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Forestry Rights Registration And Timber Harvest Guarantee (Amendment)
Act No. 8 Of 2012

Arrangement of Sections

1 Amendment
2 Commencement

Assent: 30/05/12
Commencement: 09/01/13

foresty rights registration and timber harvest Guarantee (AMENDMENT) ACT NO.8 OF 2012

An Act to amend the Forestry Rights Registration and Timber Harvest Guarantee Act [CAP 265].

Be it enacted by the President and Parliament as follows-

1 Amendment

The Forestry Rights Registration and Timber Harvest Guarantee Act [CAP 265] is amended as set out in the Schedule.

2 Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

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SCHEDULE

AMENDMENTS OF the forestry rights Registration and timber harvest guarantee ACT [cap 265]

1 Subsection 12(2)

After “operations” insert “and in relation to purchasing or trading of sandalwood and the processing and exporting of sandalwood, sandalwood oil or any sandalwood product derived from harvesting operations”

2 At the end of section 15

Add

“(5) The owner of the accredited timber plantation must report to the Director General on the following matters:

 (a) the amount of timber that is harvested; and

(b) the amount of sandalwood harvested, traded, processed or exported.”