New South Wales Consolidated Acts

PLANTATIONS AND REAFFORESTATION ACT 1999 - SECT 31

31 Compliance with Code

(1) The owner and manager of an authorised plantation must ensure that plantation operations on the plantation are carried out in accordance with any provisions of the Code applying to the plantation.

(2) In the case of an authorised plantation which is a State forest or other Crown-timber lands, this requirement is a condition of any relevant licence, lease or other authority under the Forestry Act 1916 (whether issued before or after the commencement of this section).

(3) The regulations may create an offence punishable by a penalty not exceeding 100 penalty units for any contravention of a provision of the Code by the owner or manager of an authorised plantation.

Note: See also Part 7 for enforcement provisions relating to this Act (including the Code).