Reprint as at 26 September 2008
Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this eprint.
A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this eprint, together with other explanatory material about this eprint.
This Act is administered in the Ministry of Forestry
Title
1 Short Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
Part 1Administration
3 Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
4 Delegation of Minister's powers [Repealed]
4A Delegation of powers by Secretary [Repealed]
5 [Repealed]
6 [Repealed]
7 [Repealed]
8 [Repealed]
9 Deputy of Secretary [Repealed]
10 Appointment of other officers
11 Forestry Officers
12 [Repealed]
13 Protection of Forestry Officers, etc
14 [Repealed]
15 Powers of Minister
15A [Repealed]
15B Collection and disclosure of statistical information
Financial provisions
16 Receipts and expenditure
17 [Repealed]
Part 2State forest land
18 [Repealed]
19 [Repealed]
20 [Repealed]
21 [Repealed]
22 [Repealed]
23 [Repealed]
24 [Repealed]
25 [Repealed]
26 [Repealed]
27 [Repealed]
28 [Repealed]
29 [Repealed]
30 [Repealed]
31 [Repealed]
32 [Repealed]
33 [Repealed]
34 [Repealed]
35 [Repealed]
36 [Repealed]
37 [Repealed]
38 [Repealed]
39 [Repealed]
40 [Repealed]
41 [Repealed]
42 [Repealed]
43 [Repealed]
44 [Repealed]
45 [Repealed]
46 [Repealed]
47 [Repealed]
48 [Repealed]
49 [Repealed]
50 [Repealed]
51 [Repealed]
52 [Repealed]
53 [Repealed]
Offences
54 False entries or returns
55 [Repealed]
56 [Repealed]
57 [Repealed]
58 [Repealed]
59 Offences with respect to Forestry Officers
60 Other offences
61 General penalty for offences
62 Liability for loss or damage
63 Limitation of proceedings
Part 2AUse of State forest land for public recreation
63A [Repealed]
63B [Repealed]
63C [Repealed]
63D [Repealed]
63E [Repealed]
63F [Repealed]
63G [Repealed]
63H [Repealed]
Part 3Forest Service administration of private forests
64 Minister of Forestry may act as agent for owner of private forest
65 [Repealed]
66 [Repealed]
67 [Repealed]
Part 3AProvisions relating to indigenous forests
67A Part binds the Crown
67AB Part does not permit felling or harvesting other than in accordance with relevant enactment
67B Purpose
Export controls
67C Prohibition on export of certain indigenous forest produce
Sawmill controls
67D Prohibition on milling indigenous timber
67DA Forests on specified Maori land to which sawmill controls apply
Felling controls
67DB Prohibition on felling indigenous timber
Sustainable forest management plans
67E Sustainable forest management plans
67F Procedure for approval of sustainable forest management plans
67G Notice requirements
67H Secretary's power to require amendments to plans
67I Other provisions relating to review and amendment of sustainable forest management plans
67J Matters to be incorporated in sustainable forest management plans
67K Sustainable forest management plan to be recorded against certificate of title
67L Plan not to constitute subdivision
Miscellaneous provisions
67M Sustainable forest management permits
67N Provisions relating to representative area to be set aside
67O Beech coupe size
67P Rights of appeal
67Q Records
67R Powers of entry and seizure
67S Forfeiture of seized indigenous timber
67T Offences
67U Penalties
67V Relationship of Part with Resource Management Act 1991
Part 3BMechanism allowing landowners to access value created by Kyoto Protocol of carbon sequestration on land through establishment of forest sink covenants
67W Purpose of Part
67X Interpretation of Part
Subpart 1—Forest sink covenants
67Y Regulation-making powers for forest sink covenants
67Z Content of forest sink covenants
67ZA Landowner must obtain written consent of interested persons to enter into, vary, or cancel forest sink covenants
67ZB Nothing in Part makes Crown liable
67ZC Sections 316 to 318 of Property Law Act 2007 do not apply to forest sink covenants
67ZD Registrar-General of Land to register forest sink covenants
67ZE The Crown may register charges with respect to land subject to forest sink covenants in certain circumstances
67ZF Liability to the Crown of persons who have or had landholding subject to registered forest sink covenants
67ZG Minister must give notice to Registrar-General of Land if forest sink covenants are varied, cancelled, or terminated
Subpart 2—Cost recovery
67ZH Principles of cost recovery
67ZI Methods of cost recovery
67ZJ Cost recovery to relate generally to financial year
67ZK Minister may review levels and methods of cost recovery
67ZL Fees and charges to be prescribed by regulations
67ZM Levies
67ZN Contents of levy order
67ZO Trust accounts required to be kept by persons collecting levies
67ZP Exemptions, waivers, and refunds
67ZQ Fees, levies, and charges to constitute debt due to Secretary
67ZR Penalties for failure to pay fee, levy, or charge
67ZS Obligation to pay fee, levy, charge, or penalty not suspended by dispute
67ZT Levy orders to be confirmed
67ZU Relationship of Part with Resource Management Act 1991
Part 4Miscellaneous provisions
68 Annual report [Repealed]
68A Supply contracts [Not in force]
68B Effect of registration of supply contract [Not in force]
68C Registration of discharge of supply contract [Not in force]
69 Control of injurious importations and exportations [Repealed]
70 Regulations as to control and eradication of diseases affecting trees, etc [Repealed]
70A Compensation for destruction of diseased trees [Repealed]
71 Plants Act 1970 not affected [Repealed]
71A [Repealed]
71B Restrictions on exercise of power of entry
71C Powers relating to ships [Repealed]
72 Regulations
72A Remuneration and expenses
73 Repeals and savings
Schedule 1Enactments repealed
Schedule 2Provisions relating to sustainable forest management plans
Reprint notes
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to forestry
The Title was substituted by section 2 Forests Amendment Act 1987.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—