Victorian Current Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 57X

Offences as to amount of fallen or felled trees cut or taken away in a day

    (1)     A person must not, in any one or more firewood collection areas during a firewood collection season applying to the area or areas, cut or take away more than 2 cubic metres but less than 4 cubic metres of fallen or felled trees in a day.

Penalty:     20 penalty units.

    (2)     A person must not, in any one or more firewood collection areas during a firewood collection season applying to the area or areas, cut or take away 4 cubic metres or more of fallen or felled trees in a day.

Penalty:     50 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.

    (3)     Subsections (1) and (2) apply whether or not the person cuts or takes away fallen or felled trees as a nominee.

    (4)     In this section and sections 57Y to 57ZB

"firewood collection area" includes a firewood collection area determined under section 21P of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 ;

"firewood collection season" includes a firewood collection season within the meaning of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 .

S. 57Y inserted by No. 46/2012 s. 5.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback