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Forestry Act 1916 No 55
Current version for 17 July 2009 to date (accessed 23 May 2013 at 12:30).
Does not include amendments by:Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Directors’ Liability) Act 2012 No 97 (not commenced — to commence on 11.1.2013)Repeal:The Act was repealed by Sch 5 to the Forestry Act 2012 No 96 with effect from 1.1.2013.
Part 1 The commission and its powers and duties
5 Constitution of the commission
6, 6A (Repealed)
8 Judicial notice of incorporation
8A Objects of the commission
9 General powers of the commission
9A Secretary to the commission
9B Inspectorial districts
10 Training, research and collection of statistics
10A Delegation
11 Powers and duties of the commission
11AA Limit on power to take timber etc from land subject to
11A Sylvicultural management of certain lands in the land
district of Murrumbidgee
11B Sylvicultural management of certain lands in catchment
areas etc
11C Power of the commission to patent and use
11D (Repealed)
12 Banking arrangements
13 Application of money
14A Dividends
Part 2 State forests, timber reserves and flora
15 Acquisition and sale of land
16A Exchange of land dedicated as State forest
17 Classification of forest lands
17A Review of dedicated State forests
18 Dedication of State forests
19 Revocation of dedication
19A National forests
19B Revocation of dedication etc in certain
20 Leases within State forests
20A Easements
21 Land subject to mining law
21A Special management zones
22 Reservation of timber reserves
23 Revocation of reservation
24 Lease or licence of land within a timber
25 Existing leases and licences in State forests and timber
25A Flora reserves
25B (Repealed)
Part 2A Provisions applicable on conversion of certain leases
from the Crown to freehold
25C Definitions
25D Application of provisions of this Part
25E Restriction on granting applications to purchase land
subject to prescribed leases from the Crown
25F Crown’s rights to timber and products on
purchase-tenure land
25G Commission may sell its rights in timber and products on
25H Timber or products to be removed in one continuous
25I Commission to execute certificate releasing land from
25J (Repealed)
Part 3 Provisions relating to the taking of timber, products
and forest materials
Division 1 Unlawful taking of timber, products and forest
26, 26A (Repealed)
27 Penalty for unlawfully taking timber, products or forest
27A Timber licences
27B Products licences
27C Forest materials licences
27D Consents of lessees and trustees
27E Trees planted, established or necessary for certain
27F Issue of licences in respect of flora reserves
27G Clearing licences
27H Restrictions on issue of clearing licences
28 Sawmill licences
29 Penalty for unlawfully working sawmill
Division 3 Payment of royalty
30A Royalty for timber, products and forest
30AA Limitation on royalty
30B Amount of royalty
30C (Repealed)
30D Timber organisations
30E Apportionment of royalty—certain land
30F Royalty payments by commission
30G (Repealed)
30H Liability for royalty if timber etc taken without
Division 4 Taking of small quantities from certain
30I Taking of small quantities of timber etc from certain
Division 5 Savings and transitional provisions
30J Definitions
30K Phasing-in of royalty apportionment scheme
30L Prevention of payment of compensation and royalty
apportionment for same period
30M (Repealed)
Part 4 Permits and forest leases
31 Permits to occupy and use land
32 Offences relating to the grazing of animals and the
occupation or use of land
32A Definition of animal for purposes of sec 32C
32C Offences relating to hunting and using firearms
32D Delivery up and seizure of firearms etc
32E Disposal of firearms etc
32F Special purposes permits
32G Offences relating to activities prescribed for the
purposes of sec 32F
33 Issue of forest leases
33A Roads of access—declaration of
Part 4A Carbon sequestration rights
33B Definitions
33C Powers of commission in respect of carbon sequestration
Part 5 General and supplemental
34 Licences, permits and forest leases not
35 Suspension of licence, permit or lease
35A Removal of unauthorised structures
35B–36 (Repealed)
36A Control signs
37 Savings, transitional and other provisions
38 Power to enter land and inspect
38A Requirement to state name and address
38B Requirement for owner of motor vehicle and others to give
38C Liability of vehicle owners for parking
39 Recovery of royalties and rents
40 Reviews of certain decisions under Act by Administrative
43 Seizure and forfeiture of timber, products and forest
44 Penalties for offences against officers etc
45 False entries or returns
45A Evidence of maps or plans
45B Certain allegations in informations
46 Recovery of penalties etc
46A Penalty notices for certain offences
47 Penalties to be in addition to fines under licences or
48 Compensation
Third Schedule Savings, transitional and other
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to forestry; to
provide for the dedication, reservation, control, and use of State forests,
timber reserves, and Crown lands for forestry and other purposes; to appoint a
commission to administer the Act, with power to sell and convert timber and
products, and to purchase and sell animals to be depastured on State forests
and timber reserves; to repeal the Forestry Act
1909; to amend the Acts relating to Crown lands, and certain
other Acts; and for purposes consequent thereon or incidental
thereto.Part 1A Preliminary1 Name of Act and commencementThis Act may be cited as the Forestry Act 1916.It shall commence on the first day of November, one thousand nine
hundred and sixteen.2 (Repealed)3 RepealThe Forestry Act 1909 is hereby
repealed:Provided that:(a) all licences, permits and exclusive rights granted under the Act
hereby repealed and in force at the commencement of this Act shall, until
cancelled, continue in force for the respective periods for which they were
granted, and the provisions of the Act hereby repealed shall, notwithstanding
such repeal, apply to the same,
(b) all regulations made under the Act hereby repealed and in force at
the commencement of this Act shall, mutatis mutandis, apply as if made under
this Act, but may be amended or repealed by regulations made under this
4 Definitions(1) In this Act, unless the context requires another meaning:carbon
sequestration has the same meaning as it has in section 87A of the
1919.Clearing
licence means a licence issued under section 27G which is in
force.Crown
lands has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1989.Crown Lands
Acts has the same meaning as in the Crown Lands Act 1989.Crown-timber
lands means:(a) land within a State forest or flora reserve,
(b) Crown lands, whether or not held under a lease or licence from the
Crown and whether or not included in a timber reserve, and
(c) land affected by a profit à prendre reserved in respect
thereof under subsection (1) of section 25F,
but does not include:(d) any Crown lands the subject of a tenure from the Crown specified
or described in the First Schedule if the land the subject of that tenure has
an area of 2 hectares or less, or
(e) any Crown lands the subject of a tenure from the Crown not
specified in that Schedule.
reserve means land dedicated or set apart under this Act as a flora
reserve.Forest
lease means a lease granted under section 33 (1) which is in
force.Forest
materials means rock, stone, clay, shells, earth, sand, gravel or
any like material.Forest
materials licence means a licence issued under section 27C which is
in force.Holder, in
relation to a clearing licence, includes, except in section 27G, a successor
in title to the land in respect of which the clearing licence is
issued.Lease when
referring to a lease under the Crown Lands Acts includes a promise of lease
under those Acts; and lessee means the holder of such
lease, and includes the holder of any such promise.Licence
means a licence issued by the commission under this Act.Motor
cycle means any motor vehicle which has 2 wheels or, where a sidecar
or sidebox is attached thereto, has 3 wheels.Motor
vehicle means a motor car, motor carriage, motor cycle or other
apparatus propelled on land, snow or ice wholly or partly by volatile spirit,
steam, gas, oil or electricity.natural
resource environmental service includes any of the following:(a) the establishment, purchase, management or maintenance of planted
forests for the purpose of mine site management, carbon sequestration, forest
biomass production, soil and water catchment improvement, biodiversity
conservation, control of feral and weed species, research or for any other
environmental purpose,
(b) the provision of any service that is necessary or incidental to a
matter referred to in paragraph (a) including:(i) the procurement of land, the registration of interests in land and
the obtaining of any necessary statutory approvals, and
(ii) the accreditation or other authorisation of a plantation,
(iii) the securing of contractual
(c) any other service provided in connection with the use or
management of planted forests that is prescribed by the
means:(a) products of trees or shrubs, and
(b) vegetable growth (other than timber),
of economic value.Products
licence means a licence issued under section 27B which is in
force.special
management zone means any area of State forest declared to be a
special management zone under section 21A.State
forest means land dedicated under this Act, or under the Act hereby
repealed, as a State forest.The
commission means the Forestry Commission of New South Wales
constituted under this Act.The
regulations means the regulations made under this
Act.Timber
includes trees of any age or description, whether growing or
dead.Timber
licence means a licence issued under section 27A which is in
force.Timber
reserve means land temporarily reserved, before or after the
commencement of this Act, for forestry purposes.Tree means a
tree of any description and includes a sapling and a seedling of a
tree.Working
plan means a detailed written scheme, as approved by the Minister,
of the operations to be undertaken on or in relation to a particular flora
reserve.(2) Notes included in this Act do not form part of this
Act.Part 1 The commission and its powers and duties5 Constitution of the commission(1) The Governor shall appoint some person as commissioner, who shall
constitute the Forestry Commission.(2) (a) The Governor may from time to time appoint two Assistant
Commissioners to assist the Commissioner in the exercise and discharge of the
Commissioner’s powers, authorities, duties and functions under this or
any other Act.The Minister may from time to time, after consulting the
Commissioner, allot the duties of the Assistant Commissioners
(2A) The employment of the Commissioner and each Assistant Commissioner
is subject to Part 2A of the Public Sector
Management Act 1988, but is not subject to Part 2 of that
Act.(3)–(6) (Repealed)(7) (a) In the case of the absence from duty of the Commissioner the
Governor may appoint one of the Assistant Commissioners a deputy to act in the
place of the Commissioner during the Commissioner’s
(b) Any deputy appointed under this subsection while acting as deputy
shall have the immunities and may exercise and discharge all the powers,
authorities, duties and functions of the Commissioner in whose place the
deputy acts.
(c) A deputy appointed under this subsection may if the Minister
thinks fit be paid such remuneration for the deputy’s services,
(d) No person shall be concerned to inquire whether or not any
occasion has arisen requiring or authorising a deputy to act in the place of
the Commissioner, or as to the necessity or propriety of any appointment of a
deputy; and all acts or things done or omitted by a deputy when so acting as
aforesaid shall be as valid and effectual and shall have the same consequences
as if the same had been done or omitted by the Commissioner for whom the
deputy is acting.
(8)–(9) (Repealed)6, 6A (Repealed)7 Incorporation(1) For the purposes of this Act the person for the time being holding
the office of commissioner is constituted a corporation sole under the name of
the Forestry Commission of New South Wales, with perpetual succession and a
seal of office, and may in that name sue and be sued and proceed and be
proceeded against in all courts.(1A) The commission:(a) subject to subsection (3), may, for the purposes of this Act,
take, purchase, exchange, take on lease, hold, sell, let on lease, mortgage or
otherwise acquire, dispose of or deal with real or personal property,
(b) may do and suffer all other things that bodies corporate generally
may, by law, do and suffer and that are necessary for or incidental to those
(2) Where any property or interest therein or charge thereon is vested
in or acquired by the commission the same shall, unless otherwise disposed of
by the commission in accordance with this Act, pass and devolve to and vest in
the successors of the commission.(3) It shall not be lawful for the commission to exchange, sell,
mortgage or otherwise dispose of any real property vested in it, unless in
accordance with the express provisions of this Act, or when no express
provision is made, unless with the approval of the
Governor.(4) In the exercise of its functions under this or any other Act, the
commission may use the name “Forests
NSW”.8 Judicial notice of incorporationAll courts, judges, and persons acting judicially shall take
judicial notice of the seal of office of the commission affixed to any deed,
instrument, or writing, and shall presume that such seal was properly affixed
thereto.8A Objects of the commission(1) The objects of the commission shall be:(a) to conserve and utilise the timber on Crown-timber lands and land
owned by the commission or otherwise under its control or management to the
best advantage of the State,
(b) to provide adequate supplies of timber from Crown-timber lands and
land owned by the commission or otherwise under its control or management for
building, commercial, industrial, agricultural, mining and domestic
(c) to preserve and improve, in accordance with good forestry
practice, the soil resources and water catchment capabilities of Crown-timber
lands and land owned by the commission or otherwise under its control or
(d) to encourage the use of timber derived from trees grown in the
(e) consistent with the use of State forests for the purposes of
forestry and of flora reserves for the preservation of the native flora
thereon:(i) to promote and encourage their use as a recreation,
(ii) to conserve birds and animals thereon,
(f) to provide natural resource environmental services (whether within
or outside of New South Wales).
(2) In the attainment of its objects and the exercise and performance
of its powers, authorities, duties and functions under this Act, the
commission shall take all practicable steps that it considers necessary or
desirable to ensure the preservation and enhancement of the quality of the
environment.(3) The commission may make recommendations to the Minister with
respect to any of its objects, powers, authorities, duties or functions and
shall, when requested by the Minister to do so, make recommendations to the
Minister with respect to any matter relating to its objects, powers,
authorities, duties or functions.9 General powers of the commissionThe commission shall have the administration of this Act, may
exercise the powers and shall discharge the duties conferred and imposed on it
by this Act.In the exercise and discharge of the powers, authorities, duties
and functions conferred or imposed on the commission by or under this Act or
any other Act the commission shall, except in relation to the contents of a
recommendation or report made by it to the Minister, be subject in all
respects to the control and direction of the Minister.The commission cannot employ any staff.Note. Staff may be employed under Chapter 1A of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act
exercise its functions.9A Secretary to the commissionThere shall be a secretary to the commission who shall, under and
subject to the provisions of the Public Service Act
1979, be appointed by the Governor.9B Inspectorial districts(1) For the purposes of this Act the State shall be divided into not
less than three inspectorial districts, the boundaries of which shall be
determined by the Minister on the advice of the Commissioner and may on such
advice as aforesaid be altered by the Minister from time to time as the
Minister may deem necessary.(2) There shall be a forest inspector for each such
district.Each forest inspector shall, under and subject to the provisions
of the Public Service Act 1979, be appointed by
the Governor.One of such inspectors shall in and by the inspector’s
appointment be the chief forest inspector:Provided that in making appointments to the positions of secretary
and chief forest inspector preference shall be given, other things being
equal, to persons holding a degree or diploma of a recognised school of
forestry:Provided further that nothing in this subsection shall prevent the
promotion or appointment to either of those positions of any officer or person
employed in connection with the administration of this Act immediately before
the commencement of the Forestry (Amendment) Act
1935.10 Training, research and collection of statistics(1) (Repealed)(2) The commission may provide for the training of forest officers,
the conduct of research work, and the collection of statistics in connection
with forestry.10A Delegation(1) The commission may, by instrument in writing under seal,
delegate:(a) to an Assistant Commissioner or authorised person (or a member of
a specified class of authorised persons), or
(d) to any prescribed person or a member of a prescribed class or
description of persons,
the exercise or performance of such of the powers (other than this power
of delegation), authorities, duties or functions conferred or imposed on the
commission by or under this or any other Act as may be specified in the
instrument of delegation, and may, by such an instrument, revoke wholly or in
part any such delegation.(2) A power, authority, duty or function, the exercise or performance
of which has been delegated under this section may, while the delegation
with the terms of the delegation by the delegate to whom the exercise or
performance thereof has been delegated.(3) A delegation under this section may be made subject to such
circumstance as may be specified in the instrument of
commission may continue to exercise or perform all or any of the powers,
authorities, duties or functions delegated.(5) Any act or thing done or suffered by a delegate while acting in
effect as if the act or thing done had been done or suffered by the
commission.(6) An instrument purporting to be signed by a delegate of the
commission in the delegate’s capacity as such a delegate shall in all
courts and before all persons acting judicially be received in evidence as if
it were an instrument executed by the commission under seal and, until the
contrary is proved, shall be deemed to be an instrument signed by a delegate
of the commission under this section.(7) In this section, authorised person means
the secretary to the commission or any person employed under Chapter 1A of the
exercise its functions.11 Powers and duties of the commission(1) Subject to this Act, the commission:(a) shall have the control and management of State forests, timber
reserves and flora reserves and shall control and manage them in such manner
as best serves the public interest and, in so doing, may maintain and improve
indigenous species of trees and may on State forests and timber reserves
establish, maintain and improve plantations of indigenous species and exotic
species, of trees,
(b) may take any timber or products on any Crown-timber lands or, in
accordance with the working plan for any flora reserve, on that flora
(c) may sell or otherwise dispose of any timber or products:(i) so taken or otherwise acquired by the commission,
(ii) for the sale or other disposition of which the commission has
entered into an agreement under paragraph (m)
(d) may convert any timber:(i) so taken or otherwise acquired by the commission,
(ii) for the conversion of which the commission has entered into an
agreement under paragraph (m) (iii),
into logs, wood-chips, wood-pulp or sawn, hewn or dressed timber or any
other article or any substance and may (subject to the terms and conditions of
any such agreement which relates thereto) process any of those articles or
substances or any bark, sidings, off-cuts, sawdust, shavings, or other
residues produced as a consequence of the production of any of those articles
or substances and sell or otherwise dispose of those articles or substances or
anything produced as a consequence of processing any of those articles,
substances or residues,
(d1) may, in respect of timber taken by the commission or any other
person on Crown-timber lands, control the utilisation, sale and disposal of
bark, sidings, off-cuts, chips, sawdust, shavings and other residues produced
as a consequence of the conversion of that timber into logs or any other
(d2) may construct, purchase or take on lease or licence sawmills,
factories or other premises for the purpose of enabling it to carry out any
operation referred to in paragraph (d) of section 11C (2), together with such
plant, machinery and equipment as may be necessary for the purpose of enabling
it to carry out any such operation,
(d3) may engage such employees as are, in the opinion of the
commission, necessary for the purpose of enabling it to carry out any
operation referred to in paragraph (d) or section 11C (2),
(e) may construct roads, bridges, gates, ramps, railways, or
incidental works, necessary for the taking or removing of timber or products
on Crown-timber lands or for the taking or removing of any forest materials
from any State forest or for the classification of lands in accordance with
(f) may, without limiting the generality of the powers conferred on it
by section 7 (1A), purchase, take on lease or licence, charter or otherwise
acquire any vehicle, aircraft, vessel, plant, machinery or other thing and
adapt or manufacture machinery or equipment:(i) necessary for the taking or removing of timber or products on
Crown-timber lands,
(ii) necessary for the transporting of any article or other thing
produced as a consequence of an operation carried out by the commission
pursuant to paragraph (d),
(iii) necessary for the taking or removing of timber or products
pursuant to an agreement under paragraph (m) (iii), or
(iv) otherwise necessary for the attainment of its objects or the
exercise or performance of any of its powers, authorities, duties or functions
(f1) may, without limiting the generality of the powers conferred on it
by section 7 (1A) but subject to section 7 (3), sell, let on lease, charter or
otherwise dispose of any vehicle, aircraft, vessel, plant, machinery or other
thing acquired, adapted or manufactured by the commission pursuant to
paragraph (f),
(f2) may purchase or otherwise acquire vehicles, vehicle chassis,
aircraft, vessels, machinery or equipment and adapt them or it for the purpose
of fire-fighting, may manufacture machinery or equipment for that purpose and
may sell, let on lease, charter or otherwise dispose of anything adapted or
manufactured for that purpose under this paragraph,
(g) may establish seed orchards and nurseries for the propagation of
trees and shrubs and may purchase seeds, trees and shrubs,
(h) may sell seeds, trees and shrubs produced in seed orchards or
nurseries established by the commission,
(i) subject to the Rural Fires Act
1997, may carry out on Crown-timber lands measures for the
protection from fire of timber and products on Crown-timber
(j) may carry out research into the management of forests and flora
reserves, including research into the growth and protection of trees and
shrubs and the properties and use of timber and products,
(k) may provide an inspection service for the inspection of timber,
whether or not the timber is incorporated in any
(k1) may provide a service for the testing of timber and articles and
commodities associated with the use of timber,
(l) may publish information and provide advice to the public with
respect to the growth and protection of trees and shrubs and the properties
and use of timber and products,
(m) may enter into an agreement with any person:(i) for the supply by way of sale to that person, at such intervals or
during such periods, of such quantities and kinds of timber or products taken
or otherwise acquired by the commission, or such quantities and kinds of
articles, substances or other things produced as a consequence of the exercise
by the commission of the powers conferred on it by paragraph (d), as may be
(ii) under which the commission, with the approval of the Minister,
agrees to issue to that person timber licences or products licences or timber
licences and products licences for the taking, at such intervals or during
such periods, of such quantities and kinds of timber or products or timber and
products, as may be specified in the agreement from lands within any area so
(iia) under which the commission carries out sylvicultural activities
on, or under which the commission obtains the benefit of a forestry right
(within the meaning of Division 4 of Part 6 of the Conveyancing Act 1919) in respect of,
that person’s land,
(iii) for the taking or removing of timber or products belonging to that
person, the sale or other disposition of any such timber or products on that
person’s behalf, the carrying out of any operation referred to in
paragraph (d) with respect to any such timber or products or any residues
thereof on that person’s behalf or the acquisition of any such timber or
products from that person, or
(iv) for the doing of any thing for or in relation to any matter
necessary for or incidental to the attainment of its objects or the exercise
or performance of any of its powers, authorities, duties or functions
conferred or imposed by or under this or any other
(m1) may:(i) join with any other person or persons in forming a partnership,
but only where the partnership is formed for the purpose of carrying on the
business of forestry, for the purpose of promoting safety and proficiency of
forest operations or for the purpose of carrying on an activity of the same
nature as an activity which the commission is empowered to carry on by
paragraph (d), (g), (h), (j), (k), (k1) or (l) or section 11C
(ii) either jointly with any other person or persons or by itself,
acquire an interest in any partnership that carries on an activity of the
nature referred to in subparagraph (i), or
(iii) involve itself in the control and management of, and in any
activity of the nature referred to in subparagraph (i) carried on by, any
partnership formed under subparagraph (i) or in which it has acquired an
interest under subparagraph (ii),
(m2) may form a corporation (whether by joining with any other person
or otherwise) for the purpose of facilitating the exercise of any of the
commission’s functions under this Act,
(m3) may do any one or more of the following:(i) procure the use of land on behalf of investors under a forestry
right or by purchase, lease or otherwise,
(ii) establish and maintain timber plantations on behalf of investors
or other persons,
(iii) harvest and market timber grown on behalf of investors or other
(m4) may exercise any of the powers referred to in section
(m5) without limiting paragraph (m4), may, for any purpose consistent
with its objects, grant a forestry right (within the meaning of section 87A of
the Conveyancing Act 1919) in
respect of a State forest, timber reserve or land owned by it, including any
such right that is for the benefit of the commission, and only with the
consent of any lessee in the case of a timber reserve, or
(n) may determine, from time to time, whether fees or charges shall be
charged in respect of any activity carried out by the commission by or under
this Act and, if so, the amounts of those fees or charges and the persons by
whom those fees or charges shall be paid.
