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Forest Regulations amending Regulations No. 01 of 2008.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2012
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Extraordinary, No. 1762/1, 11 June 2012, pp. 1A-4A.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Transport/storage Timber extraction/logging Timber Forest species Zoning
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

These Regulations amend Regulations No. 1 of 2008. Amendments deal with the following provisions: the transportations of all species of timber specified in Column III of Schedule II within the Divisional Secretary's Divisions specified in Column II of that Schedule and located within the Administrative Districts referred in Column I of the said Second Schedule, shall be exempted from the requirement of obtaining permits. The transportation of sawn timber specified in Column III of the Third Schedule and any item made out of such species of timber within the Municipal Council and Urban Council limits specified in Column II of that Schedule and located within the Administrative Districts referred to in Column I of the Third Schedule, shall be exempted from the requirement of obtaining permits. Schedules specify Districts, geographical limits and tree species and all the other species of timber to be collected.

Full text
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Website
www.documents.gov.lk

References - Legislation

Amends

Forest Regulations No. 01 of 2008.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2008

Keyword: Forest management/forest conservation, Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings, Transport/storage, Timber extraction/logging

Source: FAO, FAOLEX