New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FORESTRY REGULATION 2022 - REG 22

22 Applications for licences, forest permits and forest leases--the Act, s 92

(1) For the Act, section 92(2)(i) and (k), an applicant may lodge an application--

(a) for a licence--

(i) at the office of the Corporation closest to the relevant forestry area, or

(ii) at a place approved by the Corporation, or

(b) for a forest permit or forest lease--

(i) at the office of the land manager of the relevant forestry area, or

(ii) at a place approved by the land manager.

(2) The application must be--

(a) in the approved form, and

(b) accompanied by the relevant application fee.

(3) Despite subsections (1)(a) and (2)(a), an applicant for a clearing licence to clear trees from Crown-timber land in the Western Division, other than a State forest or timber reserve, may lodge a written application at the office of the Department of Regional NSW.

(4) In this section--

"relevant application fee" means--

(a) for a licence--the fee determined by the Corporation, or

(b) for a forest permit or forest lease--the fee determined by the land manager of the relevant forestry area.