Forestry Act 1959

Whenever the Minister thinks it reasonable and necessary the Minister may, by notification in the gazette, prescribe that, while the notification remains in force, no person shall, in respect of a State forest or timber reserve, or a specified part thereof, and no person other than a person who is therein under the authority conferred by an agreement made in relation to that area under section 39A or by the person being lessee or owner of land that is or includes that area, shall, in respect of a forest entitlement area or a specified part thereof, be in or on the forest, reserve or, as the case may be, area specified in the notification or, where a part only thereof is specified therein, the part so specified, except under and in accordance with a permit granted by the chief executive for the purposes of this section.

However, the Minister can not, by notification under subsection (1), exclude the plantation licensee or plantation sublicensee for a licence area from, or limit the plantation licensee’s or plantation sublicensee’s access to, the licence area.

Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any notification in force under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.

The chief executive may from time to time grant subject to such conditions as the chief executive thinks fit permits for the purposes of this section.

The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation from any other provisions of this Act.

In subsection (1A)—plantation licensee includes the plantation licensee’s employees, agents, contractors, customers and invitees.plantation sublicensee includes the plantation sublicensee’s employees, agents, contractors, customers and invitees.