Forests (Forest Carbon Activity) (Amendment) Rules, 2025

T H E SARAWAK GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PART II Published by Authority Vol. LXXX 12th June, 2025 No. 35 Swk. L. N. 101 THE FORESTS ORDINANCE, 2015 THE FORESTS (FOREST CARBON ACTIVITY) (AMENDMENT) RULES, 2025 (Made under section 113(1)(bb)) In exercise of the powers conferred by section 113(1)(bb) of the Forests Ordinance, 2015 [Cap. 71], read together with rule 41(3) of the Forests (Forest Carbon Activity) Rules, 2022 [Swk. L.N. 350/2022], the Minister, with the approval of the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri, has made the following Rules: Citation and commencement 1. These Rules may be cited as the Forests (Forest Carbon Activity) (Amendment) Rules, 2025, and shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of March, 2025. Amendment to the Fourth Schedule 2. The Fourth Schedule to the Forests (Forest Carbon Activity) Rules, 2022 [Swk. L.N. 350/2022] (the “Principal Rules”) is amended by substituting the Fourth Schedule with the following new Fourth Schedule— 168 “FOURTH SCHEDULE RATES OF STATUTORY CHARGES (Rule 41(3)) Royalty and Forest Ecosystem Fee Item Particulars Rates based on categories of Forest Carbon Area Permanent Forests/State land Alienated land Land subjected to the gazetted Native Customary Right (NCR) 1. Royalty (RM/ha/year) RM20 RM5 RM1 2. Forest Ecosystem Fee (%) seven per centum (7%) or such higher quantum, as may be determined by the Minister, of annual revenue earned through Verified Carbon Unit (VCU) traded five per centum (5%) or such higher quantum, as may be determined by the Minister, of annual revenue earned through Verified Carbon Unit (VCU) traded five per centum (5%) or such higher quantum, as may be determined by the Minister, of annual revenue earned through Verified Carbon Unit (VCU) traded Made this 17th day of March, 2025. DATUK PATINGGI TAN SRI (DR) ABANG HAJI ABDUL RAHMAN ZOHARI BIN TUN DATUK ABANG HAJI OPENG, Minister for Natural Resources and Urban Development Approved by the Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri this 23rd day of January, 2025. DATU AZLAN BIN HAJI ALI BADRI Clerk to Majlis Mesyuarat Kerajaan Negeri 12/MUDeNR.F/900-1/1/10 Jld. 1 DICETAK OLEH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD, KUCHING, SARAWAK BAGI PIHAK DAN DENGAN KUASA PERINTAH KERAJAAN SARAWAK