(1AA) The commission may exercise the powers conferred on it by
subsection (1) (d2), (d3) and (m1) only with the approval of the Minister
granted with the concurrence of the Treasurer.(1A) The commission may, with the approval of the Minister, enter into
an agreement with any other Minister or with any statutory body or any other
body prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this section or any
council (within the meaning of the Local
Government Act 1993), who or which has power to enter into
such an agreement for the joint utilisation of any land comprised in a State
forest in accordance with any working plan or scheme of operations which is
contained in or referred to in the agreement and which is consistent with the
continuation of the use of the land as a State
forest.(1B) For the purpose only of exercising its powers under subsection
(1A), the commission shall, for the purposes of any other Act which provides
that a Minister, statutory body or any such council may enter into an
agreement with the owner of any land, be deemed to be the owner of land
comprised in a State forest.(1C) The commission may:(a) with the approval of the Minister, enter into an agreement with
any person who has power to enter into such an agreement for the control or
sylvicultural management (or both) of land, not being land to which section
11A or 11B applies, and
(b) in accordance with the terms and conditions of an agreement
entered into under paragraph (a), control and manage the land to which the
(1D) Subject to the terms and conditions of the agreement, the
provisions of this Act apply to and in respect of any land which, in
accordance with an agreement under subsection (1C), is under the control and
sylvicultural management of the commission as if the land were a State
forest.(2) The commission may purchase animals and depasture them on State
forests, and may sell such animals.(3) The commission may with the approval of the Minister:(a) construct, maintain and manage kilns which shall be used solely
for conducting experiments in or in relation to the drying of
(b) purchase any land necessary to enable it to exercise the powers
conferred by paragraph (a).
(4) The commission may enter into an agreement with the holder of a
timber licence, products licence or forest materials licence for the
construction by that holder of roads, bridges, gates and ramps that, and any
incidental works that, in the opinion of the commission, are necessary to
enable timber, products or forest materials to be taken from the land in
respect of which the licence was issued and for the cost of the roads,
bridges, gates and ramps and the incidental works, as specified in the
agreement, to be deducted, in such manner as may be specified in the
agreement, by the holder of the licence from the royalties which, but for the
deductions, the holder would be liable to pay.11AA Limit on power to take timber etc from land subject to
forestry rightDespite any other provision of this Act, the commission is not
authorised to take, or authorise any other person to take, any timber,
products or forest materials from any Crown-timber land that is the subject of
a forestry right within the meaning of section 87A of the Conveyancing Act 1919 unless the
forestry right is held or granted by the commission.11A Sylvicultural management of certain lands in the land
district of Murrumbidgee(1) The Governor may, by proclamation published in the Gazette, vest
in the commission the control or sylvicultural management (or both) of such
lands in the special land districts declared under the Crown Lands Act 1989 in relation to
Yanco and Mirrool as may from time to time be agreed upon between the
commission and the Lands Administration Ministerial Corporation constituted by
the Crown Lands Act 1989 for
such time and upon such terms and conditions as to the division of the revenue
therefrom arising or otherwise as may be agreed and approved by the
Governor.(2) Any such lands while so under the management of the commission
shall be deemed for the purposes of this Act to be State
forests.(3) The Governor shall have, and shall be deemed always to have
had:(a) power to vary, by proclamation published in the Gazette, any
proclamation under subsection (1), or any such proclamation as varied under
this paragraph, with respect to the area of lands the control or sylvicultural
management (or both) of which was vested in the commission, or to revoke any
proclamation under subsection (1) or any such proclamation as varied under
(b) power to approve of the variation of the time for which, and the
terms and conditions upon which, the control or sylvicultural management (or
both) of any lands are vested in the commission under this
(4) The power conferred on the Governor by:(a) paragraph (a) of subsection (3) shall not be exercised, or shall
be deemed never to have been exercisable, as the case may be, except with the
concurrence of the commission and the Lands Administration Ministerial
Corporation constituted by the Crown Lands
Act 1989, or
(b) paragraph (b) of subsection (3) shall not be exercised unless the
variation has been concurred in by the commission and the Lands Administration
Ministerial Corporation constituted by the Crown Lands Act
areas etc(1) The Governor may, by proclamation in the Gazette, authorise the
commission to undertake upon such terms as are approved by the Governor the
sylvicultural management of the catchment area of any system of water
supply.(2) The commission may, with the approval of the Governor, undertake
the direction and supervision of any scheme of tree planting carried out by
any public department or authority.11C Power of the commission to patent and use
inventions(1) The commission shall have and shall be deemed always to have had
power:(a) to take an assignment from an officer or other employee appointed
or employed under this Act of an invention made by such officer or other
person in the course of his or her employment under this Act and to do and
perform all acts and things necessary to obtain letters patent or the like or
other protection for the invention in the Commonwealth of Australia or
(b) to take an assignment from such an officer or other employee of
letters patent for any such invention and to do and perform all acts and
things necessary to obtain letters patent or the like or other protection for
the invention in countries outside the Commonwealth of
(2) Where the commission has been granted or become entitled to the
benefit of letters patent for any such invention, the commission:(a) shall have and may exercise in respect of the invention all the
powers, privileges and authorities conferred by law upon patentees, including
the power to produce, manufacture or sell or otherwise dispose of any article
which is the subject of the invention or in which the invention is
(b) without limiting the generality of the foregoing, may grant
licences for the use of the invention or franchises for the sale of any
article which is the subject of the invention or in which the invention is
incorporated and impose royalties or other fees in respect
11D (Repealed)12 Banking arrangements(1) The commission may from time to time open and maintain an account
or accounts with a bank, building society or credit union approved by the
Treasurer.(2) The commission shall maintain at all times at least one such
account.13 Application of money(1) All money received by the commission shall be paid into an account
referred to in section 12.(2) All money received by the commission shall be applied for the
purposes of this Act.(3) Any interest payable on money invested shall be payable to the
commission.(4) All money appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of this Act
shall be expended under the control and management of the
commission.(5) The Minister may from time to time by notice published in the
Gazette set a limit on the amount of money that the commission may expend on
any work without the approval of the Minister. Any expenditure by the
commission that exceeds that limit is subject to the approval of the
Minister.(6) Nothing in this section affects the operation of the Public Authorities (Financial Arrangements) Act
1987 in relation to the commission.14 FundsThe commission may establish and maintain such funds as the
commission determines, including a general reserve
fund.14A DividendsAt the end of each financial year, the commission shall pay into
the Consolidated Fund out of the net surplus of the commission for that year
such dividend (if any) as may be determined by the Minister after consultation
with the Treasurer and after ensuring that sufficient funds are retained by
the commission to maintain adequate solvency margins and to make such other
provisions as may be considered necessary or
desirable.Part 2 State forests, timber reserves and flora
reserves15 Acquisition and sale of land(1) The Minister may, for the purpose of a State forest, for the
purpose of providing access to a State forest or for any purpose necessary for
or incidental to the management or control of a State forest, acquire land
Terms Compensation) Act 1991.(2) On acquisition, the land is vested in the
Crown.(3) The Minister may, for the purpose of giving effect to an agreement
entered into under section 16A, acquire land dedicated as State forest by
1991.(4) Despite sections 18 (2), 19, 19A, 21A (1A) and 25A (4) of this
Act, the publication in the Gazette of an acquisition notice under section 19
of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms
Compensation) Act 1991 for the purposes of subsection (3)
operates to revoke any dedication as State forest, declaration as national
forest, declaration as special management zone or setting apart as flora
reserve of the land referred to in the acquisition
notice.(4A) The Minister may, on behalf of the Crown, acquire land (including
an interest in land) for the purposes of a future lease grant or dealing by
1991.(4B) An acquisition for a future lease grant or dealing is an
acquisition:(a) to enable the reservation, dedication or setting apart of land
under this Act and the exercise of powers, authorities, duties and functions
conferred or imposed by or under this Act in relation to land,
(b) to enable the exercise of powers, authorities, duties and
functions conferred or imposed by or under this Act in relation to land
already reserved, dedicated or set apart under this
(4C) The publication in the Gazette of an acquisition notice under
section 19 of the Land Acquisition (Just
Terms Compensation) Act 1991 for a purpose that is described
as a future lease grant or dealing does not:(a) to the extent to which the land referred to in the acquisition
notice was Crown land immediately before the publication of the acquisition
notice, affect the status of the land as Crown land, or
(b) operate to revoke a dedication as State forest, declaration as
national forest, declaration as special management zone, dedication or setting
apart as a flora reserve or reservation as a timber reserve of the land
referred to in the acquisition notice.
(4D) Nothing in this section is to be taken to mean that the Minister
cannot exercise functions in relation to land under this Act unless the
Minister first compulsorily acquires the land
concerned.(4E) Subsection (4A) does not limit the purposes for which land may be
acquired under subsection (1) or any other provision of this
Act.(5) For the purposes of the Public
Authority.(6) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the commission, sell
any lands acquired to provide access to a State forest or for any purpose
necessary for or incidental to the control or management of a State forest if
those lands have not been dedicated as a State forest, are not required for
the purpose of a State forest or to provide access to a State forest or for
any purpose necessary for or incidental to the control or management of a
State forest.16 (Repealed)16A Exchange of land dedicated as State forest(1) Subject to this section, and notwithstanding anything contained in
any Act, the Minister may, on behalf of the Crown and the commission, enter
into an agreement for the sale or other disposal of land dedicated as State
forest subject to the sale of other land, or of an interest in other land, to
the Crown for the purpose of a State forest or for access
thereto.(2) An agreement entered into under subsection (1) may contain such
provisions, stipulations, covenants, terms and conditions as the Minister
thinks fit and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of
this subsection, may make provision for and with respect to:(a) the addition to an existing holding, to be held as part thereof,
of the land sold or otherwise disposed of on behalf of the Crown, or the
tenure upon which it is to be held under an Act relating to the disposal of
land vested in the Crown,
(b) the price, value, capital value, rent, or capital value and rent,
attributable to the land sold or otherwise disposed of on behalf of the Crown
and, where appropriate, the price payable for land, or an interest in land,
sold to the Crown,
(c) the surrender to the Crown, before land dedicated as State forest
is compulsorily acquired for the purpose of giving effect to the agreement, of
any estate or interest in that land,
(d) the giving, taking or retention of possession, pending
implementation of the agreement, of land affected by the agreement, and the
terms and conditions thereof,
(e) the receipt by the commission of moneys otherwise payable to the
Crown under the agreement.
(3) The Minister shall not enter into an agreement under subsection
(1) unless the Minister is satisfied that:(a) execution of the proposed agreement has been recommended by the
(b) the Minister administering the provisions of an Act, other than
this Act, relating to dealings with land vested in the Crown has approved the
proposed agreement in so far as it relates to the grant of or other dealing
with land that, pursuant to the agreement, is to be held subject to those
provisions and in so far as it relates to the terms and conditions upon which
it is to be so held,
(c) a copy of the proposed agreement has, where it provides for the
sale or other disposal of dedicated land that exceeds 20 hectares in area,
been laid before both Houses of Parliament, and
(d) where compliance with paragraph (c) is required:(i) that notice has not been given in either House of Parliament
within fifteen sitting days after a copy of the proposed agreement has been
laid before it, of a motion that the agreement be not entered into,
(ii) where any such notice is given, that the motion pursuant thereto
has been withdrawn or defeated.
