Forestry Act 1959

A person must not conduct an activity (an organised event) that is a non-commercial activity involving the organised use of a part of a State forest or timber reserve (the area) that is likely to—

expose a person involved in the organised event to an unreasonable risk to the person’s safety from another activity conducted in the area; orExample of another activity likely to expose a person to unreasonable risk—timber harvesting

have a detrimental impact on the area, or affect the use of the area by other persons, having regard to the following—

the location of the area;

the number of people, vehicles or animals involved in the organised event or likely to be in the area when the organised event is conducted;

the type of organised event;

the timing of the organised event;

any likely disturbance to the area as a result of conducting the organised event;

the extent to which the conducting of the organised event may restrict access to the area by the general public.

However, subsection (1) does not apply to an activity that is conducted—

by a group of Aboriginal people under Aboriginal tradition in a part of a State forest or timber reserve with which the group has a traditional, customary or historical link under Aboriginal tradition; or

by a group of Torres Strait Islanders under Island custom in a part of a State forest or timber reserve with which the group has a traditional, customary or historical link under Island custom; or

under an organised event permit or another authority (such as an agreement, contract, permit, licence or lease) under this Act.

In this section—non-commercial activity means an activity other than a commercial activity.