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