Western Australian Consolidated Regulations Western Australian Consolidated Regulations
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
PART 1 -- Preliminary
1. Citation
2. Terms used
3. Limited application of regulations to persons exercising powers under Bush Fires Act 1954
PART 2 -- Registration of timber workers
4. Terms used
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 to r. 5 and 6
8. Application for registration
9. Registration
10. Duration of registration
11. Renewal of registration
12. Conditions
13. Certificates of registration
14. Register
15. Certificate of registration to be carried and produced on request
16. Change in particulars, registered person to notify CEO etc.
17. CEO 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. Authorisation to fell individual trees outside coupes
21. Forest officer to record coupes allocated etc.
22. Obstructing railways, roads etc. by felling trees
23. Damaging power lines etc. by felling trees
PART 4 -- Identification codes
Division 1 -- Identification of fellers
24. Person not to fell tree in State forest or timber reserve without feller’s 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. CEO may require log delivery notes to be returned or accounted for
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. Checking of log delivery notes in field, CEO’s duty as to
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 CEO within 3 days after receipt at sawmill
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. Determining quantity for contracts
PART 8 -- Log timber receival records
57. Record of log timber receivals to be made
58. CEO 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 given to CEO after end of each month
63. False entries
64. Forest officer to record sawmill inspection or enquiry (Act s. 119A)
PART 9 -- Sale of forest produce by auction or tender
65. CEO may regulate sale by auction or tender for royalty purposes
66. CEO to advertise sale by auction or tender for royalty purposes
67. CEO to notify results of sale by auction or tender
PART 10 -- Forest produce licences
68. Application of Part
69. Forest produce licence, form of
70. Forest produce licence does not authorise felling of trees etc.
71. Forest produce licences to be carried and produced on request
PART 13 -- Fire prevention
89. Forest officer may ban activity etc. where fire risk
91. Fire lookout towers and trees not to be climbed etc.
92. Rate of remuneration prescribed (Act s. 135(2))
PART 14 -- Marking out of mining tenements in State forests and timber reserves
93. Terms used
94. Conditions and limitations prescribed for Mining Act 1978 s. 26(2)(b)
95. Duties of person marking out
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. Public firewood areas, designation of
99. Removing firewood from public firewood areas
100. Fees for removing firewood from public firewood areas
101. Restrictions on removing etc. firewood from public firewood areas
102. Person may be directed to leave public firewood area
PART 16 -- Control and eradication of forest diseases
104. Term used: written authorisation
105. Application of Part
106. Written authorisation of activities in risk areas
107. Verbal authorisation in emergency of activities in risk area
108. Entry, use or movement of potential carrier in risk area without authorisation or contrary to condition
109. Entry, use or movement of potential carrier in risk area or disease area contrary to instruction or direction
110. Erection of signposts and barricades
111. Written authorisation to be carried and produced on request
112. Written authorisation to terminate on breach of condition
113. Person to provide information on request
114. Authorised person may stop and examine potential carrier
115. Authorised person may direct carrier to quarantine station
116. Authorised person may direct person to clean and disinfect carrier
117. Quarantine stations, establishment etc. of
118. Period of treatment or quarantine
119. Cleansing and disinfecting to be carried out as directed
120. Owner to identify etc. person in charge of carrier
121. Authorised person may detain, control or remove carrier
122. Authorised person may remove person from risk area
123. Person in risk area or disease area to give name and address on request
124. Driver of potential carrier to comply with request to stop, signpost etc.
125. Person not to obstruct, hinder etc. authorised person
PART 17 -- Powers of forest officers
126. Stopping and detaining vehicles
127. Directions as to route for movement of forest produce
128. Seized forest produce
PART 18 -- Miscellaneous
129. Statistical information, CEO may require provision of
130. False or misleading information
135. Damage to other forest produce to be minimized
136. Destroying etc. seized forest produce prohibited
137. Damage to tables and other facilities
138. Export karri timber to be marked
139. Marks used by forest officers
140. Trees etc. not to be marked etc. without authority
141. Maximum penalty prescribed (Act s. 95(2)(b))
142. Royalties prescribed (Act s. 96(1))
143. Rent for sawmill permit
144. False documents, statements etc. for registration purposes
145. Registers, form of
146. Registers, amending
147. Registers, obtaining extracts from
148. CEO, on request, to provide information as to permits, fees etc.
149. CEO, on request, to provide general scale of royalties
151. Miscellaneous fees (Sch. 5)
152. Review of certain decisions of CEO by State Administrative Tribunal
154. Transitional provisions (Sch. 6)
SCHEDULE 1 -- Procedures for the determination of log timber quantity
SCHEDULE 2 -- Forms
SCHEDULE 3 -- Prescribed royalties for timber taken on mining tenement for mining purposes
SCHEDULE 5 -- Miscellaneous fees
SCHEDULE 6 -- Transitional
[Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 25 March 2011 Forest Management Regulations 1993]
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