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FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 57ZA

Secretary may determine amount of fallen or felled trees cut and taken away in certain regions

    (1)     The Secretary may determine the amount of fallen or felled trees that, in any financial year, may be cut and taken away in any one or more firewood collection areas in a region for domestic use as firewood in a household.

    (2)     Before making a determination setting the amount, the Secretary must be satisfied that the determination is necessary for management of the supply of fallen or felled trees for domestic use as firewood in the region.

    (3)     A determination under subsection (1) must specify—

        (a)     the region in which it applies; and

        (b)     the amount (being less than 16 cubic metres) of fallen or felled trees that may be cut and taken away in firewood collection areas in that region for domestic use as firewood in a financial year.

    (4)     The Secretary must not make a determination under subsection (1) relating to a financial year after the commencement of a firewood collection season in that financial year.

    (5)     A determination under subsection (1) must be published in the Government Gazette.

S. 57ZB inserted by No. 46/2012 s. 5.



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