A parliamentary question seeks clarification on the legality of a proposed 20-year resource security commitment to south-west sawmills, with the Minister responding that while multiple legal opinions were sought, none deemed the commitment unlawful.

AnsweredQoN 1689Legislative Council
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11 December 2003
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Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

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(1) Has the minister received more than one Crown Law opinion about the legality of the proposed 20-year resource security commitment to the south west sawmills? (2) If the minister has received more than one opinion from Crown Law, do any of those opinions indicate that the proposed 20-year resource security commitment is either unlawful or has no legal basis? (3) If yes, why is the minister pursuing such a resource security commitment? Hon KIM CHANCE

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(1) Yes, I think so. (2) No. (3) Not applicable.
(2) If the minister has received more than one opinion from Crown Law, do any of those opinions indicate that the proposed 20-year resource security commitment is either unlawful or has no legal basis? (3) If yes, why is the minister pursuing such a resource security commitment? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1) Yes, I think so. (2) No. (3) Not applicable.
(3) If yes, why is the minister pursuing such a resource security commitment? Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1) Yes, I think so. (2) No. (3) Not applicable.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied : (1) Yes, I think so. (2) No. (3) Not applicable.
(1) Yes, I think so. (2) No. (3) Not applicable.
(2) No. (3) Not applicable.
(3) Not applicable.

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