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Forestry Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Montserrat (UK)
Document type
Legislation
Date
1956 (1959)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Official publication, pp. 803-810.
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Basic legislation Forest management/forest conservation Protected area Forest service/forest officers Institution Offences/penalties
Geographical area
Americas, Caribbean, Latin America and the Caribbean, Small Island Developing States
Abstract

This Act makes provision for administration of forest resources, protection of forest areas, the prevention of deforestation, and prescribes offences and penalties. A Forestry Board is established by the Administrator under section 3. The Administrator may appoint forest officers under section 8. Upon the recommendation of the Board, the administrator may declare any lands to be Protected Forest. A payment of compensation shall take place if loss was incurred by persons through the declaration of a Protected Forest (sect. 12). Certain actions are prohibited in a protected forest (sect. 10). The Administrator in Council may declare any Protected Forest or any other area of land to be a Forest Reserve (sect. 13). Such land shall be acquired by the Crown. Section 15 prescribes offences in respect of any Forest Reserve. Forest reserves and Protected Forests shall be demarcated in accordance with section 16. Livestock straying in Protected Forests or Reserves may be impounded by forest officers or the police force (sect. 18). The remaining sections deal with other powers of the police force or forest officers. (24 sections)

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