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Library Timber Resources Management Regulations, 1998 (L.I. 1649).

Timber Resources Management Regulations, 1998 (L.I. 1649).

Timber Resources Management Regulations, 1998 (L.I. 1649).

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These Regulations implement provisions of the Timber Resources Management Act, 1997 with respect to the granting of timber rights and related matters and regulate the calculation and payment of stumpage fees and the registration and use of chainsaws.The Regulations set out the procedures for the inventory and reservation of specified lands for timber utilization. The Chief Conservator of Forests shall identify lands suitable for grant of timber utilization contracts and initiate procedures of inventory of forest resources on such land and to obtain consent of landowners. After these procedures, an advertisement shall be made inviting applicants for the grant of timber rights. The Timber Rights Evaluation Committee, established under section 5 of the Act, shall evaluate applications for the grant of timber rights. The Regulations set out terms and conditions of a timber utilization contract entered into for the purposes of section 7(2) of the Act and provide for various matters relating to the control of timber logging operations such as the issuance of a Logging Manual, the marking of trees and timber and the conduct of special surveillance against illegal timber operations.

Implements: Timber Resource Management Act, 1997 - Act 547 (2002)
Amended by: Timber Resources Management (Amendment) Regulations, 2003 (L.I. 1721). (2003-04-23)
Repealed by: Timber Resource Management and Legality Licensing Regulations, 2017 (LI 2254). (2017)

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