Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation (Exemption) (Ndora Island) Order 2011 (L.N. No. 30 of 2011)

133 [l.cgal Notice No. 30] FOREST RESOURCES AN!) TIMBER UTILISATION ACT (CAP. 40) FOREST RESOURCES AN!) TIMBER UTILISATION (EXEMPTION) (NJ)ORA ISLAND) ORDER 2011 IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 4(1 )(c) of the Act, I make this Order (taton and 1. This Order may be cited as the Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation (Exemption) (Ndora Island) Order 2011, and commences on the date of publication in the Gazette. Fcllitw and 2. (1) The felling of trees and removal of timber and timber 1'emoval of trees products from an area approved under subparagraph (2) in the Ndora Islands in the Western Province for the purposes of agricultural development and reforestation on Ndora Island are exempted from the provisions of section 4 of the Act. (2) No clear felling shall be undertaken under subparagraph (1) unless the Commissioner gives prior written approval of the area to be cleared subject to the following conditions— (a) the area to be cleared for agricultural development and reforestation to be clearly marked on a map given to the Commissioner, which shall not at any one time exceed [ ... ] hectares; (b) no extension for additional area to be cleared to be granted until the agricultural development or reforestation has been done in the approved area already cleared to the satisfaction of the Commissioner and the Ministry responsible for Agriculture; (c) other conditions necessary to implement the agricultural development or reforestation, as the Commissioner may impose. 134 (3) A person who contravenes this paragraph is deemed to have committed an offence under section 4 of the Act, as if the exemption were not granted under this Order. MADE Al' HONIARA this day of April, 2011. lION. BRAI)LEY T()VOSIA Minister for Forestry [Legal Notice No. 3 1 ] FOREST RESOURCES AND TIMBER UTILISATION ACT (CAP. 40) FOREST RESOURCES AND TIMBER UTILISATION (EXEMPTION) ORDER 2011 IN exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 4(1 )(c) of the Act, I make this Order 1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Forest Resources and Citation . etc Timber Utilisation (Exemption) Order 2011, and commences on the date of publication in the Gazette. (2) This Order applies to the following islands (a) Reregana Island; (b) Iloniavasa Island; (c) Kosiana Island 2. The felling of trees and removal of timber and timber products from Felling and removal of the islands mentioned in paragraph 2 are exempted from the provisions of section 4 trees of the Act for the purposes of agricultural development of cocoa, coconut and other cash crops on those islands. MADE- AT IIONIARA this day of March, 2011. lION. BRAI)LEY TOVOSIA Minister for Forestry