CROWN LAND (RESERVES) ACT 1978 - SECT 21M Person may nominate another to cut and take away fallen or felled trees for firewood
CROWN LAND (RESERVES) ACT 1978 - SECT 21M
Person may nominate another to cut and take away fallen or felled trees for firewood(1) A person who is unable to cut and take away fallen or felled trees may nominate another person to cut and take away fallen or felled trees on his or her behalf.
(2) A nomination under subsection (1) must—
(a) be made in the prescribed form; and
(b) specify the maximum amount (not exceeding 16 cubic metres) of fallen or felled trees that may be cut and taken away by the nominee in a financial year.
(3) A person must not specify a maximum amount of fallen or felled trees in a nomination if that amount would exceed 16 cubic metres for a financial year when added to all maximum amounts specified in—
(a) any other nominations made by the person, whether under this section or section 57R of the Forests Act 1958 ; and
(b) any nominations made by members of the person's household, whether under this section or section 57R of the Forests Act 1958 .
Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(4) A person must not nominate another person to cut and take away fallen or felled trees other than for domestic use for firewood in the nominating person's household.
Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.
(5) A person nominated to cut and take away fallen or felled trees must not request or accept payment or reward for the cutting and taking away of fallen or felled trees.
Penalty: 50 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year or both.
S. 21N inserted by No. 46/2012 s. 16.