New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LORD HOWE ISLAND ACT 1953 - SECT 33

33 Timber to be property of Crown

(1) All timber on the Island shall remain the property of the Crown notwithstanding that the land on which the timber is growing becomes the subject of a lease or reservation or dedication under this Act.

(2) No person shall remove, cut, ringbark or otherwise destroy any such timber as is growing on land which becomes the subject of any lease under this Act, unless, being the holder of the lease, the person is authorised to do so by the Board or by the conditions of the lease.
A person who contravenes the provisions of this subsection shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding 50 penalty units.