(4) Subsection (3) shall not operate to prevent the Minister from
entering into an agreement by reason only that the parties thereto differ from
those specified in a proposed agreement, relating to the same lands, that the
Minister is authorised to enter into.(5) No party to an agreement purporting to be made pursuant to
subsection (1) or person claiming an estate or interest in any land the
subject of such an agreement, nor the Registrar-General or other person
registering or certifying title to land the subject of such an agreement,
shall be bound to inquire:(a) whether subsection (3) has been complied with in relation to the
(b) whether the Minister is authorised to give effect to the agreement
by an assurance of land vested in the Minister as constructing
(6) Where an agreement entered into under subsection (1) provides for
the doing or execution of any act, matter or thing pursuant to an Act other
than this Act and the doing or execution of the act, matter or thing would
not, but for this subsection, be authorised by that other Act, the doing or
execution of that act, matter or thing shall be deemed to be so authorised,
and any other act, matter or thing for which the agreement provides may be
done or executed without any further authority than this
Act.(7) A failure to comply with subsection (3) in respect of an agreement
shall not invalidate the agreement or anything done
thereunder.17 Classification of forest lands(1) The commission shall take all reasonable and practicable steps to
ensure that there shall be maintained in New South Wales an area of not less
than 3 250 000 hectares of land dedicated as State forests and that, of that
land, there shall be not less than 600 000 hectares of land kept for the
purposes of afforestation with trees of the exotic coniferous
species.(2) The commission shall carry on a continuing classification of the
lands of the State for the purpose of determining which lands are suitable and
desirable in the public interest to be permanently dedicated as State
forests.(3) In classifying lands of the State for the purpose of determining
which lands should be dedicated as State forests the commission shall
endeavour to ensure to such intent as to the commission seems proper that the
selection of lands to be so dedicated will result in:(a) the promotion of effective and economic control, utilisation and
management of the forests for timber production and the facilitation of the
economic marketing of the timber and other products of the
(b) the establishment, maintenance or expansion of industry for the
processing and treatment of the timber and other products of the
(c) the growth and harvesting of trees for timber and products of
economic value, and
(d) the continuing protection of necessary tree cover in the public
and shall take into account:(e) the potentiality for economic timber production of any lands which
are of an inferior character for the purposes of agriculture or grazing but
which, by appropriate treatment of the soils, would be capable of sustaining
the growth of suitable commercial species of trees in plantations,
(f) such other factors as the commission considers relevant to the
establishment and proper management of State
17A Review of dedicated State forestsThe commission shall maintain a continuing review of the dedicated
State forests for the purposes of:(a) determining whether or not any State forest or part of any State
forest should continue to be dedicated as such, and
(b) if not, recommending to the Minister the revocation of the
18 Dedication of State forests(1) The Governor, by notice in the Gazette, may dedicate as a State
forest any land vested in the Crown, and not lawfully contracted to be sold,
and not the subject of a tenure from the Crown (except a tenure specified or
described in the First Schedule of land having an area of more than 2
hectares), but may not include in such dedication land held under a
conditional lease applied for before the first day of January one thousand
nine hundred and ten, unless the land so leased is within a reserve from sale,
and the Governor may cancel any previous dedication of such
land.(1A) A dedication of land under subsection (1) may be limited so as to
exclude any land lying below the surface of the land at a depth greater than a
depth specified in the notice dedicating the land.(2) Land dedicated under this section or under the Act hereby repealed
shall not be dealt with otherwise than in pursuance of this Act, and such
dedication shall not be revoked or altered except under the authority of this
Act.(2A) Without affecting:(a) the declaration of any land as national
(a1) the declaration of any land as special management
(b) the setting apart of any land as flora
(c) any rights or obligations conferred or imposed by or under this or
the Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, constitute two or
more State forests, or any parts of two or more State forests, as one State
forest for the purposes of this Act.(3) (Repealed)19 Revocation of dedicationSubject to sections 16A and 19B, a dedication under this Act or
under the Act hereby repealed of a State forest may be revoked or altered in
whole or in part in the following manner:(a) The Governor shall lay on the table of each House of Parliament
proposals for such revocation or alteration.
(b) After such proposals have been so laid before Parliament, the
Governor, on a resolution being passed by both Houses that such proposals be
carried out, may, by notice in the Gazette, revoke or alter such dedication as
aforesaid. On any such revocation the land shall become Crown lands within the
meaning of the Crown Lands Act
1989 or the Western Lands
Act 1901, as the case may be, and shall be dealt with under
those Acts respectively and until so dealt with shall be reserved from sale or
lease under any Act.
19A National forestsThe Governor may from time to time by notification published in
the Gazette, declare that any State forest or part thereof specified in the
notification shall be a national forest. The provisions of section 19 shall
not extend to or in respect of any national forest.Subject to sections 16A and 19B, the dedication as a State forest
of any national forest shall not be revoked otherwise than by Act of
Parliament.19B Revocation of dedication etc in certain
circumstances(1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this or any other Act, where
the Minister, after considering a report and recommendation by the commission,
is of the opinion that land not exceeding 20 hectares in area (being land
dedicated as State forest) should be made available for a public work, or an
authorised work, within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1912, or for a
public purpose within the meaning of any other Act, the Minister may, by
notification published in the Gazette, being a notification that specifies the
public work, authorised work or public purpose for which the land should, in
the Minister’s opinion, be made available, revoke the dedication of that
land as State forest.(2) A notification published under this section shall, notwithstanding
anything contained in this Act, operate also to revoke any declaration of the
affected land as national forest or as special management
zone.20 Leases within State forestsA lease to occupy land within a State forest or flora reserve
shall not be granted by the Crown except under this
Act.20A Easements(1) The Minister may upon such terms as the Minister thinks fit grant
for joint or several use easements or rights of way through or upon or in a
State forest or flora reserve.(2) The Minister may accept a surrender of any easement or right of
way through or upon or in a State forest or flora
reserve.21 Land subject to mining lawLand within a State forest or flora reserve shall be subject to
such of the provisions of the Mining Act
1992 and of the Petroleum
(Onshore) Act 1991 as are applicable to land permanently
dedicated; but the exercise of any right thereunder within a State forest or
flora reserve shall be subject to such conditions and restrictions relating to
forestry or the purposes of the reserve, as the case may be, as may be
prescribed:Provided that the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister
for Mines, by notification in the Gazette, may take any part of a State forest
or flora reserve out of the operation of those provisions, and revoke or alter
any such notification.21A Special management zones(1) The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare any area of
State forest (other than a flora reserve) to be a special management zone if
the Minister is satisfied that the area has special conservation
value.(1A) Subject to sections 16A and 19B, a notice under subsection (1) is
not to be revoked either wholly or in part otherwise than by Act of
Parliament.(1B) Despite subsection (1A), the Governor may, by notice published in
the Gazette, revoke the declaration of any land as or as part of a special
management zone and by that notice set apart the land as or as part of a flora
reserve.(1C) Despite subsection (1A), the Governor may, by a notice under
Division 1 of Part 4 of the National Parks
and Wildlife Act 1974 that reserves land under that
Act:(a) revoke the declaration of the land, or any part of the land, as a
special management zone, and
(b) revoke the dedication of the land, or any part of the land, to
which the declaration as a special management zone applies, as a State
(2) The Minister may, by notice in writing to the commission, prohibit
particular kinds of operations in a special management zone, or prohibit
operations in the zone unless particular conditions are complied
with.(2A) The carrying out of general purpose logging is prohibited in a
special management zone.(3) The object of the declaration of a special management zone and the
prohibition of operations in the zone is to protect its special conservation
value.(4) The commission must ensure that operations in a special management
zone comply with any prohibition imposed by or under this
section.(5) An integrated forestry operations approval under the Forestry and National Park Estate Act
1998 does not authorise the carrying out of any forestry
operations in a special management zone that are prohibited by or under this
section.(6) The Minister may vary or revoke any notice under subsection (2) by
a further notice.(7) The Minister is to ensure that the public is given an opportunity
to make representations about any proposed notice of the Minister under this
section to declare a special management zone. The Minister must:(a) fix a time within which the public may make representations about
the proposal, and
(b) make copies of the proposed notice available for public inspection
before that time, and
(c) make available for public inspection before that time a statement
outlining the activities that the Minister proposes to prohibit in the zone,
(d) take any representation on the proposal received by the Minister
within that time into account before making a decision on the
(8) The Minister is to cause copies of any notice under this section
to be available for public inspection at the head office of the commission
during office hours.22 Reservation of timber reservesThe Governor, by notice in the Gazette, may on the recommendation
of the Minister, and with the concurrence of the Minister for Lands,
temporarily reserve from sale any Crown lands, except land the subject of a
tenure from the Crown, other than a tenure specified or described in the First
Schedule of land having an area of more than 2 hectares, or except land held
under a conditional lease applied for before the first day of January, one
thousand nine hundred and ten, as a timber reserve, and revoke or alter, in
whole or in part, any such reservation, or any reservation made before the
commencement of this Act, of land for a timber or forest
reserve.Where any reservation of any land is so revoked, the land shall,
unless otherwise declared by notification in the Gazette, be dealt with under
the Crown Lands Acts or the Western Lands
Act 1901, as the case may be, and until so dealt with shall be
reserved from sale or lease under any Act.23 Revocation of reservationNo reservation from sale of land as a timber or forest reserve,
notified before or after the commencement of this Act, shall be revoked or
altered in whole or in part except under this Act.24 Lease or licence of land within a timber
reserveA lease or licence of land within a timber reserve may be granted
Act 1901, as the case may be, with the approval of the
commission for such purpose and for such term and subject to such conditions
as the commission thinks fit to impose.25 Existing leases and licences in State forests and timber
reserves(1) The dedication of land as a State forest or the declaration of
land as a special management zone or the dedication or setting apart of land
as a flora reserve or the reservation of land as a timber reserve shall not,
except as in this Act provided, affect any lease or licence from the Crown
current and in force at the time of such dedication, declaration or
reservation:Provided that, unless with the approval of the commission, any
such lease or licence under the Western
Lands Act 1901 shall not be renewed, and its terms shall not
extend beyond the term or period current at the time aforesaid, and such
renewal or extension shall be subject to such conditions as the commission
thinks fit to impose. Any such other lease or licence shall not be renewed or
extended.Provided also that the administration of matters relating to such
leases or licences (other than leases or licences within a timber reserve)
shall be vested in the Minister or, with the approval of the Minister, in the
commission, who or which for that purpose shall have the powers of the
Minister for Lands.But until and unless the Minister otherwise declares by
notification in the Gazette, this proviso shall not apply to lands within the
Western Division, and the administration of matters relating to leases and
licences of such lands shall, until such notification, continue to be vested
in the Minister for Lands.(2) Any such lease or licence in respect of land in a State forest may
be surrendered to the Crown as to the whole or part of the land included
therein, and a forest lease under this Act may be granted in lieu
thereof.(3) Moneys payable as rent under any such lease or licence, other than
a lease or licence within a timber reserve, shall be received by the
commission.25A Flora reserves(1) The Governor may, by notice in the Gazette, dedicate any area of
Crown lands not being Crown lands the subject of a tenure from the Crown
(except a tenure specified or described in the First Schedule of land having
an area of more than 2 hectares) or set apart the whole or a portion of any
State forest as a flora reserve for the preservation of native
flora.(1A) A dedication of land under subsection (1) may be limited so as to
depth specified in the notice dedicating the land.(2) Crown lands shall not be dedicated under this section except with
the concurrence of the Minister for Lands.(3) The setting apart under this section of the whole or a part of a
State forest as a flora reserve shall not affect the dedication as a State
forest of the area so set apart.(4) Subject to section 16A, a notice in the Gazette under this section
shall not be revoked either wholly or in part otherwise than by Act of
Parliament.(5) (a) The commission shall, in respect of each flora reserve, cause to
be drawn up a detailed written scheme of the operations which it is proposed
to undertake on or in relation to the flora reserve.
(b) The object of the scheme shall be the preservation of native flora
on the flora reserve.
(c) Such scheme shall be submitted to the Minister for the
Minister’s approval, and if approved by the Minister shall become the
working plan for such flora reserve.
(d) No operations shall be undertaken on or in relation to a flora
reserve unless such operations are in accordance with the working plan for the
(e) The working plan for a flora reserve may, with the approval of the
Minister, be amended or altered from time to time.
(f) A working plan may contain provisions authorising the council of
an area (within the meaning of the Local
Government Act 1993) within the boundary of which a flora
reserve or part thereof is situate to participate to the extent specified in
the working plan in the management of such reserve or in the undertaking of
any operations authorised by the working plan to be undertaken on or in
relation to such reserve, and in any such case the council concerned may
expend out of its consolidated fund any moneys necessary to meet the costs and
expenses of exercising the authority conferred upon it by the working
(g) A working plan may also contain provisions authorising the
representative or representatives of any local committee or public body or
organisation to participate, to the extent specified in the working plan, in
the management of the flora reserve or in the undertaking of any operations
authorised by the working plan to be undertaken on the
25B (Repealed)Part 2A Provisions applicable on conversion of certain leases
from the Crown to freehold25C DefinitionsIn this Part:owner, in relation
to purchase-tenure land, means:(a) where the land has not been brought under the provisions of the
Real Property Act 1900 the
holder or the owner, subject to mortgage, of the prescribed lease from the
crown immediately before the application for the purchase of the land was
granted under the Crown Lands (Continued
Tenures) Act 1989 or the Western Lands Act 1901, as the case
may be, or, where the title of that holder or owner has devolved or been
transferred, any successor of that holder or owner, but does not include a
mortgagee of the land, or
(b) where the land has been brought under the provisions of the
1900—the registered proprietor of the land or, where the
registered proprietor holds the land as mortgagee, the mortgagor, or any
successor of the mortgagor, for the time being entitled to the equity of
prescribed lease from the
Crown means a conditional lease (not being a conditional lease
applied for before the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and
ten), a settlement lease, a Crown-lease or a special lease granted under the
Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913, a lease
1901 or a prickly-pear lease granted under the
Prickly-pear Act 1924, but does not include any
such lease of land having an area of 2 hectares or less.prescribed
officer means:(a) in respect of any provision of this Part relating to prescribed
leases from the Crown granted or confirmed under the Crown Lands
Consolidation Act 1913 or the Prickly-pear Act
1924—the Secretary of the Department of Lands or any
officer of that Department authorised by that Secretary to act for the
purposes of that provision, and
(b) in respect of any provision of this Part relating to prescribed
leases from the Crown granted under the Western Lands Act 1901—the
Western Lands Commissioner or any officer employed in the administration of
authorised by the Western Lands Commissioner to act for the purposes of that
purchase-tenure
land means land held under a prescribed lease from the Crown which
has been contracted to be sold under the Crown Lands Acts or the Western Lands Act
1901.25D Application of provisions of this PartThe Minister may, on the recommendation of the commission, by
order published in the Gazette, declare that any Crown lands described in the
order shall not be subject to the provisions of section 25E or section 25F or
of both sections 25E and 25F, as may be specified in the order, and any such
order shall have effect on and from the date on which it is so
published.25E Restriction on granting applications to purchase land
subject to prescribed leases from the Crown(1) An application for the purchase of land held under a prescribed
lease from the Crown shall not be granted if:(a) notice in writing of the application has not been given to the
commission by a prescribed officer, or
(b) where such a notice has been so given, the commission has, within
a period of three months after the receipt of the notice or within such
further period not exceeding three months as may, within that first-mentioned
period of three months, have been notified by the commission to that
prescribed officer, certified in writing to that prescribed officer that it
objects to the granting of the application.
