Western Australian Consolidated Regulations

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FOREST MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS 1993 


TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Citation  
   2.      Interpretation  
   3.      Limited application of regulations to persons exercising powers under Bush Fires Act 1954  

   PART 2 -- Registration of timber workers  

   4.      Interpretation  
   5.      Unregistered person not to engage in timber harvesting etc.  
   6.      Person not to employ unregistered person to engage in timber harvesting etc.  
   7.      Exceptions  
   8.      Application for registration  
   9.      Registration  
   10.     Duration of registration  
   11.     Renewal of registration  
   12.     Conditions  
   13.     Certificates of registration  
   14.     Register  
   15.     Production of certificate of registration  
   16.     Notification of change in particulars  
   17.     Executive Director may cancel, suspend, refuse to renew, etc. registration  
   18.     Return of certificate of registration  

   PART 3 -- General requirements relating to felling of trees in State forests and timber reserves  

   19.     Felling of trees outside coupes generally prohibited  
   20.     Authorization to fell individual trees outside coupes  
   21.     Record to be made by forest officer of coupes etc. allocated  
   22.     Obstruction  
   23.     Damage to power lines etc.  

   PART 4 -- Identification codes  

           Division 1 -- Identification of fellers  

   24.     Person not to fell tree in State forest or timber reserve without identification code  
   25.     Application for feller’s identification code  
   26.     Registration of feller’s identification code  

           Division 2 -- Identification of log timber removed from private land  

   27.     Log timber removed from private land to be identified  
   28.     Application for owner’s identification code  
   29.     Registration of owner’s identification code  
   30.     Alteration, etc. of owner’s identification code prohibited  
   31.     Use of incorrect owner’s identification code prohibited  
   32.     Marking of owner’s identification code on State forest timber prohibited  

           Division 3 -- General  

   33.     Identification codes not transferable  
   34.     Register of identification codes  

   PART 5 -- Log delivery notes  

   35.     Log timber not to be removed from State forest or timber reserve unless log delivery note completed  
   36.     Information required in log delivery note  
   37.     One log delivery note may be used for multiple logs  
   38.     Copies to be made of log delivery note  
   39.     Issue and form of log delivery notes  
   40.     Return of unused log delivery notes  
   41.     Destruction of log delivery notes prohibited  
   42.     Requirement to return, or account for, log delivery notes  
   43.     False statements  
   44.     Alteration, etc. of log delivery notes prohibited  
   45.     Log delivery notes to be carried in vehicle  
   46.     Driver of loaded vehicle to produce log delivery note  
   47.     Timber to be delivered to person and place specified in log delivery note  
   48.     Log delivery note to be delivered with timber  
   49.     Minimum objective for checking of log delivery notes in the field  

   PART 6 -- Specific requirements relating to sawmills  

   50.     Log timber from State forest or timber reserve not to be received at sawmill without log delivery note  
   51.     Log delivery note to be signed at sawmill  
   52.     Original of log delivery note to be delivered to Executive Director within 3 days  

   PART 7 -- Determination of log timber quantity  

   53.     Quantity to be immediately entered in log delivery note  
   54.     Incorrect quantity not to be entered in log delivery note  
   55.     Unquantified timber not to be stored or processed at sawmill  
   56.     Method of determining quantity  

   PART 8 -- Log timber receival records  

   57.     Record of log timber receivals to be made  
   58.     Executive Director to supply forms  
   59.     Copy of records to be kept for 2 years  
   60.     Alteration, etc. of receival records prohibited  
   61.     Removal of records prohibited  
   62.     Receival records to be delivered at the end of the month  
   63.     False entries  
   64.     Forest officer to make record of sawmill inspection or enquiry  

   PART 9 -- Sale of forest produce by auction or tender  

   65.     Sale of forest produce by auction or tender  
   66.     Advertisement of sale by auction or tender  
   67.     Notification of results of public auction or sale by tender  

   PART 10 -- Forest produce licences  

   68.     Application  
   69.     Form of forest produce licence  
   70.     Forest produce licence does not authorize felling of trees etc.  
   71.     Production of forest produce licence  

