Forestry Act 1959

For a corporation, a document is validly executed if—

it is executed in a way permitted by law; or

the document is sealed with the corporation’s seal under the Property Law Act 2023, section 52.

For an individual, a document is validly executed if—

it is executed in a way permitted by law; and

the execution is witnessed by a person mentioned in the Land Title Act 1994, schedule 1.

However, the registrar of titles may, in exceptional circumstances, register a document executed by an individual even though the execution was not witnessed or was not witnessed by a person mentioned in the Land Title Act 1994, schedule 1.

A document to transfer or create an interest in a plantation licence or plantation sublicence must be executed by—

the transferor or the person creating the interest; and

the transferee or the person in whose favour the interest is to be created or a lawyer authorised by the transferee or the person.

A total or partial release of mortgage need only be signed by the mortgagee.

The witnessing of a document may be proved in any way permitted by law.

This section does not apply to a sketch plan.