(2) Where the commission has certified in writing to a prescribed
officer that it objects to the granting of an application, the application
shall be deemed to have been refused.(3) If, within the prescribed period after the commission has so
certified, any land to which the certificate relates has not been dedicated as
a State forest or flora reserve, the provisions of subsection (1) do not apply
to any application for the purchase of the land, being an application made in
respect of the land or any part thereof within twelve months after the
expiration of that prescribed period.(4) Any land to which a certificate given by the commission under
subsection (1) relates shall not, during the prescribed period referred to in
subsection (3), be disposed of except with the consent in writing of the
commission, and a lease of any such land shall not, during that prescribed
period, be granted or extended, except with such a
consent.(5) A failure to comply with the provisions of subsection (1) does not
affect the validity of any title granted pursuant to an application referred
to in that subsection.(6) Subsection (1) does not apply to an application for the purchase
of land leased solely for the purpose of
tree-farming.(7) If the commission does not object to the application, the
commission may certify to the prescribed officer to that effect and may, if it
thinks fit, certify that section 25F is not to apply to the land
concerned.25F Crown’s rights to timber and products on
purchase-tenure land(1) Upon land becoming purchase-tenure land there is (unless the
commission has certified under section 25E (7) that this section is not to
apply to the land) reserved to the Crown for the enjoyment of the commission,
or, if a timber licence or products licence is issued in respect of that land,
for the enjoyment of the holder of the licence, a profit à prendre
conferring on the commission or that holder, as the case may be, the right,
whether or not the balance of purchase money is paid or the land is under the
1900, to take timber or products from that land to the
exclusion of any person who, but for this subsection, would be entitled to
take the timber or products.(2) Subject to section 25I a profit à prendre reserved in
respect of any land under subsection (1) expires at the end of a period of ten
years from the date on which the land became purchase-tenure
land.(3) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the commission, or the
holder of a timber licence or products licence entitled to the enjoyment of a
profit à prendre reserved under subsection (1), is not liable to make
any payment in respect of the rights conferred
thereby.(4) Without derogating from the rights conferred by law on persons
entitled to the enjoyment of profits à prendre, the commission, or
holder of a timber licence or products licence, entitled to the enjoyment of a
profit à prendre reserved in respect of any land under subsection (1)
may, during the currency of the profit à prendre, and with or without
workers or servants and animals, vehicles, machinery and equipment, enter upon
and occupy the land affected by the profit à prendre for the purpose of
removing, treating, processing or protecting the timber or products the
subject of the profit à prendre for the purpose of constructing roads,
bridges, gates and ramps and incidental works that, in the opinion of the
commission, are necessary to enable the timber or products to be removed from
the land, but nothing in this subsection authorises the holder of a licence to
contravene any conditions or limitations of that
licence.(5) A profit à prendre reserved in respect of any land under
subsection (1) does not confer the right to take from the land any trees
which, in the opinion of the commission:(a) have been planted or established and have been maintained by
careful tending and improvement as a woodlot or forest or for the purpose of
tree-farming or have been planted or established as a windbreak or for the
beautification of the land, or
(a1) have been established on land that is the subject of a forestry
right within the meaning of section 87A of the Conveyancing Act 1919,
(b) are growing on land that has been substantially improved for
farming purposes and which, subject to subsection (6), are necessary for shade
or shelter or for the purpose of the farming, improvement or protection of the
(6) The restriction of a profit à prendre imposed by paragraph
(b) of subsection (5) extends only to trees selected by the commission and
having a total timber content not exceeding 150 cubic metres, as determined by
the commission.(7) The reservation in respect of any land of a profit à
prendre under subsection (1) does not prevent the owner of that land from
taking timber or products for the purpose of erecting fences on the land or,
with the consent in writing of the commission, for building or other purposes
on the land.(8) Every estate or interest acquired by an agreement for the
disposition of purchase-tenure land which has not been brought under the
1900 or by a transfer or conveyance of any such land shall,
notwithstanding any other law, be subject to any rights under a profit
à prendre affecting the land and reserved to the Crown under subsection
(1).25G Commission may sell its rights in timber and products on
purchase-tenure land(1) The commission may, if it thinks fit, enter into an agreement,
containing such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon, to sell to the
owner of any purchase-tenure land the subsisting rights of the commission
under a profit à prendre reserved in respect of that land under
subsection (1) of section 25F.(2) The price at which the subsisting rights of the commission under a
profit à prendre may be agreed to be sold under subsection (1) shall be
such amount as the commission determines would have been received by the Crown
by way of royalty if the timber and products the subject of those rights had
been taken pursuant to a timber licence or products
licence.25H Timber or products to be removed in one continuous
operationWhere the commission removes any timber or products pursuant to
subsection (1) of section 25F or issues a timber licence or products licence
for the removal of any timber or products pursuant to that subsection it shall
as far as is practicable remove, or it shall impose conditions requiring the
holder of the licence as far as practicable to remove, the timber or products
in one continuous operation or in one continuous programme of
operations.25I Commission to execute certificate releasing land from
profit à prendre(1) Where:(a) the commission is of the opinion that the timber and products the
subject of a profit à prendre reserved in respect of any land under
subsection (1) of section 25F have been substantially taken from that land
before the expiration of the profit à prendre as referred to in
subsection (2) of section 25F,
(a1) the commission is of the opinion that by reason of the small
quantity or inferior quality of the timber or products the subject of any such
profit à prendre it is unlikely that the timber or products would be
taken by the Crown or the holder of a timber licence or products licence
before that expiration, or
(b) an agreement to sell the subsisting rights of the commission under
any such profit à prendre has been entered into under section 25G, and
no timber licence or products licence remains in force in respect of the
the commission shall execute a certificate, in the prescribed form,
certifying that the land is freed from the profit à prendre and
thereupon the Crown shall be deemed to have released the land from the burden
of the profit à prendre.(2) The Commission shall after the execution of any such certificate
in respect of any land:(a) if the land is not under the provisions of the Real Property Act 1900, lodge a copy
of the certificate with the Registrar-General who shall record in the record
of Crown holdings which are not under that Act, in such manner as the
Registrar-General considers proper, the release of the profit à
(b) if the land is under the provisions of the Real Property Act 1900, lodge with
the Registrar-General in a form approved by the Registrar-General a copy of
the certificate and upon receipt of it the Registrar-General shall, under
section 32 of that Act, record in the Register kept under that Act, in such
manner as the Registrar-General considers proper, the release of the profit
à prendre and shall make a corresponding recording on the grant or
certificate of title upon its being produced, and
(c) if the certificate was executed on application made by the owner
of the land, furnish to the owner a copy of the
(3) (Repealed)25J (Repealed)Part 3 Provisions relating to the taking of timber, products
and forest materialsDivision 1 Unlawful taking of timber, products and forest
materials26, 26A (Repealed)27 Penalty for unlawfully taking timber, products or forest
materials(1) A person who:(a) on any Crown-timber lands:(i) cuts, strips, obtains, removes, destroys or damages any timber,
(ii) digs for, extracts, obtains, removes, destroys or damages any
(iii) causes or knowingly suffers any of the things referred to in
subparagraph (i) or (ii) to be done, or
(b) on any State forest or flora reserve quarries, digs for, extracts,
obtains, removes, destroys or damages any forest materials or causes or
knowingly suffers any of those things to be done,
is guilty of an offence and liable to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty
units or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or to both such
penalty and imprisonment and where in the commission of the offence any tree
is destroyed or damaged to an additional penalty not exceeding $10 for each
such tree.(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the provisions
of that subsection have effect in respect of Crown-timber lands
notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act or any terms or
conditions subject to which any tenure of the Crown-timber lands is held, and
where any such terms or conditions require the taking or destruction of any
timber or products those terms and conditions shall be construed as imposing
that requirement subject to the holder of the tenure obtaining a timber
licence, products licence or clearing licence.(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (1):(a) by reason of the person doing any of the things referred to in
subsection (1):(i) in pursuance of a timber licence, products licence, forest
materials licence, clearing licence or other authority issued or granted by
(ia) in pursuance of and in accordance with the Native Vegetation Act 2003
(including any instrument made under that Act),
(ii) in pursuance of and in accordance with the provisions of the
mineral claim or mining lease under that Act,
(iii) in respect of any tree on Crown-timber lands (not being
Crown-timber lands referred to in paragraph (a) or (c) of the definition of
lands in section 4) or on land the subject of a forest lease, where
the commission has certified in writing that the tree, in its opinion, had
been planted or established and had been maintained by careful tending and
improvement as part of a woodlot or forest or for the purpose of tree-farming,
or where the tree is or was situated on an authorised plantation within the
meaning of the Plantations and
Reafforestation Act 1999,
(iv) in respect of any tree on lands the subject of a profit à
prendre reserve under section 25F where the commission has certified in
writing that the tree is not subject to the profit à prendre by reason
of the operation of paragraph (a), (a1) or (b) of subsection (5) of section
(iva) in pursuance of and in accordance with a forestry right within the
meaning of section 87A of the Conveyancing
Act 1919 and any restriction on use or covenant imposed under
Division 4 of Part 6 of that Act in connection with the forestry
(v) in the course of the person’s employment by the
(va) in respect of any timber removed, felled or destroyed in
accordance with section 89 of the Rural
Lands Protection Act 1998, or
(vi) in pursuance of and in accordance with the provisions of the
Petroleum (Onshore) Act
1991 or any petroleum title under that
(b) by reason only of the person’s taking timber or other
materials as authorised by Schedule 6 to the Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act
1989 or section 18D (b) of the Western Lands Act 1901 or as
referred to in section 25F (7), or
(d) where the person is a lessee under a conditional lease applied for
before 1 January 1910, by reason of the person’s ringbarking or
otherwise killing or destroying any tree on the land the subject of the
conditional lease.
(4) Nothing in this section affects the operation of section 155 or
159 of the Crown Lands Act
1989, but a person shall not be liable to more than one
penalty for the same offence.(5) A penalty may be imposed under this section in addition to any
penalty, fine or forfeiture imposed by any lease or licence under which the
Crown-timber lands concerned or the lands the subject of the forest lease are
held or by the provisions of the Act under which the Crown-timber lands or the
lands the subject of the forest lease are held.Division 2 Licences27A Timber licences(1) A timber licence authorises the holder, subject to the regulations
and subject to the conditions and limitations of the licence, to take timber,
or such class or description of timber as is specified in the licence, on
Crown-timber lands.(2) The term of a timber licence is the term specified in the licence,
but the term:(a) must not exceed 5 years without the prior written approval of the
(b) must not, in any event, exceed 20
(3) Timber licences are to be issued by the
commission.27B Products licences(1) A products licence authorises the holder, subject to the
regulations and subject to the conditions and limitations of the licence, to
take products, or such class or description of products as is specified in the
licence, on Crown-timber lands.(2) The term of a products licence is such term, not exceeding 5
years, as is specified in the licence.(3) Products licences are to be issued by the
commission.27C Forest materials licences(1) A forest materials licence authorises the holder, subject to the
take forest materials, or such class or description of forest materials as is
specified in the licence, from a State forest.(2) The term of a forest materials licence is the term specified in
the licence, but the term:(a) must not exceed 5 years without the prior written approval of the
(3) Forest materials licences are to be issued by the
commission.27D Consents of lessees and trusteesNothing in section 27A or 27B authorises the commission to issue a
timber licence or products licence in respect of:(a) land held under:(i) a conditional lease applied for before 1 January 1910 and not
reserved from sale, or
(ii) a conditional purchase lease,
unless the lessee of that land consents to the issue of the licence,
(b) land in respect of which trustees have been appointed for a public
purpose, unless those trustees consent to the issue of the
purposes(1) Where the commission, pursuant to section 25F (5), has formed the
opinion, or where the commission is otherwise of the opinion, that any trees
on Crown-timber lands (not being Crown-timber lands referred to in paragraph
(a) of the definition of Crown-timber
lands in section 4):(a) have been planted or established and have been maintained by
beautification of the lands, or
farming purposes and which, subject to subsection (2), are necessary for shade
the commission shall not issue a timber licence or products licence in
respect of those lands unless the licence includes a condition or limitation
preventing the holder of the licence from taking from the land to which the
licence relates any such trees as are designated or described in the condition
or limitation.(2) The obligation to impose a condition or limitation in respect of
trees referred to in subsection (1) (b) extends only to trees designated or
described in the condition or limitation and having a total timber content not
exceeding 150 cubic metres, as determined by the
commission.(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to the issue, in relation to
Crown-timber lands which are subject to a tenure specified or described in the
First Schedule, of a timber licence or products licence to the holder of that
tenure or, with the consent of that holder, to any other
person.27F Issue of licences in respect of flora reservesNothing in section 27A, 27B or 27C authorises the commission to
issue a timber licence, products licence or forest materials licence in
respect of a flora reserve unless:(a) the conditions and limitations of the licence are in accordance
with the working plan for that flora reserve, and
(b) the issue of the licence is approved by the
27G Clearing licences(1) A clearing licence authorises:(a) the holder, and
(b) a successor in title to the land in respect of which the clearing
licence is issued,
subject to the regulations and subject to the conditions and limitations
of the licence, to ringbark or otherwise kill or destroy trees, or any
specified description thereof, on such Crown-timber lands as are specified in
the licence, notwithstanding the provisions of any other Act or any terms or
conditions subject to which any tenure of those Crown-timber lands is
held.(2) The term of a clearing licence shall be such term as is specified
in the licence.(3) Clearing licences shall be issued by the
commission.27H Restrictions on issue of clearing licencesNothing in section 27G authorises the commission to issue a
clearing licence:(a) in respect of Crown-timber lands within a State forest that are
not the subject of a forest lease or any other lease from the
(b) in respect of Crown-timber lands within a flora
(b1) in respect of Crown-timber lands which are the subject of a lease
1901 and are not within a State forest or timber
(c) where the Crown-timber lands are:(i) held subject to a tenure specified or described in the First
Schedule—except to the holder of that tenure,
(ii) purchase-tenure land, as defined in section 25C—except to
the owner, as so defined, of that land, or
(iii) held under a forest lease—except to the
(c1) in respect of land that is vested in, owned by, held on trust by
or leased (as lessee) by the Nature Conservation Trust of New South Wales
constituted by the Nature Conservation Trust
(c2) in respect of land that is the subject of a Trust agreement under
the Nature Conservation Trust Act
(d) in respect of protected land within the meaning of the Native Vegetation Conservation Act
(d1) to clear any native vegetation within the meaning of the Native Vegetation Act 2003,
(e) to ringbark or otherwise kill or destroy trees having economic
28 Sawmill licences(1) A sawmill licence authorises the holder, subject to the
regulations, and subject to the conditions and limitations of the licence, to
work a mill for the sawing and treatment of timber.(2) The term of a sawmill licence shall not exceed ten years, but may
be renewed for a term not exceeding ten years.(3) Sawmill licences shall be issued by the
commission.29 Penalty for unlawfully working sawmill(1) If any person (whether as owner, lessee, or otherwise) works a
mill for the sawing or treatment of timber except:(a) under the authority of a sawmill licence issued under section 28
which is in force, or
(b) in accordance with a written permission of the commission granted
in such circumstances, if any, and in respect of such quantity of timber, if
any, as may be prescribed,
the person shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty
units.(2) If any person contravenes or breaks any provision or condition in
a sawmill licence referred to in subsection (1) or a written permission
referred to in subsection (1) (b), the person shall be liable to a penalty not
exceeding 20 penalty units.(3) A person who is an officer of a corporation (within the meaning of
Commonwealth) which commits an offence under subsection (1) or (2) is guilty
of the same offence, and liable to be punished as an individual guilty of that
offence, unless the person satisfies the court that:(a) the offence committed by the corporation was committed without the
person’s knowledge,
Division 3 Payment of royalty30 DefinitionsIn this Division:landholder, in relation to
prescribed land, means:(a) in the case of land held under a lease specified in the Second
Schedule (not being a special purpose lease within the meaning of Division 3A
of Part 4 of the Crown Lands Act
1989 or Part 9E of the Western Lands Act 1901)—the
lessee of the land, or
(b) in the case of purchase-tenure land—the owner of the land,
(c) in the case of land under the care, control and management of a
livestock health and pest authority—the authority having the care,
control and management of the land.
lessee means
the holder or owner of a lease, but does not include a mortgagee of land the
subject of a lease.owner, in
relation to purchase-tenure land, has the meaning ascribed thereto in section
25C.prescribed
land means:(a) land held by a lessee under a lease specified in the Second
(b) purchase-tenure land, or
(c) a controlled travelling stock reserve within the meaning of the
has the meaning ascribed thereto in section 25C.responsible
authority has the same meaning as it has in Part 8 of the Rural Lands Protection Act
1998.royalty
means a royalty payable under this Division.30A Royalty for timber, products and forest
materials(1) The holder of a timber licence, products licence or forest
materials licence shall, in accordance with this Division, pay to the
commission a royalty in respect of the timber, products or forest materials
taken in pursuance of the licence.(2) Nothing in subsection (1) requires the payment of a royalty in
respect of timber taken in pursuance of a timber licence from land the subject
of a tenure specified or described in the First Schedule where the timber is
derived from trees which, in the opinion of the commission, have been planted
or established and have been maintained by careful tending and improvement as
a woodlot or forest or for the purpose of tree-farming or have been planted or
established as a windbreak or for the beautification of the
land.30AA Limitation on royaltyDespite any other provision of this Division, the commission is
not entitled to a royalty in respect of any timber or products:(a) derived from trees that have been established on land that is the
subject of a forestry right within the meaning of section 87A of the Conveyancing Act 1919,
(b) taken in accordance with the forestry right and any restriction on
use or covenant imposed in connection with the forestry
unless the forestry right is granted by the
commission.30B Amount of royaltyA royalty shall be such amount as the commission may from time to
time determine either generally or in a particular case or class of
cases.30C (Repealed)30D Timber organisationsThe commission may from time to time determine, either generally
or in a particular case or class of cases, to pay such part of a royalty as is
specified in its determination to such organisation established for the
promotion or improvement of the use or marketing of timber or products
produced in New South Wales as is so specified.30E Apportionment of royalty—certain land(1) This section applies to a royalty payable in respect of timber,
products or forest materials taken on or from prescribed
land.(2) When a royalty to which this section applies is paid to the
commission, the commission is required to pay to the landholder concerned
(other than a responsible authority) one-third of the balance of the royalty
remaining after deduction of the following amounts:(a) any part of the royalty that is payable pursuant to a
determination under section 30D (payments to certain timber
(b) any costs incurred by the commission in connection with the
establishment, planting, maintenance, improvement and protection of the
timber, products or forest materials,
(c) any costs incurred by the commission in connection with the
facilitation of the taking of the timber, products or forest materials,
including the costs of construction and maintenance of roads, bridges, gates,
ramps and incidental works.
