Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts
"Forest and Wood Products Action Agenda "means the Action Agenda for the Forest and Wood Products Industry that was announced by the Minister for Forestry and Conservation on 1 November 2000.
"forest and wood products industry" means:
(a) the forest products industry;
and
(b) the wood products industry.
"plantation" means an intensively managed stand of trees of either native or exotic species that is created by the regular placement of seedlings or seed.
"RFA" or Regional Forest Agreement means an agreement that is in force between the Commonwealth and a State in respect of a region or regions, being an agreement that satisfies all the following conditions:
(a) the agreement was
entered into having regard to assessments of the following matters that are
relevant to the region or regions:
(i) environmental values, including old growth, wilderness, endangered
species, national estate values and world heritage values;
(ii) indigenous heritage values;
(iii) economic values of forested areas and forest industries;
(iv) social values (including community needs);
(v) principles of ecologically sustainable management;
(b) the agreement provides for a comprehensive, adequate and
representative reserve system;
(c) the agreement provides for the ecologically sustainable management and
use of forested areas in the region or regions;
(d) the agreement is expressed to be for the purpose of providing
long-term stability of forests and forest industries;
(e) the agreement is expressed to be a Regional Forest Agreement.
(a) forestry operations (as defined by an
RFA as in force on 1 September 2001 between the Commonwealth and New
South Wales) that are conducted in relation to land in a region covered by the
RFA (being land where those operations are not prohibited by the RFA); or
(b) forestry operations (as defined by an RFA as in force on
1 September 2001 between the Commonwealth and Victoria) that are
conducted in relation to land in a region covered by the RFA (being
land where those operations are not prohibited by the RFA); or
(c) harvesting and regeneration operations (as defined by an RFA as in
force on 1 September 2001 between the Commonwealth and Western
Australia) that are conducted in relation to land in a region covered
by the RFA (being land
where those operations are not prohibited by the RFA); or
(d) forestry operations (as defined by an RFA as in force on
1 September 2001 between the Commonwealth and Tasmania) that are
conducted in relation to land in a region covered by the RFA (being
land where those operations are not prohibited by the RFA).
For the purposes of paragraph (b), the East Gippsland RFA (as in force on 1 September 2001) is taken to include a definition of forestry operations that is identical to the definition of forestry operations in the Central Highlands RFA (as in force on 1 September 2001).
(a) a code of practice for that State has been
approved under regulation 4B of the Export Control (Unprocessed Wood)
Regulations; and
(b) that approval has not been revoked under regulation 4C of those
regulations.