SUSTAINABLE FORESTS (TIMBER) ACT 2004 - SECT 23 Charges

SUSTAINABLE FORESTS (TIMBER) ACT 2004 - SECT 23

    (1)     VicForests and the Secretary must make reasonable endeavours to negotiate and enter into agreements relating to the charges payable by VicForests to the Secretary for the following matters—

        (a)     any reasonable costs incurred by the Secretary in developing trees for harvesting and sale or harvesting or sale and making such trees available to VicForests; and

        (b)     the reasonable costs of providing roads and other access for the purposes of timber harvesting in areas to which an allocation order applies; and

        (c)     the reasonable costs of any agreed silvicultural program.

    (2)     If no agreement is entered into under subsection (1) within a reasonable time, the Minister administering section 8 of the Financial Management Act 1994 may determine the charges to be paid to the Secretary by VicForests for the matters referred to in that subsection.