Sec 129	Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [1].
Sec 133	Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [19] [20].
Sec 134	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [22].
Part 10A	Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1].
Secs 140A, 140B	Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 140C	Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1]. Am 2003 No 87, Sch 3.23 [2].
Secs 140D–140G	Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 140H	Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1]. Am 2011 No 62, Sch 2.30.
Secs 140I, 140J	Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 144	Am 2002 No 64, Sch 3.4; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [23]; 2012 No 52, Sch 2.2 [1] [2].
Sec 145	Am 2012 No 52, Sch 2.2 [3].
Secs 159–162, 168	Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [24].
Sec 169	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [25].
Sec 172	Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 187	Am 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [2] [3]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [26].
Sec 191	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [27] [28].
Sec 196	Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.85 [1]–[4].
Sec 198	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [2].
Sec 201	Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.14.
Sec 204	Am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.58; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.184 [1]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 205	Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.184 [2].
Sec 207	Subst 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 214A	Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [29].
Sec 215	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [21] [22].
Sec 218	Am 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [23] [24], 5 [30].
Sec 219	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [30].
Sec 221	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [25].
Sec 222	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [26].
Sec 223	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 224	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 226	Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 232	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [19].
Sec 233	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 235	Am 2004 No 91, Sch 1.34 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [20].
Secs 237, 238	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 240	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [31] [32].
Sec 241	Am 2004 No 91, Sch 1.34 [1].
Sec 242	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [33] [34].
Sec 243	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [35].
Sec 244	Am 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [4].
Sec 246	Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sec 249	Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 3 [1].
Sch 1A	Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [30].
Sch 1, heading	Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [31].
Sch 1	Am 1999 No 94, sec 7 (3) and Sch 5, Part 3; 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [3]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.33 [2]; 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [31]–[47], 5 [36]–[38]; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.95 [1].
Sch 2	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [4]; 2001 No 56, Sch 2.34; 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [16]–[19]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.33 [3]. Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 2.
Sch 3	Am 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2.
Sch 5	Am 2008 No 23, Sch 3.41 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [39] [40].
Sch 6	Am 1999 No 31, Sch 2.37; 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [5]. Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 7	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [6]; 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [5] [6]; 2002 No 112, Sch 3; 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [20] [21]; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.34 [2]; 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [41] [42]; 2009 No 105, Sch 1.1 [2] [3].
Sch 8	Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 3 [2].
Dictionary	Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [3]; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.34 [1] [3] [4]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [6]; 2008 No 23, Sch 3.41 [2]; 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [48]–[55], 5 [43]–[45]; 2009 No 9, Sch 3.12; 2010 No 19, Sch 3.95 [2]; 2010 No 59, Sch 2.86; 2012 No 96, Sch 4.39 [1].
The whole Act (except secs 20, 39, 40, Part 6A, secs 133, 214A, 218 (2) (c), (4) and (5), 221, 223–225, 243 (2) (i), Schs 1A, 1, 2, 7 and 8, the Dictionary and the headings to secs 118–120 and 214)	Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [56] (“a board”, “the board”, “boards”, “A board”, “each board”, “boards’”, “a board’s”, “The board”, “the board’s”, “A board’s”, “relevant board”, “responsible board”, “or board’s” and “affected board” omitted wherever occurring, “an authority”, “the authority”, “authorities”, “An authority”, “each authority”, “authorities’”, “an authority’s”, “The authority”, “the authority’s”, “An authority’s”, “relevant authority”, “responsible authority”, “or authority’,” and “affected authority” inserted instead, respectively).