(3) The costs that are deductible under subsection (2) (b) and (c) are
to be as determined by the commission.(4) A share of royalty payable by the commission to a landholder under
this section must be paid before the expiration of 1 month after the end of
the financial year of the commission that is current when the royalty
concerned is paid to the commission.(5) Nothing in this Division entitles a landholder to be paid an
amount of royalty in respect of the taking of timber, products or forest
materials under a licence held by the landholder.30F Royalty payments by commissionIf the commission takes timber or products from prescribed land,
the commission is required:(a) to pay to an organisation specified in a determination under
section 30D the amount that would have been payable under the determination,
(b) to pay to the landholder concerned (other than a responsible
authority) the amount that would have been payable to the landholder under
section 30E,
if the timber or products had been taken under a timber licence or
products licence and a royalty had been paid to the commission in respect of
the timber or products in accordance with this
Division.30G (Repealed)30H Liability for royalty if timber etc taken without
licence(1) Where a person takes, destroys or damages or causes or knowingly
suffers the taking, destroying or damaging of any timber, products or forest
materials otherwise than in pursuance of a licence or other authority issued
or granted by the commission (whether or not by doing so the person is guilty
of an offence against this Act) and the commission would, if the timber,
products or forest materials had been taken in pursuance of a licence, have
been entitled to determine a royalty in respect of the timber, products or
forest materials so taken, the commission may certify in writing the amount
that it determines would have been payable by way of royalty if the timber,
products or forest materials had been taken in pursuance of a licence and may
recover that amount from the person as a debt in any court of competent
jurisdiction.(2) Section 30E applies in respect of an amount recovered by the
commission under this section as if the amount were a royalty paid to the
commission under section 30A.(3) Subsection (2) does not require the commission, in respect of an
amount recovered by it under this section, to make a payment out of the amount
to the person from whom the amount is recovered.Division 4 Taking of small quantities from certain
lands30I Taking of small quantities of timber etc from certain
lands(1) The commission may, otherwise than by the issue of a timber
licence, products licence or forest materials licence, authorise a person, in
such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be determined by the
commission:(a) to take timber, products or forest materials (not having a value
in excess of $400 or such other amount as may be prescribed) on or from land
within a State forest, other than land set apart as a flora reserve,
(b) to take timber or products (not having a value in excess of $400
or such other amount as may be prescribed) on or from Crown
(2) An authorisation under subsection (1) shall not be issued in
respect of:(a) land held under:(i) a conditional lease applied for before 1 January 1910 and not
reserved from sale,
(iii) a closer settlement lease, group purchase lease or settlement
purchase lease granted under the Closer Settlement Acts,
(iv) a returned soldiers’ special holding, being a lease to a
discharged soldier granted under section 4 of the Returned
Soldiers Settlement Act 1916,
unless the lessee of that land consents to the issue of the
authorisation, or
Division 5 Savings and transitional provisions30J DefinitionsIn this Division:amending
Act means the Forestry (Amendment) Act
1989.former compensation
provisions means the provisions of this Division as in force
immediately before their repeal by the amending Act, including any regulations
in force for the purposes of those provisions.30K Phasing-in of royalty apportionment schemeThe former compensation provisions continue to apply in respect of
land to which those provisions applied immediately before their repeal, but
only so as to enable:(a) the assessment of compensation in respect of that land on one
occasion only after the repeal of the former compensation provisions,
(b) the payment of any compensation so
apportionment for same periodSection 30E (2) (payment of one-third of royalty to landholder)
applies only in respect of a royalty that becomes payable after whichever of
the following events is applicable in the particular case:(a) the repeal of the former compensation provisions if those
provisions do not continue to apply to the land concerned under section
(b) if those provisions do not continue to apply to the land—the
first occasion following their repeal on which the commission is required to
make an assessment of compensation under those provisions in respect of the
30M (Repealed)Part 4 Permits and forest leases31 Permits to occupy and use land(1) A grazing permit under this Act authorises the holder, subject to
the regulations and subject to the conditions and limitations of the permit,
to graze and water animals.(1A) An occupation permit under this Act authorises the holder, subject
to the regulations and subject to the conditions and limitations of the
permit, to occupy land:(a) as the site of a sawmill or other building, or any tramway, wharf,
or timber depot,
(b) for charcoal burning or bee-farming or any other purpose approved
by the commission, or
(c) where the permit is in respect of land within a State forest or
flora reserve, for any purpose approved by the commission and specified in the
(2) An occupation permit may be granted under subsection (1A) (a) only
to a person who is the holder of a licence, not being a clearing
licence.(3) A permit under this section may be granted in respect of land
within a State forest or timber reserve or flora reserve, or in respect of any
Crown lands other than land held under:(a) a conditional lease and not reserved from
(b) a conditional purchase lease,
(c) a closer settlement lease, group purchase lease or settlement
purchase lease granted under the Closer Settlements Acts,
(d) a returned soldiers’ special holding, being a lease to a
Soldiers Settlement Act 1916.
A grazing permit or an occupation permit for a purpose mentioned
in subsection (1A) (a) or (b) in respect of Crown lands may be granted only
with the concurrence of the Minister administering the Crown Lands Acts or a
person authorised in writing by that Minister to perform that Minister’s
functions under this section.Land in respect of which an occupation permit is granted for a
purpose mentioned in subsection (1A) (a) shall not be available for sale
during the currency of the permit.(4) A permit granted under this section shall not withdraw the land to
which it applies from any lease or licence under the Crown Lands Acts or the
Western Lands Act 1901 or
from any forest lease granted under this Act.But the holder of such permit shall, in addition to any rent or
fees payable to the commission, pay compensation to the lessee or licensee as
follows:(a) Where the permit is to graze and water horses or cattle, the
holder shall pay such agistment fees as the commission may
(b) In any other case the amount of compensation shall be assessed by
(5) A permit under this section may be granted and renewed by the
commission for such term and on such conditions respectively as the commission
thinks fit.(6) A permit under this section shall not be granted in respect of
land within a flora reserve except with the approval of the Minister and in
accordance with the working plan for the reserve.(7) A permit under this section may not be granted in respect of land
that is subject to a forestry right (within the meaning of section 87A of the
Conveyancing Act 1919) if the
permit is for a purpose that is, in the opinion of the commission,
inconsistent with:(a) the forestry right, or
(b) a restriction on the use of land, or forestry covenant, imposed in
connection with the forestry right under Division 4 of Part 6 of the Conveyancing Act
occupation or use of land(1) A person shall not, without lawful authority, graze or water
animals on any land within a State forest, timber reserve or flora
reserve.Penalty: 20 penalty units.(2) A person shall not, without lawful authority, occupy or use any
land within a State forest, timber reserve or flora reserve.Penalty: 20 penalty units.(3) In proceedings for an offence arising under this section, the
defendant has the onus of proving lawful authority in relation to the act
giving rise to the alleged offence.(4) A penalty may be imposed under this section in relation to the
grazing or watering of animals on any land or the occupation or use of any
land in addition to any penalty, fine or forfeiture imposed by any lease from
the Crown lawfully in force in respect of that
land.32A Definition of animal for purposes of sec 32CIn section 32C, animal includes a reptile but does not
include a fish.32B (Repealed)32C Offences relating to hunting and using firearms
etc(1) In this section, firearm includes any weapon that
is capable of propelling a projectile, whether by use of an explosive or by
other means.(2) A person shall not:(a) have in the person’s possession or discharge a firearm in a
State forest, timber reserve or flora reserve,
(b) have in the person’s possession or place or use a net, trap,
snare, hunting device, poison or explosive in a State forest, timber reserve
or flora reserve,
(c) discharge a firearm into a State forest, timber reserve or flora
(d) take, kill, hunt, shoot, poison, net, snare, spear, capture, lure
or injure a bird or an animal in a State forest, timber reserve or flora
reserve, or
(e) cause or knowingly suffer any of the things referred to in
paragraphs (a)–(d) to be done.
Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for six months, or
both.(3) A person is not guilty of an offence under subsection (2) by
reason of the person’s doing any of the things referred to in subsection
(2):(a) in pursuance of a grazing or occupation permit under this Act, a
restricted game hunting licence under the Game and Feral Animal Control Act
2002, a forest lease or a tenure specified or described in the
(b) in pursuance of an agreement with the commission,
(c) in relation to a snake, unless it is proved that there were no
grounds on which the person could reasonably have believed at any relevant
time that the snake was endangering, or was likely to endanger, any person or
32D Delivery up and seizure of firearms etc(1) Where a member of the police force or a person authorised by the
commission in writing to act under this section suspects, on reasonable
grounds, that a person has contravened section 32C (2), the member of the
police force or person so authorised:(a) may require the person to deliver up to him or her any article or
thing referred to in section 32C (2) (a) or (b) and any bird or animal which
is in the possession of the person, or
(b) may:(i) detain and search the person and any vehicle or other property of
(ii) seize and detain any article or thing referred to in section 32C
(2) (a) or (b) and any bird or animal found by the member of the police force
or person so authorised as a result of the search.
(2) A member of the police force or a person authorised in accordance
with subsection (1) may seize and detain any article or thing referred to in
section 32C (2) (a) or (b) and any bird or animal which the member of the
police force or person so authorised suspects, on reasonable grounds, has been
placed in or taken, killed, hunted, shot, poisoned, netted, snared, speared,
captured, lured or injured in a State forest, timber reserve or flora reserve
by a person in contravention of section 32C (2).(3) A person shall not fail to deliver up to a member of the police
force, or, on production of an authority, a person authorised in accordance
with subsection (1), an article or thing referred to in section 32C (2) (a) or
(b) or a bird or an animal which is in the person’s possession or
obstruct, hinder, prevent or interfere with a member of the police force or a
person so authorised in the exercise or performance of any power, authority,
duty or function conferred by this section.Penalty for an offence against this subsection: 20 penalty
units.32E Disposal of firearms etcWhere an article or thing referred to in section 32C (2) (a) or
(b) or a bird or an animal is delivered up under section 32D (1) (a) or seized
and detained under section 32D (1) (b) (ii) or (2) and:(a) a person is not, within a period of 30 days after the delivery up
or seizure, charged with an offence under section 32C (2) or under any other
Act in respect of the article or thing or bird or animal, the Local Court may,
upon application made by the person who delivered up that article or thing or
bird or animal or from whom that article or thing or bird or animal was
seized, or any person claiming any right, title or interest in that article or
thing or bird or animal, order that the article or thing or bird or animal be
returned to that person,
(b) a person is, at any time, so charged and:(i) is found guilty (whether or not the person is convicted) of the
offence, the article or thing or bird or animal shall, unless an order in
respect of the article or thing or bird or animal has been made under
paragraph (a) or the court hearing the charge, upon an application made at the
trial, otherwise orders, be forfeited to the Crown, or
(ii) is found not guilty of the offence, the article or thing or bird
or animal shall, unless an order in respect of the article or thing or bird or
animal has been made under paragraph (a) or the court hearing the charge, upon
an application made at the trial, otherwise orders, be returned to that
(c) an application has not been made in accordance with paragraph (a)
or (b), the Local Court may, upon application made by a member of the police
force or a person authorised in accordance with section 32D (1) order that the
article or thing or bird or animal be forfeited to the
32F Special purposes permits(1) A special purposes permit under this Act authorises the holder,
subject to the regulations and subject to the conditions and limitations of
the permit, to engage in or conduct such of the activities prescribed for the
purposes of this section as are specified in the
permit.(2) A permit under this section may be granted in respect of land
within a State forest, timber reserve or flora
reserve.(3) A permit under this section may be granted and renewed by the
thinks fit.(4) A permit under this section shall not be granted in respect of
land within a flora reserve unless the granting of that permit is in
accordance with the working plan for the reserve.32G Offences relating to activities prescribed for the
purposes of sec 32F(1) A person shall not, except in pursuance of a special purposes
permit granted under section 32F, engage in or conduct an activity prescribed
for the purposes of that section in a State forest, timber reserve or flora
reserve.Penalty: 20 penalty units.(2) In proceedings for an offence arising under this section, the
defendant has the onus of proving that the defendant has engaged in or
conducted the activity prescribed for the purposes of section 32F in respect
of which those proceedings have been brought in pursuance of a special
purposes permit granted under that section.33 Issue of forest leases(1) The commission may lease, on such conditions as it thinks fit,
land within State forests for grazing or any purpose approved by the
commission and not opposed to the interests of
forestry.(2) A forest lease:(a) for a term exceeding six years or for an area exceeding 40
hectares shall not be granted except with the approval of the
(b) shall not, unless it contains conditions referred to in subsection
(3), be granted for a term exceeding twenty years, or
(c) shall not, if it contains any such conditions, be granted for a
term exceeding fifty years.
(3) A forest lease:(a) may contain conditions requiring the lessee to carry out work in
connection with the sylvicultural management of the trees and products on the
land the subject of the lease in accordance with a working plan for that land
referred to in the lease, and
(b) where it contains any such conditions, may provide that the lessee
shall be entitled:(i) to such part of the royalties paid for timber or products taken
from the land the subject of the lease pursuant to a timber licence or
products licence as may be specified in the lease, or
(ii) if timber or products are taken by the commission from the land
the subject of the lease, to such part of the royalties that would have been
payable under this Act if the timber or products had been taken pursuant to a
timber licence or products licence as may be specified in the
(4) (Repealed)33A Roads of access—declaration of(1) The Minister may:(a) by notification published in the Gazette, declare any road:(i) constructed on land dedicated as State forest (whether or not the
land is declared to be national forest, declared to be special management zone
or set apart as flora reserve) or dedicated as flora reserve,
(ii) described in the notification in such manner as the Minister
to be a road of access to land purchased or held under a lease or licence
under the Crown Lands Acts if no access is provided to the land by means of a
reserved or proclaimed road or track, and
(b) by a like notification revoke wholly or in part any notification
published under paragraph (a).
(2) A notification under paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) shall,
upon publication thereof, have effect according to its
tenor.(3) Nothing in subsection (1) or (2) or in any notification published
thereunder, and no use by the public of any road affected by such a
notification, shall operate to affect the status, as State forest, national
forest, special management zone or flora reserve, of the land upon which it is
constructed and that land shall remain vested in the Crown and shall, subject
to subsection (2), remain under the control and management of the
commission.Part 4A Carbon sequestration rights33B DefinitionsIn this Part:carbon
sequestration right has the same meaning as it has in section 87A of
the Conveyancing Act
1919.holder, in
relation to a carbon sequestration right, means the person who is entitled to
exercise (or who in the future may be entitled to exercise) the
right.33C Powers of commission in respect of carbon sequestration
rightsThe commission may:(a) acquire, hold, sell or otherwise deal with or trade in carbon
sequestration rights, and
(b) exercise the powers referred to in section 11 (1) (m3) for the
benefit of investors in carbon sequestration rights, and
(c) provide services in respect of the verification of the quantity of
carbon sequestration by any tree or forest.
Part 5 General and supplemental34 Licences, permits and forest leases not
transferableLicences, permits, and forest leases under this Act shall not be
transferable except with the consent in writing of the commission, and if
transferred without such consent, shall confer no rights on the holder
thereof.35 Suspension of licence, permit or leaseIf the commission is of opinion that the holder of a licence,
permit, forest lease, authorisation under section 30I or other authority
issued or granted by the commission under this Act has contravened or failed
to comply with any provision or condition contained therein, or contained in
this Act or the regulations, or that such licence, permit, lease or authority
is not held or used bona fide for the purpose for which it was issued or
granted, the commission may suspend the operation of the licence, permit,
lease or authority and may, after affording such holder an opportunity to be
heard, cancel the same.35A Removal of unauthorised structures(1) In this section:erect
includes place.structure includes:(a) a building,
(b) a tent,
(c) a post, pile, stake, pipe, chain, wire or any other thing, that is
fixed to the soil or to anything fixed to the soil,
(d) a beehive, and
(e) a work, object or article prescribed for the purposes of this
(2) The commission may cause or authorise a structure erected without
lawful authority in a State forest, timber reserve or flora reserve, or a
structure erected with lawful authority in a State forest, timber reserve or
flora reserve where that authority has expired or been terminated for any
reason, to be removed, together with the contents, if any, of the
structure.(3) If a notice requiring any person who claims to have authority to
erect, maintain or use a structure erected in a State forest, timber reserve
or flora reserve, or any part of the structure, to deliver to the commission a
statement in writing signed by that person stating by what authority that
person erected or is entitled to maintain or use the structure or part or by
what authority that person claims any interest in the structure, is:(a) displayed for a period of one month on or adjacent to the
(b) published in a local newspaper or such other newspaper, if any, as
the commission may determine,
any such person who, within one month after the expiration of that period
or within one month after publication of that notice, fails to deliver such a
statement to the commission shall have no claim against the commission or any
other person removing the structure or contents in accordance with subsection
(2).(4) The commission may, at its option, cause or authorise a structure
or part thereof or the contents thereof removed in accordance with subsection
(2) to be destroyed or sold, or stored (and, if stored, then destroyed or
sold), or may sell the structure or contents on condition that it or they be
removed, and may recover in any court of competent jurisdiction the expenses
incurred in the removal, destruction, sale or storage of the structure or part
thereof or the contents thereof from the person who:(a) erected the structure or caused it to be erected,
(b) where a notice was displayed under subsection (3) in respect of
the structure, has made use of the structure after the expiration of the
period of one month for which the notice was so
or both.(5) Subsection (4) (b) does not apply in relation to a person unless
it is established that the person knew of, or ought reasonably to have known
of, the notice.(6) (Repealed)35B–36 (Repealed)36A Control signs(1) In this section, control sign means a
standard, sign, notice or device in or similar to a form, or generally
answering a description, prescribed for the purposes of this
section.(2) The commission may give such a direction prohibiting, regulating
or controlling the use or enjoyment of a State forest, timber reserve or flora
reserve as, in its opinion, may be necessary or desirable and any such
direction may be limited as to time, place or
subject-matter.(3) A direction given pursuant to subsection (2) shall have effect
only while there is erected or displayed upon or near the State forest, timber
reserve or flora reserve to which the direction relates a control sign that is
notice of the direction.(4) The direction appearing upon, or prescribed as given by, a control
sign that is erected or displayed upon or near a State forest, timber reserve
or flora reserve with the authority of the commission shall be deemed to be a
direction, for the time being in force, given pursuant to subsection (2) in
relation to the State forest, timber reserve or flora reserve and the control
sign shall, for the purposes of subsection (3), be deemed to be notice of that
direction.(5) A direction given pursuant to subsection (2) may be varied or
revoked by the commission.37 Savings, transitional and other provisionsThe Third Schedule has effect.38 Power to enter land and inspect(1) Any person authorised by the commission in writing to act under
this section may, on producing the person’s authority as
aforesaid:(a) enter any land and any buildings thereon, and inspect any timber,
products and forest materials thereon or therein,
(a1) enter any Crown-timber lands and thereon carry out measures for
the protection from fire of timber and products on the
(b) require any person being the holder of a licence, or working or
acting in the management of a licensed sawmill, or taking delivery of or
dealing with timber, products or forest materials, to produce any such licence
or any books and records kept by that person so far as they relate to the
quantity and description of timber, products and forest materials taken
delivery of or dealt with by that person, and to verify the correctness
thereof, and may inspect the same and take copies thereof,
(c) if the person so authorised reasonably suspects that any person
has cut, removed, or otherwise dealt with any timber, products or forest
materials contrary to the provisions of this Act or the regulations, seize and
detain such books and records, but in such case the person so authorised shall
take prompt measures to prosecute any person so suspected, or return the books
and records so seized.
