Forestry Act 2012 (NSW)

Forestry Act 2012 No 96

An Act to provide for the dedication, management and use of State forests and other Crown-timber land for forestry and other purposes; to constitute the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales as a statutory State owned corporation and to specify its objectives and functions; to repeal the Forestry Act 1916 and the Timber Marketing Act 1977 and to amend certain other legislation; and for related purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the Forestry Act 2012.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation.

3 Definitions (1) In this Act— authorised officer means a person appointed as an authorised officer under section 70. board means the board of directors of the Corporation. carbon sequestration right has the same meaning as in section 87A of the Conveyancing Act 1919. chief executive officer means the chief executive officer of the Corporation. clearing licence means a clearing licence issued under Division 2 of Part 4. Corporation means the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales constituted under Part 2. Crown land and Crown Land Acts have the same meanings as in the Crown Land Management Act 2016. Crown-timber land means any of the following— (a) land within a State forest or flora reserve, (b) Crown land (whether or not held under a lease or licence from the Crown and whether or not included in a timber reserve), (c) land affected by a profit à prendre, but does not include— (d) any Crown land the subject of a prescribed Crown tenure if the subject land has an area of 2 hectares or less, or (e) any Crown land the subject of a tenure from the Crown that is not a prescribed Crown tenure. flora reserve means land dedicated or set apart under this Act or the former Act as a flora reserve. forest agreement means a forest agreement referred to in Part 5A that is in force.