Forest Regulations (GN 170 of 2015).

These Regulations implement provisions of the Forest Act with respect to a variety of matters including, among other things, forest officers, marking of forest produce, measures to prevent forest fires, access to state forest reserves and activities which may be undertaken in state forest reserves, certification of forest produce and conditions of production and harvesting, plants or species declared to be protected plants, community forest agreements, establishment of State forest reserves, regional forest reserves and forest management areas and protected areas and establishment of community forests.
A person with access to state forest reserves may not - (a) cultivate in the state forest; and (b) introduce alien plant species or any invasive plant into a state forest. Local communities must obtain authorisation to carry out activities in the state forest such as harvesting of timber, collection of firewood, honey, wild fruits and medical plants as well as any other activities of similar nature. The number of animals may not exceed the carrying capacity of the piece of land allocated for grazing purposes. The responsibilities and powers of a community forest committee are as provided for in the existing documents of a community forest such as the management plan and other agreements between the Minister and the respective management body. Functions of a management authority of a community forest are specified. The Regulations set out the conditions under which a protected plant or plant species are conserved, cultivated, used or destroyed. The plant or plant species that are declared as protected species are listed in Annexure 2.