Forestry Amendment (Notice) Regulation 2015 (NSW)
New South Wales
Forestry Amendment (Notice) Regulation
2015
under the
Forestry Act 2012
His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following
Regulation under the Forestry Act 2012.
KATRINA HODGKINSON, MP
Minister for Primary Industries
Explanatory note
Forestry Regulation 2012
The object of this Regulation is to amend the to make further provision in relation power).
to offences of entering forestry areas that are closed to the public or to vehicles and machinery.
Forestry Amendment (Notice) Regulation 2015 [NSW]
Forestry Amendment (Notice) Regulation 2015
under the
Forestry Act 2012
1 Name of Regulation
This Regulation is the Forestry Amendment (Notice) Regulation 2015.
2 Commencement
This Regulation commences on the day on which it is published on the NSW legislation website.
3 Amendment of Forestry Regulation 2012
(1) Clause 6 Control of persons, vehicles and machines in forestry area Omit clause 6 (4). Insert instead:
(4) A person who, without the prior permission of the Corporation, does
any of the following is guilty of an offence:
(a)
the person enters or remains in a forestry area that the person is prohibited from entering under subclause (1),
(b)
the person drives a vehicle into or within a forestry area that the vehicle is prohibited from entering under subclause (1),
(c)
the person causes a machine to enter or remain within a forestry area that the machine is prohibited from entering under subclause (1).
Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.
(2) Clause 55A Insert after clause 55:
55A Publication and contravention of notices
(1) The Corporation is to publish on a website of the Corporation (and any other government website or publication it considers appropriate) information about prohibitions imposed by notices displayed under this Regulation in forestry areas that it considers necessary to bring relevant prohibitions to the attention of the public. (2) A person contravenes a prohibition imposed by a notice displayed in a forestry area whether or not it is established that the person had read the notice.
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