New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

FORESTRY REGULATION 2022 - REG 29

29 Approval of timber contractors

(1) A person may apply to the Corporation to be an approved timber contractor.

(2) The Corporation may--

(a) give an approval subject to the conditions the Corporation considers appropriate, or

(b) suspend an approval if the Corporation believes on reasonable grounds the approved timber contractor has breached a condition of the approval, or

(c) revoke an approval if, after giving the contractor an opportunity to be heard, the Corporation decides the approved timber contractor breached a condition of the approval.

(3) For the purposes of harvesting timber, the holder of a relevant licence may only engage an approved timber contractor.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(4) A person must not harvest timber or authorise or direct another person to harvest timber unless the person is an approved timber contractor.

: Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.

(5) In this section--

"approved timber contractor" means a person approved by the Corporation--

(a) to harvest timber, and

(b) to engage or employ 1 or more other persons to harvest timber.

"engage" means engage under a contract for the performance of services.

"harvest timber" means cut, obtain or remove timber, forest products or forest materials.

"relevant licence" means--

(a) a timber licence, or

(b) a forest products licence, or

(c) a forest materials licence.