Forestry Rights Registration Act 1983 (No. 42 of 1983).

Subject

Forestry

Keyword

Right of use Registration Timber extraction/logging Forest management/forest conservation

Geographical area

Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific

Abstract

This Act provides for the registration of forestry rights, defined in section 2 as: rights granted by the grantor of any land to any other person to (a) establish, maintain, and harvest; (b) maintain and harvest, a crop of trees on that land, together with (c) any ancillary rights of access and of constructing and using such tracks, culverts, bridges, buildings, and other works and facilities as may be necessary to establish, maintain, and harvest or, as the case may be, to maintain and harvest that crop; and (d) any provisions for charges, payments, royalties or division of the crop or the proceeds of the crop,- whether or not such rights or provisions are coupled with an obligation - but no such right shall be capable of conferring a right of exclusive possession of that land.

Full text

English

Website

www.legislation.govt.nz

References - Legislation

Amended by

Climate Change Response Amendment Act, 2006.

Legislation | New Zealand | 2006

Keyword: Climate change, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Pollution control

Source: FAO, FAOLEX