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Forest Regulations No. 01 of 2008.

Country/Territory
Sri Lanka
Document type
Regulation
Date
2008
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
The Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Extraordinary, No. 1548/29, 9 May 2008, pp. 1A-8A.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Transport/storage Timber extraction/logging
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Entry into force notes
These Regulations enters into force on 1 June 2008.
Abstract

These Regulations regulate timber logging and transport. In particular, they lay down a table specifying that no person shall within, into or out of any area specified in Column I of the Schedule one, transport otherwise than under the authority of a permit issued in that behalf in terms of the Forest Ordinance (Chapter 451) by an officer specified in the corresponding entry in Column III of that Schedule, any timber belonging to anyone of the species specified in Column II of such Schedule. The transportation within the area specified in Column I of the Schedule two any species of timber specified in the corresponding entry in Column II of that Schedule shall be exempted from the provisions of paragraph (b) of Sub-section (1) of Section 24 of the Forest Ordinance.

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

Amended by

Forest Regulations amending Regulations No. 01 of 2008.

Legislation | Sri Lanka | 2012

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

Source: FAO, FAOLEX