Forestry Act 1916 Regulation relating to the delegation of the Forestry Commission's powers (1992-380) [GG No 89 of 17.7.1992] (NSW)

1992—No. 380

FORESTRY ACT 1916—REGULATION

(Relating to the delegation of the Forestry Commission’s powers)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 89 of 17 July 1992]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Forestry Act 1916, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

GARRY WEST,

Minister for Conservation and Land Management.

The Forestry Regulation 1983 is amended by omitting clause 6 (1) and

by inserting instead the following subclause:

(1) For the purposes of section 10A (1) (d) of the Act, the following are prescribed as persons or classes or descriptions of persons to whom the Commission may delegate its powers, authorities, duties or functions:

(a)	the Western Lands Commissioner appointed for the time being under the Western Lands Act 1901;
(b)	an Assistant Western Lands Commissioner appointed for the time being under that Act;
(c)	in relation to the powers, authorities, duties or functions conferred on the Commission under section 30I of the Act only:

(i) any person for the time being employed under Part 2 of the Public Sector Management Act 1988; and

(ii) my police officer; and
(iii) the spouse of my police officer .

1992—No. 380

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 30I of the Forestry Act 1916 empowers the Forestry Commission to authorise a person to take small quantities of timber, products of trees or shrubs, vegetable growth or forest materials on or from Crown land or certain land within a

State forest. Such authority is often issued for the taking of firewood.

Section 10A of the Act permits the Commission to delegate the perfomance of its powers, authorities, duties or functions to any prescribed person or a member of a prescribed class or description of persons. The object of this Regulation is to prescribe persons to whom the Commission may delegate its power to issue an authority to take timber, products and forests materials. The prescribed persons will include public servants, police officers and the spouses of police officers.