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FORESTRY ACT 1959 - SECT 55

55 Licences to get forest products etc.

(1) Licences may be granted by the chief executive under, and in accordance with this Act in respect of any land comprised in--

(a) any State forest or timber reserve; or
(b) any Crown land; or
(c) any land reserved for or dedicated to public purposes (including any road, save a State-controlled road under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994); or
(d) any Crown holding;

for all or any of the following purposes--

(e) to get timber for fuel;
(f) to cut and split slabs, fencing material, and shingles;
(g) to get quarry material;
(h) such other purposes as may be prescribed.

(1A) Subsection (1)(d) does not apply to material that is owned by the lessee and mentioned in subsection (1)(e), (f), (g) or (h).

(1B) The chief executive may grant licences for the purpose of getting quarry material from--

(a) deeds of grant that contain a reservation of quarry materials under the Land Act 1994; or
(b) freeholding leases.

Licence fees

(3) Every such licence shall be granted subject to such terms and conditions as the chief executive deems fit and shall state the purpose for which it is granted and shall be granted subject to the payment by the licensee of such fees, or other moneys as may be prescribed in relation to the materials obtained thereunder and the class to which the licence belongs.



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