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Forest Conservation (Registration of Timber Depots and Property Marks) Regulation No. 01 of 2014.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (Extraordinary) No. 1891/26, 3 December 2014, pp. 1A-14A.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Public forest Zoning Registration Timber Timber extraction/logging Royalties/fees
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Entry into force notes
These Regulations enter into force on 8 December 2014.
Abstract

These Regulations, consisting of 19 sections and ten Schedules, establish Forest Conservation requirements (Registration of Timber Depots and Property Marks) and apply within all Administrative Districts of Sri Lanka. Every application for a Certificate of Registration made under Section 23B of the implemented Ordinance, to carry on the business of a timber depot in terms of Section 23A of the Ordinance, shall be substantially in the form set out in Schedule I. Any person who carries on the business of a timber depot, by virtue of a Certificate of Registration obtained prior to the coming into operation of these regulations, under the Forest Regulation No. 3 of 1979 published in Gazette Extraordinary No. 68/14, of December 26, 1979 shall not be required to obtain a Certificate of Registration.

Full text
English
Website
www.documents.gov.lk

References - Legislation

Implements

Forest Ordinance (No. 16 of 1907 - Chapter 283).

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1908 (1979)

Keyword: Framework law, Forest management/forest conservation, Timber extraction/logging, Protected area, Classification/declassification, Transport/storage, Forest service/forest officers, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Repeals

Forest Regulations 1979 (No. 1 of 1979).

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 1979

Keyword: Protected area, Forest management/forest conservation, Forest fires, Forestry protection measures, Land clearing, Public forest, Timber, Timber extraction/logging, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX