Forestry Regulation 2022.

The Regulations are organized in 6 Parts and 3 Schedules. Part 2 regulates control and management of forestry areas, this includes general provisions and fire management provisions. Section 5 establishes a penalty if a person does not leave a forestry area in accordance with a direction given by an authorized officer, or if the person enters or remains in a forestry area in contravention of the the Forestry Act (the Act) or this Regulation. Entry of persons with machinery into a forestry area may be limited byte the land manager, penalty for contravention is fixed. Area of the forest can be also reserved section 92(2)(h) o the Act by the Corporation, by notice displayed for several purposes: recreation, to enable a person to exercise a right or privilege conferred by a licence, forest permit, forest lease or small quantity authorisation issued by the Corporation, an Australian Defence Force exercise or activity, to enable the Corporation to exercise the functions of the Corporation. Activities that pose a risk to the safety of the person or other persons or that damage to forestry area are prohibited; a list is provided and include damage, interfere with or destroy: vegetation other than timber, road or drainage structure, drainage features, including a watercourse or drainage line, flow of water in a watercourse, building, enclosure, dam or other structure, or plant or equipment, of the land manager or a lessee or licensee of the land manager, signs, notices, barrier or fences (also reversely erect them). License to take timber or forest products from land identified as an environmentally significant area is issued only if the person is an Aboriginal person, and for the purposes of carrying out a traditional Aboriginal cultural activity, and at the time of issuing the licence, the Corporation determined there is no other land reasonably accessible to the person from which the timber or forest products may be taken, and the quantity of timber or forest products proposed to be taken would not adversely affect the conservation value of the environmentally significant area. In relation to fire management the Regulations prescribe a general prohibition of lighting fire in forestry areas unless authorized by a permit and following certain conditions. Several other fire prevention measures are provided.
Part 3 provides details for applications for licences, forest permits and forest leases (section 92 of the Act), this include refusal to issue licence or permit, or grant lease by corporation or land manager; conditions. transfer and replacement of licence, permit and leases. Part 5 regulates branding of timber; a person who removes timber from land on which the timber was cut or obtained is guilty of an offence unless the timber is branded with the owner’s brand and the letters “PP”, or marked or identified in another way approved by the Corporation for the purposes of this section.
Part 5 concerns bee-keeping and grazing in forestry areas. Firstly establishes obligations on the land manager for the bee-keeping or grazing area if certain species or ecological communities are present; they must:(a) take into account written advice provided by the Environment Protection Authority, (b) as far as practicable, minimise or mitigate adverse impacts of bee-keeping and grazing on the listed species or ecological community in the area,(c) advise holders of forest permits and forest leases for bee-keeping or grazing activities of the listing and (d) review existing forest permits and forest leases to ensure conditions are consistent. Similarly if threatened species or ecological communities are present. The Regulation also prescribe site-specific biodiversity conditions for the Coastal Region (s. 92 of the Act). The Part continues regulating bee-keeping records, regulation of apiary ranges, and ensure public access to maps that show the locations of apiary ranges, publicly available. The land manager for a bee-keeping or grazing area on which grazing is carried out must among other obligations keep records of the forest permits for grazing activities issued under the Act, section 60, particulars of forest leases of land for grazing activities granted under the Act, section 62, and a map showing the location of areas in which grazing activities are permitted. Part 6 concerns offences.