   PART 11 -- Permits for apiary sites  

   72.     Interpretation  
   73.     Executive Director may grant apiary site permit  
   74.     Duration of permits  
   75.     No building  
   76.     Exercise of rights conferred by a permit  
   76A.    Transfer of a permit  
   76B.    Variation of a permit to change an apiary site  
   77.     Damage to forest etc.  
   78.     Forestry operations not affected  
   79.     Particular conditions  
   80.     Cancellation in particular cases  
   81.     Forfeiture  
   82.     Rent payable for permit  
   83.     Permit not to be granted within 3 kilometres of other apiary site  
   84.     Deposit  
   85.     Production of apiary site permits  

   PART 13 -- Fire prevention  

   89.     Ban on activity where fire risk  
   91.     Fire lookout towers and trees  
   92.     Prescribed rate of remuneration for assistance in fire fighting  

   PART 14 -- Marking out of mining tenements in State forests and timber reserves  

   93.     Interpretation  
   94.     Prescribed conditions and limitations  
   95.     Conditions upon entering State forest or timber reserve  
   96.     Person not to make camp, fuel depot etc. in State forest or timber reserve  
   97.     Part 16 not affected  

   PART 15 -- Collection of firewood  

   98.     Designation of public firewood areas  
   99.     Removal of firewood from public firewood areas  
   100.    Payment for removal of firewood  
   101.    Restrictions on removal of firewood from public firewood areas  
   102.    Direction to leave public firewood area  

   PART 16 -- Control and eradication of forest diseases  

   104.    Interpretation  
   105.    Application to other Parts  
   106.    Written authorization  
   107.    Verbal authorization may be given in emergency  
   108.    Entry, use or movement of a potential carrier in a risk area without authorization or contrary to condition  
   109.    Entry, use or movement of a potential carrier in a risk area or disease area contrary to instruction or direction  
   110.    Erection of signposts and barricades  
   111.    Written authorization to be carried and produced upon request  
   112.    Written authorization to terminate on breach of condition  
   113.    Person to provide information upon request  
   114.    Authorized person may stop and examine potential carrier  
   115.    Authorized person may direct carrier to a quarantine station  
   116.    Authorized person may direct a person to clean and disinfect carrier  
   117.    Establishment and maintenance of quarantine stations  
   118.    Period of treatment or quarantine  
   119.    Cleansing and disinfecting to be carried out in accordance with directions  
   120.    Owner to provide information as to person in charge of carrier  
   121.    Authorized person may detain, control or remove carrier  
   122.    Authorized person may remove person from risk area  
   123.    Person in risk area or disease area to give name and address upon request  
   124.    Driver of potential carrier to comply with request to stop, signpost etc.  
   125.    Person not to obstruct, hinder etc. authorized person  

   PART 17 -- Powers of forest officers  

   126.    Forest officer may stop and detain vehicles  
   127.    Directions as to forest route  
   128.    Seized forest produce  

   PART 18 -- Miscellaneous  

   129.    Statistical information to be provided  
   130.    False or misleading information  
   135.    Damage to other forest produce to be minimized  
   136.    Person not to interfere with seized forest produce  
   137.    Damage to tables and other facilities  
   138.    Export karri timber to be marked  
   139.    Marks used by forest officers  
   140.    Tape etc. not to be affixed to timber  
   141.    Prescribed maximum penalty for failure to comply with condition  
   142.    Prescribed royalties for timber taken on mining tenement for mining purposes  
   143.    Rent payable for sawmill site  
   144.    False documents, statements, etc.  
   145.    Form of register  
   146.    Amendment of register  
   147.    Extracts from register  
   148.    Information to be provided relating to specific permits, licences and contracts  
   149.    Information to be provided relating to general scale of royalties  
   151.    Miscellaneous fees  
   152.    Appeals  
   153.    Repeal  
   154.    Transitional  
           SCHEDULE 1 64  
           SCHEDULE 2 78  
           SCHEDULE 3 85  
           SCHEDULE 5 86  
           SCHEDULE 6 87  
           Compilation table

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