Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1995 No. 386 EXPORT CONTROL (HARDWOOD WOOD CHIPS) REGULATIONS - REG 3

3. In these Regulations:

"Act" means the Export Control Act 1982;

"comprehensive, adequate and representative national forest reserve system"
has the same meaning as in the National Forest Policy Statement published by
the Commonwealth on behalf of the Commonwealth, the States, the Australian
Capital Territory and the Northern Territory in 1992;

"controlled wood chips" means hardwood wood chips declared by regulation 4 to
be prescribed goods;

"first-stage licence" means a licence granted under regulation 14;

"hardwood wood chips" means wood chips derived from trees of native Australian
species that are botanically hardwoods;

"holder", in relation to a licence, includes any person to whom the licence is
assigned;

"region" means a region, so described, in the Schedule; (NOTE: The regions
represent areas, identified in the forest management plans of States
comprising local indigenous vegetative communities the dominant species of
which are trees (having usually a single stem and a mature or potentially
mature stand height exceeding 5 metres, and with existing or potential
projective cover of overstorey strata about equal to, or greater than, 30 per
cent), whether or not the communities have been regenerated with human
assistance following disturbance.)

"Regional Forest Agreement" means an agreement between the Commonwealth and a
State, in respect of a region or regions, that:

   (a)  is expressed to be for the purpose of providing long-term stability of
        forests and forest industries; and

   (b)  is expressed to be a Regional Forest Agreement for the purposes of
        these Regulations; and

   (c)  identifies areas in the region or regions that the parties believe are
        required for the purposes of a comprehensive, adequate and
        representative national reserve system, and provides for the
        conservation of those areas; and

   (d)  provides for the ecologically sustainable management and use of the
        remaining forested areas in the region or regions; having regard to
        studies and projects carried out in relation to all of the following
        matters that are relevant to the region or regions:

   (e)  environmental values, including old growth, wilderness, endangered
        species, national estate values and world heritage values;

   (f)  indigenous heritage values;

   (g)  economic values of forested areas and forest industries;

   (h)  social values (including community needs); and

   (i)  principles of ecologically sustainable management;

"RFA licence" means a licence granted under Part 2;

"second-stage licence" means a licence granted under regulation 16.