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Forests Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996

Made 1996-09-02 · Text as of 2026-10-01

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Language
English
Kind
Act
Organisation
European Union
Country
New Zealand
Subjects
Forestry
Keywords
timber, seeds/planting material

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  1. 1996 Forests Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996 Analysis Title 1 Short Title 2 Application of Part IIIA 3 Prohibition on milling indigenous timber 4 Amending Second Schedule 1996, No. 124 An Act to amend the Forests Act 1949 [2 September 1996 BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: 1. Short Title---This Act may be cited as the Forests Amendment Act (No. 2) 1996, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Forests Act 1949 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act). 2. Application of Part IIIA---Section 67A (1) of the principal Act (as inserted by section 3 of the Forests Amendment Act 1993) is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (b), and substituting the following paragraph: (b) Any indigenous timber from or on any land originally reserved or granted under (i) The South Island Landless Maori Act 1906; or (ii) Section 12 of the Maori Land Amendment Act 1914; or (iii) Section 88 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1916; or (iv) Section 110 of the Maori Purposes Act 1931- and having the status of Maori land or General land owned by Maori within the meaning of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993:''. 3. Prohibition on milling indigenous timber- Section 67D (1) (b) (vii) of the principal Act (as substituted by section 4 (2) of the Forests Amendment Act 1995) is hereby amended by repealing paragraph (B), and substituting the following paragraph: (B) Any land originally reserved or granted under the South Island Landless Maori Act 1906, or section 12 of the Maori Land Amendment Act 1914, or section 88 of the Reserves and other Lands Disposal and Public Bodies Empowering Act 1916, or section 110 of the Maori Purposes Act 1931, and having the status of Maori land or General land owned by Maori within the meaning of Te Ture Whenua Maori Act 1993; or''. 4. Amending Second Schedule- Clause 10 (2) (e) of the Second Schedule to the principal Act is hereby amended by omitting the words ``5 seedlings'', and substituting the words ``5 nursery raised seedlings''. This Act is administered in the Ministry of Forestry.

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