(2) Whosoever obstructs any such person in the exercise of any power
hereby conferred shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty
units.38A Requirement to state name and address(1) In this section:(a) a reference to the driver of a motor vehicle includes a reference
to the rider of a motor cycle, and
(b) a reference to a driver licence is a reference to a licence of any
kind issued under any Act, or under the regulations made under any Act, to
drive or learn to drive a motor vehicle, or to ride or learn to ride a motor
(2) Any person authorised by the commission in writing to act under
this section may require a person whom the person so authorised suspects on
reasonable grounds to be offending against this Act or the regulations to
state the person’s full name and place of
abode.(3) Any person authorised in accordance with subsection (2) may
require the driver of a motor vehicle in a State forest, timber reserve or
flora reserve to produce any driver licence which the driver is, by any Act,
or the regulations made under any Act, required to hold and to state the
person’s full name and place of abode.(4) A person shall not:(a) fail or refuse to comply with a requirement under subsection (2)
or (3), or
is not the person’s name or a place of abode that is not the
person’s place of abode.
Penalty for an offence against this section: 20 penalty
units.38B Requirement for owner of motor vehicle and others to give
information(1) In this section, a reference to the driver of a motor vehicle
includes a reference to the rider of a motor cycle.(2) Where the driver of a motor vehicle is alleged to be guilty of an
offence against this Act or the regulations, any person authorised by the
commission in writing to act under this section may:(a) require the owner of the vehicle, or the person in whose name it
forthwith information (which shall, if so required, be given in the form of a
statement in writing, signed by that owner or person) as to the name and place
of abode of the driver of the motor vehicle at the time of the offence,
(b) require any other person to give any information which it is in
that person’s power to give and which may lead to the identification of
the driver of the motor vehicle at the time of the
(3) A person shall not:(a) fail or refuse to comply with a requirement under subsection (2),
Penalty: 20 penalty units.(4) In prosecution for an offence in respect of a failure or refusal
to comply with a requirement under subsection (2) (a), it is a defence if the
defendant satisfies the court that the defendant did not know and could not
with reasonable diligence have ascertained the name or place of abode of the
driver concerned, or both, as the case may require.(5) Where a statement in writing purporting to be furnished under
subsection (2) (a) and to contain particulars of the name and place of abode
of the driver of a motor vehicle at the time of commission of an alleged
offence against this Act or the regulations is produced in any court in
proceedings for the offence against the person named therein as the driver,
the statement shall, if that person does not appear before the court, be
evidence without proof of signature that that person was the driver of the
vehicle at that time.38C Liability of vehicle owners for parking
offences(1) In this section:owner of a
motor vehicle includes the responsible person for the vehicle within the
2005.parking
offence means the offence committed by a person who, in
contravention of the regulations:(a) parks a motor vehicle, or
(b) causes or permits a motor vehicle to be parked or to stand or
(2) Where a parking offence occurs, the person who, at the time of the
occurrence of the offence, is the owner of the motor vehicle to which the
offence relates is, by virtue of this section, guilty of an offence under the
regulations relating to the parking offence in all respects as if the person
were the actual offender guilty of the parking offence unless:(a) in any case where the parking offence is dealt with under section
46A, the owner satisfies the authorised person referred to in that section
illegally taken or used, or
(b) in any other case, the court is satisfied that the vehicle was, at
the relevant time, a stolen vehicle or a vehicle illegally taken or
(3) Nothing in this section affects the liability of an actual
offender in respect of a parking offence but, where a penalty has been imposed
on, or recovered from, any person in relation to any parking offence, no
further penalty shall be imposed on or recovered from any other person in
relation thereto.(4) Notwithstanding anything in subsection (2) or (3), no owner of a
motor vehicle is, by virtue of this section, guilty of an offence if:(a) in any case where the offence is dealt with under section 46A, the
person:(i) within 21 days after service on the person of a notice under that
section alleging that the person has been guilty of that offence, supplies by
statutory declaration to the authorised person referred to in that section the
name and address of the person who was in charge of the vehicle at all
relevant times relating to the parking offence concerned,
(ii) satisfies the authorised person so referred to that the person
does not know, and cannot with reasonable diligence ascertain, that name and
(b) in any other case, the person:(i) within 21 days after service on the person of a summons in respect
of that offence supplies by statutory declaration to the informant the name
(ii) satisfies the court that the person did not know and could not
with reasonable diligence have ascertained that name and
(5) A statutory declaration that relates to more than one parking
offence shall be deemed not to be a statutory declaration supplying a name and
address for the purposes of subsection (4).(6) Where a statutory declaration supplying the name and address of a
person for the purposes of subsection (4) is produced in any proceedings
against the person in respect of the parking offence to which the statutory
declaration relates, the statutory declaration is prima facie evidence that
the person was, at all relevant times relating to that parking offence, in
charge of the motor vehicle to which the parking offence
relates.(7) The provisions of this section shall be construed as
supplementing, and not as derogating from, any other provision of this Act or
the regulations or any other Act or any regulation, by-law or ordinance under
any other Act.39 Recovery of royalties and rents(1) All royalties and rents imposed by or under this Act or the
regulations may be recovered by the commission in any court of competent
jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown.(2) (Repealed)40 Reviews of certain decisions under Act by Administrative
Decisions Tribunal(1) A person may apply to the Administrative Decisions Tribunal for a
review of any of the following decisions:(a) a decision of the commission refusing to issue the person with a
sawmill licence under section 28 (3),
(c) a decision of the commission refusing to grant or renew a special
purposes permit to the person under section 32F (3),
(d) a decision of the commission under section 35 to suspend or cancel
any licence or permit of the person referred to in the preceding
(e) a decision made under the regulations that belongs to a class of
decisions prescribed by the regulations for the purposes of this
(2) Despite subsection (1), a regulation referred to in subsection (1)
(e) may limit the class of persons who may make an application for a review of
a decision referred to in that paragraph.(3) A regulation referred to in subsection (1) (e) cannot be made
without the concurrence of the Minister administering the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act
1997.41 Regulations(1) The Governor may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act,
out or giving effect to this Act and, in particular:(a) regulating the manner of applying for, and issuing, granting,
transferring, suspending and cancelling, and the forms of leases, licences,
and permits under this Act,
(b) prescribing the fees, charges, rents, and the minimum royalties
payable under this Act; providing for exemptions from the payment of royalty,
and the calculation of royalty and the measurement of timber, products and
forest materials for that purpose,
(c) providing for the payment and collection of royalty and
prescribing the persons by whom royalty shall be paid, and the manner of such
(d) prescribing the periods for which and the conditions under which
such leases, licences, and permits may be issued and granted, and the powers
thereby conferred may be exercised,
(e) regulating the exercise of the powers conferred by any lease,
licence, or permit and any matters incidental thereto, including the
protection and preservation of timber, products and forest materials, and
regulating (whether or not by the issue of licences) the cutting down,
destroying or removing of timber or the obtaining, destroying or removing of
products or forest materials and regulating the marking of timber and
(f) regulating the inspection, branding, marking, and certification of
timber and products, and the fees to be charged for the same; and providing
penalties for falsely applying or counterfeiting or for defacing the
prescribed or registered brands or marks, and for counterfeiting or defacing
certificates authorised to be granted under this Act or the
(g) providing for the establishment of depots where timber and
products shall be deposited for inspection, branding, and measurement; for the
regulation and management of such depots, and the detention therein of timber
or products until the royalty thereon is paid,
(h) regulating and controlling the storing of any timber on any public
wharf, road, depot, or place,
(i) prohibiting the making of any instrument which might be used for
counterfeiting the brands or marks placed on timber by officers or persons
under the control of the commission,
(j) prohibiting any person from having in the person’s
possession, disposing of, or using any instrument used by any such officer for
placing brands or marks on timber, or so closely resembling the same as to be
calculated to deceive,
(k) prescribing the kinds, sizes, and quantities of timber or products
which may be cut or removed; and prohibiting the removal of timber unless
branded or marked as prescribed,
(l) prescribing the books and records to be kept and the returns to be
made by persons working or acting in the management of sawmills or taking
delivery of timber, products or forest materials,
(m) providing for the making of declarations or statements as to the
quantity and description of timber, products and forest materials obtained,
taken delivery of, held, removed, hewn, sawn, or otherwise treated, or
transported or consigned by road, rail, or water, and as to the place where
any timber, products and forest materials were obtained, and as to the place
to which they are consigned, and prescribing the time within which such
declarations or statements shall be made; and imposing penalties for refusing
to make any such declarations or statements, or for making untrue declarations
or statements,
(n) prescribing the fees or deposits to be paid with any application
made under this Act or the regulations, and the forms to be used in carrying
out this Act and the regulations,
(n1) regulating the use and enjoyment of State forests, timber reserves
and flora reserves,
(n2) prohibiting or regulating the entry of persons into and providing
for the safety of persons in State forests, timber reserves and flora
(n3) regulating or controlling camping or residence in State forests,
timber reserves and flora reserves and the making, collecting and receiving of
charges therefor or prohibiting camping or residence in State forests, timber
reserves and flora reserves,
(n4) securing decency and order in State forests, timber reserves and
flora reserves,
(n5) providing for the removal of trespassers and other persons causing
annoyance or inconvenience in State forests, timber reserves and flora
(n6) prohibiting or regulating the taking of intoxicants into, and the
consumption thereof in, State forests, timber reserves and flora
(n7) providing for the reservation of any portion of a State forest,
timber reserve or flora reserve for separate or exclusive use in such
circumstances as the regulations may prescribe,
(o) prescribing the conditions under which fires may or may not be
lighted or used in State forests, flora reserves, and timber reserves,
regulating or prohibiting the carrying or use of wax matches, or the use of
traction engines therein; and generally for the protection of State forests,
flora reserves, and timber reserves from damage by fire,
(o1), (p) (Repealed)
(p1) prohibiting or regulating the taking of animals on or into State
forests, timber reserves and flora reserves, providing for the care and
protection of animals in State forests, timber reserves and flora reserves,
prescribing the conditions on which animals may be permitted or suffered to be
on or in State forests, timber reserves and flora reserves and regulating the
removal of animals from State forests, timber reserves and flora
(p2) prohibiting or regulating the entry of vehicles into and the use
of vehicles in State forests, timber reserves and flora
(p3) regulating and controlling the parking of vehicles in State
forests, timber reserves and flora reserves and providing for the making,
collecting and receiving of charges therefor,
(p4) prescribing the speed and load limits of vehicles in State
forests, timber reserves and flora reserves,
(p5) regulating, controlling or prohibiting the use of roads, tracks,
trails and other ways in State forests, timber reserves and flora reserves and
the circumstances under which roads, tracks, trails and other ways therein
shall be open or may be closed to public traffic or use,
(p6) prohibiting the obstruction of roads, tracks, trails and other
ways in State forests, timber reserves and flora reserves and controlling and
regulating the use of gates in State forests, timber reserves and flora
reserves or on the boundaries thereof,
(p7) prohibiting the damaging or destruction of trees and other
vegetation, standards, signs, notices, devices, buildings, roads, fences,
dams, lookout towers and other improvements, structures and installations and
the plant and equipment of the commission, its lessees, licensees and
permittees,
(p8) with respect to a control sign within the meaning of section
36A:(i) prohibiting, regulating or controlling the use or enjoyment of a
State forest, timber reserve or flora reserve by means of a control
(ii) prescribing the form or description of control
(iii) providing for the interpretation of words, figures, symbols or
abbreviations appearing on a control sign,
(iv) specifying or otherwise providing for the direction represented by
a standard, sign, notice or device comprising, or partly comprising, a control
(v) providing for the observance of a direction appearing on, or
prescribed as being represented by, a control sign,
(q) providing for the organisation of a system of education and
training in scientific forestry,
(r) providing for the collection of forestry
(s) regulating the commission in the exercise of its powers or
discharge of its duties under this Act,
(u) controlling officers and others under the control of the
(v) providing for the management and control of flora reserves and for
all matters relating to such reserves.
(1A) The regulations may impose a penalty not exceeding 20 penalty
units for:(a) an offence against the regulations,
(b) a failure to comply with a direction given pursuant to section 36A
(c) a failure to comply with a provision or condition contained in a
lease, licence, permit or other authority issued or granted in pursuance of
(2) Regulations may be made so as to apply differently according to
such factors as may be specified in the
regulations.(3) The regulations may authorise any matter or thing to be from time
to time determined, applied or regulated by any person specified therein,
either generally or for any class of cases or in a particular
case.42 (Repealed)43 Seizure and forfeiture of timber, products and forest
materials(1) Any member of the police force or person authorised by the
commission in writing to act under this section:(a) may stop and detain any timber, products or forest materials
within the boundaries of a State forest, a timber reserve or flora reserve, or
upon any Crown lands, or on any public highway or public
(b) if the member or person has reason to believe that any timber,
products or forest materials have been cut, removed, or otherwise dealt with
contrary to the provisions of this Act or the regulations, or have been
abandoned, may enter any land and any buildings thereon and seize such timber,
products and forest materials and any article or thing that the member or
person has reason to believe has been used to so cut, remove or otherwise deal
with that timber or those products or forest materials, and place a
distinctive mark on any such timber or products, and
(c) if the member or person has reason to believe that any timber,
contrary to the provisions of this Act, or the regulations, may direct any
person in possession of that timber or those products or forest materials to
forthwith deliver the timber, products or forest materials to a specified
place and may, on that delivery, seize that timber or those products or forest
(1A) A person shall not fail to comply with a reasonable direction
given under subsection (1) (c) or obstruct, hinder, prevent or interfere with
a member of the police force or, on production of his or her authority, a
person authorised in accordance with subsection (1) in the exercise or
performance of any power, authority, duty or function conferred or imposed by
this section on the person.Penalty: 20 penalty units.(2) Where property is seized under subsection (1) (b), the person
making the seizure shall:(a) where the identity of the person in possession of, or reasonably
believed to be the person who has cut, removed or otherwise dealt with the
timber, products or forest materials contrary to the provisions of this Act or
the regulations, is known to the person making the seizure, the person making
the seizure shall inform that other person of the seizure unless the
whereabouts of that person cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained,
(b) whether or not the identity of the person in possession of, or
reasonably believed to be the person who has cut, removed or otherwise dealt
with the timber, products or forest materials contrary to the provisions of
this Act or the regulations, is known to the person making the seizure, the
person making the seizure shall affix a notice of the seizure:(i) on the property so seized, and
(ii) at the place nearest to the place of the seizure where a sitting
of the Local Court may be held.
(2A) Where any property seized under subsection (1) (b) is perishable,
the commission may forthwith dispose of that property, by sale or
otherwise.(2B) The proceeds of any sale under subsection (2A) shall be paid into
an account referred to in section 12.(2C) The payment to a person by the commission of an amount equal to
the proceeds of the sale of any property under subsection (2A) operates as a
discharge of any obligation to deliver up that property to that person and
such a payment in discharge of any such obligation imposed by an order of a
court under subsection (2D) in relation to that property is hereby
authorised.(2D) Where property is seized under subsection (1) (b) or (c)
and:(a) a person is not, within a period of 30 days after the seizure,
charged with an offence under this Act or any other Act, or the regulations,
in respect of that property, the Local Court may, upon application made by the
person from whom that property was seized, or any person claiming any right,
title or interest in that property, order that property be returned to that
offence, that property shall, unless an order in respect of that property has
been made under paragraph (a) or the court hearing the charge, upon an
application made at the trial, otherwise orders, be forfeited to the Crown,
(ii) is found not guilty of the offence, that property shall, unless an
order in respect of that property has been made under paragraph (a) or the
court hearing the charge, upon an application made at the trial, otherwise
orders, be returned to that person, or
force or a person authorised in accordance with subsection (1), order that
that property be forfeited to the Crown.
