Victorian Current Acts

CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2017 - SECT 60

    (1)     A Forestry and Carbon Management Agreement must specify—

        (a)     in relation to the harvesting of vegetation—

              (i)     who is entitled to control decisions about the timing and extent of harvesting of vegetation; or

              (ii)     the process for determining how those decisions will be made; and

        (b)     any obligations agreed to by the parties in relation to the preservation, enhancement or management of vegetation or soil.

    (2)     A Forestry and Carbon Management Agreement may include any other provisions the parties consider desirable including—

        (a)     requirements for compliance with the requirements under any enactment in relation to vegetation; and

        (b)     requirements for biodiversity conservation; and

        (c)     prohibitions and restrictions on the use and development of land; and

        (d)     other provisions relating to the management and use of land; and

        (e)     provisions for the ending or conversion of an old agreement.

    (3)     An obligation specified in a Forestry and Carbon Management Agreement may be placed on any of the following—

        (a)     any owner of land;

        (b)     any other party to the agreement.

Note

Land is defined to include any interest in land which may include a forest carbon right.