SUSTAINABLE FORESTS (TIMBER) ACT 2004 - SCHEDULE 2
SUSTAINABLE FORESTS (TIMBER) ACT 2004 - SCHEDULE 2
Schedule 2—Authorised persons for the purposes of Part 7A
1 The Secretary, when performing a function, or exercising a power, of the Secretary.
2 An authorised officer, when performing a function, or exercising a power, of an authorised officer.
3 A utility performing functions in a State forest and any employee, agent or contractor of that utility when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract.
4 A transport authority performing functions in a State forest and any employee, agent or contractor of that transport authority when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract.
5 A person undertaking timber harvesting operations in accordance with an authorisation specified in section 45(2) and any employee, agent or contractor of that person when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract.
6 A person undertaking timber harvesting operations of a kind referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of timber harvesting operations and any employee, agent or contractor of that person when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract.
7 A person who is the holder of a licence or permit under section 52 of the Forests Act 1958 granted for the purposes set out in subsection (1A)(c), (d), (e), (f) or (g) of that section and any employee, agent or contractor of that person when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract and with the terms of the licence or permit.
8 A person who is the holder of a licence under section 141 or 147, or of a right under section 149, of the Land Act 1958 , when undertaking an activity authorised by that licence or right, or an employee, agent or contractor of that person when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract and with the terms of the licence or right.
9 A person who is an employee, agent or contractor of the Department when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract.
10 A person who is an employee, agent or contractor of the Country Fire Authority, WorkSafe Victoria, the Department of Transport, the Environment Protection Authority or the State Emergency Service, when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract.
11 A person who is a police officer, when performing a function or exercising a power, of a police officer.
12 A person who is an environmental auditor within the meaning of the Environment Protection Act 2017 , when performing the function of an environmental auditor.
13 A person appointed by the Secretary to observe the conduct of an environmental audit within the meaning of the Environment Protection Act 2017 , when performing that function and in the company of a person referred to in item 12.
14 A person who is the holder of a lease, licence, permit or other authority under the Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990 (other than a miner's right or a tourist fossicking authority) and any employee, agent or contractor of that person when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract and with the terms of the lease, licence, permit or other authority.
15 A person who is the holder of a lease, licence, permit or other authority under the Geothermal Energy Resources Act 2005, Greenhouse Gas Geological Sequestration Act 2008 or Petroleum Act 1998 and any employee, agent or contractor of that person when acting in accordance with the terms of his or her employment, agency or contract and with the terms of the lease, licence, permit or other authority.
16 A person who is a member of a traditional owner group when that person is acting under and in accordance with an agreement under Part 6 of the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 .
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