Notice of the list of protected tree species under the National Forests Act, 1998 (No. R. 716 of 2012).

This Notice of the Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, made under section 15(3) of the National Forests Act, 1998, specifies in the Schedule protected trees belonging to a particular species and adds them to the list of champion trees. The effect of this declaration is that no person may cut, disturb, damage or destroy any protected tree or possess, collect, remove, transport, export, purchase, sell, donate or in any other manner acquire or dispose of any protected tree or any forest product derived from a protected tree, except under a licence or exemption granted by the Minister and subject to such period and conditions as may be stipulated.