(3) Any timber, products or forest materials or any article or thing
forfeited in pursuance of this Act may be sold or otherwise disposed of as the
commission may direct, and the proceeds of any such sale shall be paid into an
account referred to in section 12.44 Penalties for offences against officers etc(1) Whosoever:(a) offers violence to or assaults, threatens, or attempts to
intimidate any officer or other person under the control of the commission
while such officer or person is acting in the exercise of the officer’s
or person’s powers or the discharge of the officer’s or
person’s duties under this Act or the regulations,
(b) gives or agrees to give or offers to any such officer or person
any gift or consideration as an inducement or reward for any act done or to be
done or any forbearance observed or to be observed or any favour shown or to
be shown by such officer or person in or in relation to the exercise of such
powers or the discharge of such duties as
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units or to
imprisonment for a period not exceeding 6 months, or
both.(2) A gift or consideration shall be deemed to be given as an
inducement or reward if the receipt or any expectation thereof would be in any
way likely to influence the officer to do or leave undone something contrary
to the officer’s duty.45 False entries or returnsWhosoever makes or causes to be made in any book, return,
declaration, or statement directed by this Act or the regulations to be kept
or made any entry or writing which is false in any material particular, or
omits to make, in any such book, return, declaration or statement, any entry
or writing of any material particular, or omits to keep or make any such book,
return, declaration or statement, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding
20 penalty units.45A Evidence of maps or plans(1) For the purposes of any prosecution for an offence under this Act
a document purporting to be a copy or extract of a map, plan, aerial
photograph or other representation of, or of part of, any State forest or
flora reserve or other lands and to be a copy or extract taken from a map,
plan, aerial photograph or other representation filed in the office of the
commission shall be admissible in evidence to show the boundaries of the State
forest or flora reserve or for the purpose of proving that the lands are
Crown-timber lands, as the case may be, if it purports to be certified under
the hand of the secretary of the commission to be a true copy or
extract.(2) A copy or extract of a map, plan, aerial photograph or other
representation contained in a document certified in accordance with subsection
(1) may be on the same scale as, or on a scale different from, that on which
the map, plan, aerial photograph or other representation is
shown.45B Certain allegations in informations(1) An allegation, in an information in respect of an offence under
this Act or the regulations, that any lands in question form part of a State
forest, timber reserve or flora reserve or otherwise comprise Crown-timber
lands shall be sufficient without proof of the matter so alleged unless the
defendant proves to the contrary.(2) An allegation, in an information in respect of an offence under
this Act or the regulations, that a standard, sign, notice or device was
erected or displayed with the authority of the commission, or that a standard,
sign, notice or device was erected, displayed, interfered with, altered or
removed without the authority of the commission, shall be accepted by the
court as evidence of the truth of the allegation, unless the defendant proves
to the contrary.46 Recovery of penalties etc(1) Proceedings in respect of an offence or forfeiture under this Act
or the regulations and proceedings for the recovery or enforcement of a
penalty, fine or fee imposed or made payable by a licence or permit under this
Act or by a lease of land within a State forest, timber reserve or flora
reserve may be taken in a summary manner before the Local
Court.(2) Any such proceedings may be commenced within 12 months after the
time when the matter giving rise to those proceedings
occurred.46A Penalty notices for certain offences(1) In this section:authorised
person means an officer of the Public Service employed in the
administration of this Act and appointed by the commission to be an authorised
person for the purposes of this section, or an employee of the commission so
appointed.owner, in
relation to a motor vehicle, has the meaning ascribed thereto in section
38C.parking
offence has the meaning ascribed thereto in section
38C.royalty, in
relation to a notice under subsection (2), means the amount, if any, referred
to in subsection (2) (d) and specified in the notice.(2) Where it appears to an authorised person that another
person:(a) has committed, or by virtue of section 38C is guilty of, a parking
(b) has committed any prescribed offence under this Act or the
the authorised person may serve a notice on that other person to the
effect that, if that other person does not desire to have the matter
determined by a court he may, within a time specified in the notice, pay to
the commission:(c) the amount of penalty prescribed for the offence if dealt with
(d) where the commission has certified an amount under subsection (3),
the amount so certified.
(3) Where it appears to an authorised person that another person has
committed an offence referred to in subsection (2) (b) involving the taking or
destruction of any timber, products or forest materials, the commission may
certify to that authorised person the amount that it determines would have
been payable by way of royalty if the timber, products or forest materials had
been taken in pursuance of a timber licence, products licence or forest
materials licence.(4) A notice under subsection (2):(a) may be served personally or by post, or
(b) where the notice relates to a parking offence, may be addressed to
the owner of the vehicle to which the parking offence relates without naming
the person or stating the person’s address and may be served by leaving
it on or attaching it to, the vehicle.
(5) (Repealed)(6) Where the penalty for an offence dealt with under this section and
any royalty is or are paid pursuant to this section in respect of an alleged
offence:(a) no person may be proceeded against for the alleged
(b) no person may be proceeded against for recovery of the royalty,
(c) the payment shall not be construed as an admission of liability
for the purpose of, nor, except as provided in paragraph (b), in any way
affect or prejudice, any civil claim, action or proceeding arising out of the
facts constituting the alleged offence.
(7) The penalty prescribed for an offence dealt with under this
section shall not exceed the maximum penalty that might be imposed by a court
if the offence were dealt with otherwise than under this
section.(8) Section 30E applies in respect of any royalty paid to the
commission under this section as if it were a royalty paid to the commission
under section 30A.(9) Subsection (8) does not require the commission, in respect of any
royalty paid to it under this section, to make a payment out of the royalty to
the person by whom the royalty was paid.(10) This section shall be construed as supplementing, and not as
derogating from, any other Act in relation to proceedings that may be taken in
respect of offences.(11) Nothing in section 30H or 39 prevents the recovery of any royalty
pursuant to this section.Editorial
note. See also Part 3 of the Fines Act
1996.47 Penalties to be in addition to fines under licences or
permitsPenalties imposed under this Act or the regulations shall be in
addition to, and not in substitution for any penalty or fine, pecuniary or
otherwise, imposed by any licence or permit issued or granted under this Act,
or any lease of land within a State forest or timber reserve or flora
reserve.48 Compensation(1) In this section, a reference to the conviction of a person
includes a reference to the making of an order in respect of a person under
section 10 of the Crimes (Sentencing
Procedure) Act 1999.(2) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act or the
regulations whereby the commission incurs any charge, cost or expense or which
results in or causes loss of or damage to:(a) any Crown-timber lands or any road, improvement or structure
thereon, under the control of or the property of the commission,
(b) any other property of the commission,
the Magistrate before whom the person was convicted:(c) shall, where the offence in respect of which the person was
convicted involved the taking or destruction of any timber, products or forest
materials and the commission has certified the amount that it determines would
have been payable by way of royalty if the timber, products or forest
materials had been taken in pursuance of a timber licence, products licence or
forest materials licence, order payment by that person to the commission of
that amount, and
(d) may order payment by that person to the commission of such other
amount as the person thinks fit by way of compensation for any other charge,
cost, expense, loss or damage.
(3) Except as provided in subsection (4), an order under subsection
(2) (c) or (d) shall be deemed to be a conviction or order whereby a sum of
money is adjudged to be paid within the meaning of the Justices Act
1902.(4) The maximum period for which a person shall be imprisoned and kept
in default of payment of a sum ordered to be paid under subsection (2) (c) or
(d) or the aggregate of any such sums so ordered to be paid is 4
months.(5) If an amount is ordered to be paid to the commission under
subsection (2) (c), section 30E applies in respect of an amount paid pursuant
to the order as if it were a royalty paid to the commission under section
30A.(6) Subsection (5) does not require the commission, in respect of an
amount paid as ordered under subsection (2) (c), to make a payment out of the
amount to the person by whom the amount was paid.First Schedule (Sections 4, 18, 22, 25A, 27E, 27H and 30A)Conditional Lease, Conditional Purchase Lease, Special Conditional
Purchase Lease, Settlement Lease, Crown-lease, Residential Lease, Special
Lease, Annual Lease, Occupation Licence, Preferential Occupation Licence,
Permissive Occupancy, Western Lands Lease, Special Western Lands Lease,
Prickly-pear Lease, lease or licence granted under the Crown Lands Act 1989, whether or not
the land the subject of any such lease has been brought under the provisions
1900.Second Schedule (Section 30J)Conditional Lease, Conditional Purchase Lease, Special Conditional
Lease, Western Lands Lease, Special Western Lands Lease, Prickly-pear Lease
and a lease granted under the Crown Lands Act
1989, whether or not the land the subject of any such lease
has been brought under the provisions of the Real Property Act
1900.Third Schedule Savings, transitional and other
provisions(Section 37)1 Forestry (Amendment) Act
applies.(7) In this clause:amending
1924.corporation
sole means the corporation sole constituted under section
7.dissolved body
corporate means the body corporate dissolved by the amending
Act.2 Forestry (Amendment) Act
1987 applies.(5) In this clause:amending
1978.3 Miscellaneous Acts (Crown Lands) Amendment
Act 1989A declaration under section 33A, in force immediately before the
commencement of the Miscellaneous Acts (Crown Lands) Amendment
Act 1989, that a road is a road of access for the purposes of
section 279 of the Crown Lands Consolidation Act
1913 is, on that commencement, deemed to be a declaration that
the road is a road of access for the purposes of section
33A.Historical notesThe 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 See also School
Forest Areas Act 1936; Soil Conservation Act 1938; National Parks and Wildlife Act
1974 and Rural Fires Act 1997.Table of amending instrumentsForestry Act 1916 No
55. Assented to 11.10.1916. Date of commencement, 1.11.1916, sec 1.
1924No 67Forestry (Amendment) Act 1924.
Assented to 23.12.1924.Date of commencement, 8.4.1925, sec 1 (2) and GG No 48 of 7.4.1925, p
1933No 7Forestry (Amendment) Act
1933. Assented to 13.9.1933.1935No 35Forestry (Amendment) Act 1935.
Assented to 11.4.1935.Date of commencement, 1.8.1935, sec 1 (4) and GG No 139 of 31.7.1935, p
1937. Assented to 23.12.1937.1938No 10Soil Conservation Act
1938. Assented to 13.10.1938.Date of commencement, 28.10.1938, sec 1 (2) and GG No 158 of 28.10.1938,
p 4213.
1946No 39Forestry (Amendment) Act
1946. Assented to 21.5.1946.1949No 8Conservation Authority of New South Wales Act
1951No 14Forestry (Amendment) Act
1951. Assented to 27.6.1951.1955No 28Petroleum Act 1955. Assented to
3.5.1955.Date of commencement of Sch, 3.1.1956, sec 1 (2) (b) and GG No 139 of
2.12.1955, p 3548.
1957No 30Crown Lands (Amendment) Act
1957. Assented to 4.5.1957.1964No 7Crown Lands (Amendment) Act
1969No 20Forestry (Amendment) Act 1969.
Assented to 2.4.1969.Date of commencement of sec 3 (1), 30.6.1970, sec 3 (2) and GG No 80 of
26.6.1970, p 2564.
(Amendment) Act 1972. Assented to 11.4.1972.Date of commencement of secs 2–5, 1.6.1972, sec 1 (2) and GG No 56
of 26.5.1972, p 1984.
1972. Assented to 9.10.1972. No 61Forestry, Conservation Authority of New South Wales
13.11.1972.Date of commencement, except sec 7, 1.2.1973, sec 2 (1) and GG No 16 of
26.1.1973, p 269; date of commencement of sec 7, 1.6.1972, sec 2
to 6.5.1974.Date of commencement of Sch, Items 541–553, 1.7.1974, sec 4 (2) (b)
1976No 4Statutory and Other Offices Remuneration Act 1975
(1976 No 4). Assented to 7.1.1976.Date of commencement of Sch 5, 2.2.1976, sec 2 (2) and GG No 15 of
1978No 101Forestry (Amendment) Act 1978.
Assented to 20.12.1978.Date of commencement of sec 6, 1.2.1973, sec 2 (4); date of commencement
of Sch 1, Sch 2 (3) (e) (f) (j)–(l) (4) (5) (a), Sch 4, Sch 5, Sch 6 (1)
(3) (4) and Sch 7 (1) (2) (5) (a) (b) (7) (9) (b)–(e) (g)
(14)–(16), 1.7.1983, sec 2 (3) and GG No 57 of 8.4.1983, p 1557. Amended
1981No 30Forestry (Amendment) Act
1981. Assented to 14.5.1981.1982No 153Forestry (Abandoned Vehicles)
Amendment Act 1982. Assented to
21.12.1982.1983No 153Miscellaneous Acts (Public Finance and Audit) Repeal
1984No 145Forestry (Amendment) Act 1984.
Assented to 4.12.1984.Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.1985, sec 2
10.12.1984.1985No 134Forestry (Clearing Licences) Amendment Act
1985. Assented to 25.11.1985.Date of commencement of Sch 1, 11.4.1986, sec 2 (2) and GG No 60 of
11.4.1986, p 1622.
1.5.1986. No 205Miscellaneous Acts (Water Administration) Amendment
1987. Assented to 9.12.1987.Date of commencement of Sch 15, assent, sec 2
No 244Forestry (Forestry Rights) Amendment Act
1987. Assented to 16.12.1987.Date of commencement, 1.3.1988, sec 2 and GG No 41 of 26.2.1988, p
1988No 22Forestry (Amendment) Act 1988.
Assented to 30.6.1988.Date of commencement, 1.7.1988, sec 2.
No 34Miscellaneous Acts (Public Sector Management)
1988. Assented to 19.12.1988.Date of commencement of Sch 9, 1.8.1989, sec 2 (3) and GG No 83 of
14.7.1989, p 4201.
Employment) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to, 15.8.1989.Date of commencement of amendments relating to Forestry Act 1916, 1.10.1989, sec 2
and GG No 98 of 29.9.1989, p 7742.
No 111Forestry (Amendment) Act 1989.
Assented to 24.8.1989.Date of commencement, 24.11.1989, sec 2 and GG No 114 of 24.11.1989, p
1991. Assented to 3.5.1991.Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Forestry Act 1916, assent, sec
1992. Assented to 8.10.1992.Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 1 relating to the Forestry Act 1916, assent, Sch
1993. Assented to 8.6.1993. Date of commencement, 1.7.1993,
sec 2 and GG No 73 of 1.7.1993, p 3343.1994No 41Irrigation Corporations Act 1994.
Assented to 2.6.1994.Date of commencement of the provisions of Sch 3 relating to the Forestry Act 1916, 1.7.1996, sec 2
(1) and GG No 77 of 28.6.1996, p 3283.
Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994.Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Forestry Act 1916, 28.11.1994, sec 2
1995. Assented to 9.6.1995.Date of commencement of Sch 1.50, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of
Registration) Act 1997. Assented to 9.12.1997.Date of commencement of Sch 2.8, 29.6.1998, sec 2 and GG No 97 of
Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 29.6.1998.Date of commencement of Sch 2.8, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of
Estate Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998.Date of commencement of Sch 8, 1.1.1999, sec 2 (1) and GG No 176 of
Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999.Date of commencement of Sch 3.7, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement
of Schs 4 and 5, assent, sec 2 (1).
Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2
1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.Date of commencement of Sch 4.26, 3.4.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 42 of
8.12.1999.Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.1.2000, sec 2 and GG No 144 of
Provisions) Act 2000. Assented to 29.6.2000.Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, assent, sec 2
Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001.Date of commencement of Sch 1, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth
Provisions) Act (No 2) 2001. Assented to 14.12.2001.Date of commencement of Sch 2.19, assent, sec 2
2002No 64Game and Feral Animal Control
Act 2002. Assented to 10.7.2002.Date of commencement of Sch 3.2, 6.8.2004, sec 2 and GG No 131 of
6.8.2004, p 6300.
No 137National Park Estate
(Reservations) Act 2002. Assented to 18.12.2002.Date of commencement, 1.1.2003, sec 2.
Provisions) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004.Date of commencement of Sch 1.11, 1.12.2005, Sch 1.11 and GG No 140 of
18.11.2005, p 9404.
