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 rangi.knowledge-basket.co.nz 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