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