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Forests Amendment Act, 2004.

Country/Territory
New Zealand
Document type
Legislation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Forestry
Keyword
Forest management/forest conservation Timber extraction/logging Offences/penalties Authorization/permit
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Oceania, South Pacific
Entry into force notes
This Act enters into force on 20 May 2004.
Abstract

Section 2 (1) of the principal Act is amended by substituting or inserting new definitions. Amendments have been made to sections 67A, 67AB, 67C(1), 67D (1) and (2), 67DA, 67DB, 67E, 67F, 67G, 67H, 67I, 67K, 67M, 67Q, 67R(e) 67T and 67V dealing with the following: prohibition of harvesting, felling, exporting certain indigenous forest, milling indigenous timber; forests on specified Maori land to which sawmill controls apply; sustainable forest management plans and procedures for their approval; sustainable forest management permits; offences. The Act further contains provisions of miscellaneous nature.

Full text
English
Website
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References - Legislation

Amends

Forests Act 1949 (No. 19 of 1949).

Legislation | New Zealand | 1949 (2020)

Keyword: Framework law, Forest management/forest conservation, Institution, Private forest, Timber extraction/logging, Contract/agreement, Protection forest, Traditional rights/customary rights, Pests/diseases, Offences/penalties, Authorization/permit, Climate change

Source: FAO, FAOLEX