2005. Assented to 14.4.2005.Date of commencement of Sch 3.15, 30.9.2005, sec 2 (1) and GG No 120 of
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.Date of commencement of Schs 1.46 and 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314)
Provisions) Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008.Date of commencement of Sch 1.9, assent, sec 2
Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008.Date of commencement of Sch 6.11, 1.1.2009, sec 2
Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009.Date of commencement of Sch 2.18, 17.7.2009, sec 2
This Act has also been amended:(a) by a regulation under the Public
Authorities (Financial Accommodation) Act 1981 No 82 published
in Gazette No 35 of 12.3.1982, p 1022, and amended by Gazette No 152 of
4.11.1983, p 4987, and
(b) pursuant to orders under secs 8 (2), 9 (3) and 9A of the Reprints Act 1972 No
Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 5.10.1973, and published in
GG No 129 of 12.10.1973, p 4429, declaring that:(i) the Forestry Act
1916 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) of the Acts Reprinting Act
(ii) the Forestry Act
1916, except the words “of this Act” where firstly
occurring in sec 15 (2), is an enactment to which sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act
Order dated 28.4.1986 and published in GG No 73 of 2.5.1986, p
Long titleAm 1972 No 61, sec 5 (a).Part 1A, headingIns 1999 No 31, Sch 5.41 [2].Sec 2Am 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (a); 1978 No 101, Schs 1
(1), 8 (1). Rep 1984 No 145, Sch 1 (1).Sec 4Am 1924 No 67, sec 3 (a); 1935 No 35, sec 4 (a);
1972 No 61, secs 5 (b), 6 (a); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No 101, Schs 1 (2), 8
(2); 1980 No 196, Sch 1; 1989 No 9, Sch 1; 1999 No 96, Sch 2 [1]; 2002 No 137,
Sch 9.1 [1]; 2007 No 27, Sch 2.20.Sec 5Am 1924 No 67, sec 3 (b); 1949 No 8, sec 16 (1)
(a); 1976 No 4, Sch 5; 1978 No 101, Schs 2 (1), 8 (3); 1980 No 187, Sch 1;
1981 No 30, Sch 3 (1); 1988 No 34, Sch 1; 1989 No 105, Sch
1.Sec 6Subst 1924 No 67, sec 3 (c). Am 1935 No 35, sec 2
(1) (a); 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Rep 1949 No 8, sec 16 (1)
(b).Sec 6AIns 1933 No 7, sec 2. Rep 1935 No 35, sec 2
(3).Sec 7Subst 1924 No 67, sec 3 (d). Am 1981 No 30, Schs 1
(1), 3 (2); 1985 No 231, Sch 10 (1); 2000 No 53, Sch 1.9; 2005 No 98, Sch 1.11
[1].Sec 8Am 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (4).Sec 8A, headingIns 1972 No 61, sec 4 (a).Sec 8AIns 1972 No 61, sec 4 (a). Am 1999 No 96, Sch 2
[2]–[4].Sec 9Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (b); 1946 No 39, sec 2; 1972
No 61, sec 4 (b); 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (5); 1981 No 30, Sch 3 (1) (3); 2006 No
2, Sch 4.19 [1] [2].Sec 9AIns 1935 No 35, sec 2 (1) (b). Am 1978 No 101, Sch
8 (6); 1981 No 30, Sch 3 (1).Sec 9BIns 1935 No 35, sec 2 (1) (b). Am 1978 No 101, Sch
8 (7); 1981 No 30, Sch 3 (1).Sec 10Am 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (8); 1981 No 30, Sch 3 (1);
2006 No 2, Sch 4.19 [3].Sec 10AIns 1972 No 26, sec 4 (1) (a). Am 1978 No 101, Sch
2 (2); 2006 No 2, Sch 4.19 [4]–[6].Sec 11Am 1935 No 35, secs 4 (c), 5 (2) (a), 3 (a); 1972
No 26, secs 2 (1) (b), 4 (1) (b); 1972 No 61, sec 4 (c); 1978 No 101, Sch 2
(3); 1981 No 30, Sch 1 (2); 1985 No 231, Sch 10 (2); 1986 No 218, Sch 17 (1);
1987 No 209, Sch 15 (1); 1987 No 244, sec 3; 1995 No 11, Sch 1.50 [1]; 1997 No
65, Sch 4.11; 1998 No 124, Sch 4 [1]–[3]; 1999 No 96, Sch 2 [5] [6];
2006 No 85, Sch 3 [1].Sec 11AAIns 2006 No 85, Sch 3 [2].Sec 11AIns 1924 No 67, sec 4. Am 1972 No 61, sec 5 (c);
1978 No 101, Sch 8 (9); 1986 No 205, Sch 2, 1987 No 209, Sch 15 (2); 1994 No
41, Sch 3.Sec 11BIns 1924 No 67, sec 4.Sec 11CIns 1951 No 14, sec 2 (a). Am 1981 No 30, Sch 1
(3).Sec 11D, headingIns 1981 No 30, Sch 2 (1). Rep GG No 35 of
12.3.1982, p 1022.Sec 11DIns 1981 No 30, Sch 2 (2). Rep GG No 35 of
12.3.1982, p 1022.Sec 12, headingRep 1988 No 22, Sch 1.Sec 12Am 1969 No 20, sec 2 (a); 1972 No 26, sec 4 (1)
(c); 1972 No 61, sec 5 (d); 1978 No 101, Sch 2 (4); 1981 No 30, Schs 2 (3), 3
(4); GG No 35 of 12.3.1982, p 1022 (am GG No 152 of 4.11.1983, p 4987); 1984
No 145, Sch 1 (2). Subst 1988 No 22, Sch 1. Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1.39 [1]
[2].Sec 13, headingRep 1988 No 22, Sch 1.Sec 13Am 1935 No 35, sec 5 (1) (a) (b), (2) (b), 3 (b);
1951 No 14, sec 2 (b); 1969 No 20, sec 2 (b), 1972 No 61, sec 5 (e); 1978 No
101, Sch 2 (5); 1981 No 30, Sch 3 (5); 1984 No 153, Sch 6; 1985 No 231, Sch 10
(3), 1986 No 218, Sch 17 (2); 1987 No 209, Sch 15 (3). Subst 1988 No 22, Sch
1. Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1.39 [3]; 2005 No 98, Sch 1.11 [2].Sec 14Am 1924 No 67, sec 3 (e); 1978 No 101, Sch 2 (6);
1981 No 30, Sch 3 (6). Rep 1983 No 153, Sch 1. Ins 1988 No 22, Sch
1.Sec 14AIns 1988 No 22, Sch 1.Part 2, headingSubst 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (10).Sec 15, headingAm 1972 No 61, sec 5 (f) (i). Subst 1992 No 57, Sch
1.Sec 15Am 1935 No 35, sec 5 (1) (c); 1969 No 20, sec 2
(c); 1972 No 61, sec 5 (f) (ii)–(v); 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (11). Subst 1992
No 57, Sch 1. Am 1994 No 45, Sch 1; 2002 No 137, Sch 9.1
[2]–[4].Sec 16Am 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (12). Rep 1989 No 9, Sch
1.Sec 16AIns 1969 No 20, sec 2 (d). Am 1974 No 51, Sch; 1992
No 57, Sch 1.Sec 17Subst 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (c). Am 1974 No 51,
Sch.Sec 17AIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (c).Sec 18Am 1969 No 20, sec 2 (e); 1972 No 26, secs 2 (1)
(d), 3 (1) (a); 1972 No 61, sec 5 (g); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1980 No 196, Sch 1;
2002 No 137, Sch 9.1 [5].Sec 19Am 1935 No 35, sec 5 (1) (d); 1969 No 20, sec 2
(f); 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (13); 1989 No 9, Sch 1.Sec 19AIns 1935 No 35, sec 5 (1) (f). Am 1969 No 20, sec 2
(g).Sec 19BIns 1969 No 20, sec 2 (h). Am 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978
No 101, Sch 8 (14); 1987 No 209, Sch 15 (4); 2002 No 137, Sch 9.1
[6].Sec 20Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (d); 1972 No 61, sec 6 (b);
1978 No 101, Sch 3 (1).Sec 20AIns 1972 No 61, sec 5 (h).Sec 21Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (e); 1955 No 28, Sch; 1972 No
61, sec 6 (c); 1973 No 81, Fourth Sch; 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (15); 1992 No 29,
Sch 5; 1998 No 5, Sch 2.1 [1].Sec 21AIns 1998 No 163, Sch 8. Am 2002 No 137, Sch 9.1
[7]–[12].Sec 22Am 1935 No 35, sec 5 (1) (e); 1964 No 7, sec 17 (1)
(a); 1972 No 61, sec 5 (i); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (16); 1989 No
9, Sch 1.Sec 24Am 1964 No 7, sec 17 (1) (b); 1978 No 101, Sch 8
(17); 1989 No 9, Sch 1.Sec 25Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (f); 1957 No 30, sec 7 (1)
(a); 1972 No 61, sec 6 (d); 1978 No 101, Schs 3 (2), 8 (18); 1989 No 9, Sch 1;
2002 No 137, Sch 9.1 [13] [14].Sec 25A, headingIns 1935 No 35, sec 3.Sec 25AIns 1935 No 35, sec 3. Am 1969 No 20, sec 2 (i);
1972 No 26, sec 3 (1) (b); 1972 No 61, sec 5 (j); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No
101, Sch 8 (19); 1987 No 209, Sch 15 (5); 1995 No 11, Sch 1.50 [2]
[3].Sec 25B, headingIns 1935 No 35, sec 3.Sec 25BIns 1935 No 35, sec 3. Rep 1938 No 10, sec 37
(6).Part 2AIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e).Sec 25CIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e). Am 1972 No 61, sec 7
(a); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No 101, Sch 8 (20); 1980 No 196, Sch 1; 1989 No 9,
Sch 1.Sec 25DIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e).Sec 25EIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e). Am 1989 No 9, Sch
1.Sec 25FIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e). Am 1974 No 51, Sch;
1978 No 101, Sch 4 (1); 1980 No 196, Sch 1; 1989 No 9, Sch 1; 2006 No 85, Sch
3 [3].Sec 25GIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e). Am 1978 No 101, Sch
4 (2).Sec 25HIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e). Am 1978 No 101, Sch
4 (3).Sec 25IIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e). Am 1972 No 61, sec 5
(k); 1978 No 101, Schs 4 (4), 8 (21); 1980 No 196, Sch 1; 1989 No 9, Sch
1.Sec 25JIns 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (e). Rep 1972 No 61, sec
5 (1).Part 3, headingSubst 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (1).Part 3, Div 1, headingIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (1).Sec 26, headingRep 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (2).Sec 26Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (g); 1969 No 20, sec 2 (j);
1972 No 26, secs 2 (1) (f), 3 (1) (c); 1972 No 61, secs 5 (m), 6 (e); 1974 No
51, Sch. Rep 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (2).Sec 26A and headingIns 1972 No 61, sec 5 (n). Rep 1978 No 101, Sch 5
(2).Sec 27Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (h); 1969 No 20, sec 2 (k).
Subst 1972 No 61, sec 5 (o). Am 1978 No 101, Schs 5 (3), 8 (22); 1985 No 134,
Sch 1 (1); 1985 No 231, Sch 10 (4); 1989 No 9, Sch 1; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1992
No 29, Sch 5; 1995 No 92, sec 28; 1997 No 133, Sch 5.1 [1]; 1998 No 5, Sch 2.1
[2]; 1998 No 143, Sch 6.9 [1] [2]; 1999 No 97, Sch 2.3; 2001 No 112, Sch 2.19
[1] [2]; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.11 [1]; 2006 No 85, Sch 3 [4] [5]; 2009 No 9, Sch
3.5.Part 3, Div 2Ins 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (4).Sec 27AIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (4). Am 2008 No 62, Sch 1.9
[1]–[3].Sec 27BIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (4). Am 2008 No 62, Sch 1.9
[3] [4].Sec 27CIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (4). Am 2008 No 62, Sch 1.9
[3] [5].Sec 27DIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (4). Am 1984 No 145, Sch 1
(3).Sec 27EIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (4). Am 2006 No 85, Sch 3
[6].Secs 27F, 27GIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (4).Sec 27HIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (4). Am 1985 No 134, Sch 1
(2); 1987 No 209, Sch 15 (6); 1989 No 236, Sch 3; 1997 No 133, Sch 5.1 [2];
2001 No 10, Sch 5.1; 2004 No 55, Sch 1.11 [2].Sec 28, headingAm 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (5) (a).Sec 28Am 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (5)
(b)–(e).Sec 29Am 1969 No 20, sec 2 (1); 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (6);
1988 No 92, Sch 9 (1); 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 2001 No 34, Sch
1.4.Part 3, Div 3, headingIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7).Sec 30, headingRep 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7).Sec 30Am 1972 No 26, sec 2 (1) (g); 1972 No 61, secs 5
(p), 7 (b). Subst 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7). Am 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (1); 1998 No
143, Sch 6.9 [3]–[5]; 2008 No 34, sec 5; 2008 No 112, Sch 6.11 [1]
[2].Sec 30AIns 1972 No 61, sec 5 (q). Subst 1978 No 101, Sch 5
(7). Am 1984 No 145, Sch 1 (4).Sec 30AAIns 2006 No 85, Sch 3 [7].Sec 30BIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7).Sec 30CIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7). Subst 1984 No 145, Sch
1 (5). Rep 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (2).Sec 30DIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7).Sec 30EIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7). Subst 1984 No 145, Sch
1 (6). Subst 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (3). Am 1998 No 143, Sch 6.9 [6]; 2008 No 112,
Sch 6.11 [3].Sec 30FIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7). Rep 1984 No 145, Sch 1
(6). Ins 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (3). Am 1998 No 143, Sch 6.9 [7]; 2008 No 112, Sch
6.11 [3].Sec 30GIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7). Rep 1984 No 145, Sch 1
(6).Sec 30HIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7). Am 1984 No 145, Sch 1
(7); 1985 No 231, Sch 10 (5); 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (4).Part 3, Div 4Ins 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7).Sec 30IIns 1978 No 101, Sch 5 (7). Subst 1984 No 145, Sch
1 (8). Am 1989 No 9, Sch 1; 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (5).Part 3, Div 5Ins 1984 No 145, Sch 1 (9). Subst 1989 No 111, Sch
1 (6).Sec 30JIns 1984 No 145, Sch 1 (9). Subst 1989 No 111, Sch
1 (6).Sec 30KIns 1984 No 145, Sch 1 (9). Am 1987 No 209, Sch 15
(7). Subst 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (6).Sec 30LIns 1984 No 145, Sch 1 (9). Am 1987 No 209, Sch 15
(8). Subst 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (6).Sec 30MIns 1984 No 145, Sch 1 (9). Rep 1989 No 111, Sch 1
(6).Sec 31Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (i); 1972 No 61, secs 5 (r), 6
(f); 1978 No 101, Schs 6 (1) (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16), 8 (23); 1988 No 92, Sch
9 (2); 1989 No 9, Sch 1; 2006 No 85, Sch 3 [8].Sec 32Am 1935 No 35, secs 4 (j), 5 (1) (g); 1969 No 20,
sec 2 (m); 1972 No 61, secs 5 (s), 6 (g). Subst 1978 No 101, Sch 6 (2). Am
1985 No 231, Sch 10 (6); 1991 No 17, Sch 1.Sec 32AIns 1978 No 101, Sch 6 (3). Am 2009 No 56, Sch
2.18 [1].Sec 32BIns 1978 No 101, Sch 6 (3). Am 1999 No 31, Sch 3.7.
Rep 2002 No 64, Sch 3.2 [1].Sec 32CIns 1978 No 101, Sch 6 (3). Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1;
2002 No 64, Sch 3.2 [2].Sec 32DIns 1978 No 101, Sch 6 (3). Am 1985 No 231, Sch 10
(7); 1991 No 17, Sch 1.Sec 32EIns 1978 No 101, Sch 6 (3). Am 1985 No 231, Sch 10
(8); GG No 73 of 2.5.1986, p 1927; 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.46
[1].Sec 32FIns 1978 No 101, Sch 6 (3).Sec 32GIns 1978 No 101, Sch 6 (3). Am 1991 No 17, Sch
1.Sec 33Am 1972 No 61, sec 5 (t); 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No
101, Sch 6 (4).Sec 33AIns 1969 No 20, sec 2 (n). Am 1978 No 101, Sch 8
(24); 1989 No 9, Sch 1; 2002 No 137, Sch 9.1 [15] [16].Part 4AIns 1998 No 124, Sch 4 [4].Sec 33BIns 1998 No 124, Sch 4 [4]. Am 1999 No 96, Sch 2
[7].Sec 33CIns 1998 No 124, Sch 4 [4].Sec 34Am 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (1).Sec 35Am 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (2); 1987 No 209, Sch 15
(9).Sec 35AIns 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (3). Am 1986 No 218, Sch 17
(3).Sec 35BIns 1982 No 153, Sch 1. Rep 1993 No 31, sec
52.Sec 35CIns 1982 No 153, Sch 1. Am 1988 No 22, Sch 1. Rep
1993 No 31, sec 52.Sec 36Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (k); 1972 No 61, sec 6 (h);
1978 No 101, Sch 8 (25). Rep 1993 No 31, sec 52.Sec 36AIns 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (4).Sec 37Am 1937 No 35, Second Sch. Subst 1989 No 9, Sch
1.Sec 38Am 1969 No 20, sec 2 (o); 1972 No 61, sec 5 (u);
1978 No 101, Sch 7 (5); 1991 No 17, Sch 1.Sec 38AIns 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (6). Am 1991 No 17, Sch 1;
1998 No 99, Sch 1.5.Sec 38BIns 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (6). Am 1991 No 17, Sch
1.Sec 38CIns 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (6). Am 1997 No 119, Sch 2.8
(am 1998 No 26, Sch 1 [13]); 1999 No 19, Sch 2.14; 2005 No 11, Sch
3.15.Sec 39Am 1972 No 61, sec 5 (v); 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (7);
1984 No 145, Sch 1 (10).Sec 40Am 1972 No 61, sec 5 (w). Rep 1978 No 101, Sch 7
(8). Ins 1998 No 48, Sch 2.8. Am 2009 No 56, Sch 2.18
[2].Sec 41Am 1924 No 67, sec 3 (f); 1935 No 35, sec 4 (l);
1969 No 20, secs 2 (p), 3 (l); 1972 No 61, secs 5 (x), 6 (i); 1978 No 101, Sch
7 (9); 1981 No 30, Sch 3 (7); 1984 No 145, Sch 1 (11); 1985 No 231, Sch 10
(9); 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (7); 1991 No 17, Sch 1.Sec 42Am 1935 No 35, sec 5 (1) (h). Subst 1978 No 101,
Sch 8 (26). Rep 1987 No 48, Sch 32.Sec 43Am 1935 No 35, sec 4 (m); 1972 No 61, secs 5 (y)
(am 1978 No 101 sec 6), 6 (j); 1978 No 101, Schs 7 (10), 8 (27); 1985 No 231,
Sch 10 (10); GG No 73 of 2.5.1986, p 1927; 1986 No 16, Sch 23; 1986 No 218,
Sch 17 (4); 1988 No 22, Sch 1; 1991 No 17, Sch 1; 1996 No 24, Sch 1.39 [3];
1999 No 31, Sch 4.32 [1]; 2007 No 94, Sch 1.46 [1] [2].Sec 44Am 1969 No 20, sec 2 (q); 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (11);
1991 No 17, Sch 1.Sec 45Am 1969 No 20, sec 2 (r); 1986 No 218, Sch 17 (5);
1991 No 17, Sch 1.Sec 45A and headingIns 1972 No 61, sec 5 (z).Sec 45BIns 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (12).Sec 46Am 1972 No 61, sec 5 (aa). Subst 1978 No 101, Sch 7
(13). Am 1999 No 31, Sch 4.32 [2]; 2007 No 94, Sch 4.Sec 46AIns 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (14). Am 1984 No 145, Sch 1
(12); 1986 No 218, Sch 17 (6); 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (8); 1992 No 57, Sch
1.Sec 47Am 1972 No 61, sec 5 (ab); 1978 No 101, Sch 7
(15).Sec 48Ins 1978 No 101, Sch 7 (16). Am 1984 No 145, Sch 1
(13); GG No 73 of 2.5.1986, p 1927; 1989 No 111, Sch 1 (9); 1999 No 94, Sch
4.26.First SchIns 1972 No 26, sec 5. Am 1980 No 196, Sch 1; 1989
No 9, Sch 1.Second SchIns 1972 No 26, sec 5. Am 1980 No 196, Sch 1. Subst
1985 No 231, Sch 10 (11). Am 1989 No 9, Sch 1.Third SchIns 1981 No 30, Sch 2 (4). Rep GG No 35 of
12.3.1982, p 1022. Ins 1989 No 9, Sch 1. Am 1999 No 85, Sch 3.1 [1]
[2].The whole ActAm 1999 No 31, Sch 5.41 [1] (each heading that is
not a Part heading, Div heading, sec heading, Sch heading or cl heading