Crown Land Forest Produce Rules – Section 48 (Statutory Instruments 45/1946, 9/1951 and 11/1983)

Laws of Saint Lucia Crown Land Forest Produce Rules Cap.7.09 1 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 CROWN LAND FOREST PRODUCE RULES ARRANGEMENT OF RULES Rule 1. Short title .............................................................................................................. 3 2. Definitions ............................................................................................................ 3 3. Grant of concessions ........................................................................................... 3 4. Grant of licences .................................................................................................. 3 5. Application for licences ........................................................................................ 3 6. Scope of licences ................................................................................................. 3 7. Receipts for compensation .................................................................................. 4 8. Procedure where applicant for licence is illiterate ................................................ 4 9. Procedure where royalty is to be paid according to girth measurement ............... 4 10. Discretion of Chief Forest Officer to grant licence ................................................ 4 11. Nature of tree or timber to be cut ......................................................................... 5 12. Royalties to be paid before delivery of licence ..................................................... 5 13. Condition of cutting trees or remnants ................................................................. 5 14. Measurement of trees to be cut ........................................................................... 5 15. Marking of trees to be cut .................................................................................... 5 16. Prohibition against removal of timber ................................................................... 5 17. Grant of removal permits ..................................................................................... 6 18. Conditions concerning grant of removal permit .................................................... 6 19. Prohibition against grant of removal permit till payment made for timber ............. 6 20. Royalty paid on sound timber by the cubic foot.................................................... 6 21. Return of expired licences ................................................................................... 6 22. Conditions to be observed before timber or forest produce becomes property of licensee .............................................................................................. 7 23. Payment of royalties and dues ............................................................................. 7 24. Licences to possess, carry and use a property mark ........................................... 7 25. Discretion in Chief Forest Officer to refuse to register property mark .................. 7 26. Use of registered property mark........................................................................... 7 27. Design of registered property mark ...................................................................... 7 28. Fees payable on registration of property mark ..................................................... 8 29. Renewal of registration of property mark ............................................................. 8 30. Certificate to be granted on registration ............................................................... 8 31. Condition of grant of registration or renewal of property mark ............................. 8 32. Penalty ................................................................................................................. 8 33. Cancellation of licence, etc. on breach of any rule ............................................... 9 34. Fees ..................................................................................................................... 9 Laws of Saint Lucia Crown Land Forest Produce Rules Cap.7.09 2 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 SCHEDULE 1 9 SCHEDULE 2 19 SCHEDULE 3 21 SCHEDULE 4 22 Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 3 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 CROWN LAND FOREST PRODUCE RULES – SECTION 48 (Statutory Instruments 45/1946, 9/1951 and 11/1983) Commencement [1 August 1946] 1. SHORT TITLE These Rules may be cited as the Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Crown Land Forest Produce) Rules. 2. DEFINITIONS In these Rules, unless the context otherwise requires— ―forest ranger‖ includes any person carrying on the duties of a forest ranger; ―registered property mark‖ means a property mark registered under these Rules, the registration of which has not expired and which is covered by a licence to carry and use the same; ―remnant‖ includes parts of trees that have fallen of which some considerable part has already been worked or destroyed by fire or otherwise. 3. GRANT OF CONCESSIONS Concessions to cut timber or to extract forest produce may either be put up to tender or to auction or may be granted by the Chief Forest Officer on conditions approved by the Governor General. 4. GRANT OF LICENCES Licences to cut timber or to extract forest produce may be granted at his or her discretion by the Chief Forest Officer. 5. APPLICATION FOR LICENCES Applications for licences shall be made in the Form 1 of Schedule 1 to these Rules and shall be addressed to the Chief Forest Officer. Such applications shall state clearly the nature and quantity of the timber required, the purpose for which it is wanted, the area and locality in which it is proposed to cut or extract the same the period for which the licence is required, and such other particulars as may be desirable. Applications for licences for timber to be cut by contractors to Government departments must be accompanied by a certificate of authority from the head of the department concerned or from some officer duly authorised by him or her to issue such certificate. 6. SCOPE OF LICENCES Licences shall include licences to cut a specified number of trees, a specified quantity of timber, to extract a specified quantity of forest produce in or from a specified area of Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 4 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 Crown lands and Forest Reserves or to burn charcoal on Crown lands. Such licences shall be in the forms included in Schedule 1 to these Rules, namely— Form 2 — Forest Produce other than timber. Form 3 — A specified number of trees or quantity of timber. Form 4 — Timber to burn charcoal on Crown lands. 7. RECEIPTS FOR COMPENSATION Receipts for compensation for forest offences, for extension fees and for royalties paid under licences in Forms 2, 3 and 4 of Schedule 1 shall be in Form 5 of Schedule 1 to these Rules. 8. PROCEDURE WHERE APPLICANT FOR LICENCE IS ILLITERATE On receipt of a verbal application for a licence, the Forest Ranger of the locality in which the forest produce is situated shall assist the applicant to fill Part (1) of Form 1 of Schedule 1 and where the applicant is illiterate shall certify the signature or mark. 9. PROCEDURE WHERE ROYALTY IS TO BE PAID ACCORDING TO GIRTH MEASUREMENT (1) If the Forest Ranger recommends the issue of a licence in Form 3 where royalty is to be paid according to girth measurement, he or she shall inspect, measure, and stamp with the Government Sale Marking Die the trees applied for, in the presence of the licensee or his or her agent, and shall record in Part (2) of Form 1 their description and girth measurements together with his or her recommendation for a licence. He or she shall then hand the Form 1 to the applicant or his or her agent who shall present it at the Treasury. (2) If the Forest Ranger recommends the issue of a licence in Form 3 where royalty is to be paid according to cubical measurement or according to number where shingles are being worked he or she shall stamp with the Government Sale Marking Die such trees or remnants of such trees as he or she considers necessary and shall record their particulars in Part (2) of Form 1 together with his or her recommendation for a licence. He or she shall then hand the Form 1 to the applicant or his or her agent who shall present it at the Treasury. (3) No tree or timber stamped under this rule shall be cut or worked until a licence has been issued. 10. DISCRETION OF CHIEF FOREST OFFICER TO GRANT LICENCE The Chief Forest Officer shall at his or her discretion decide whether or not he or she shall grant a licence and shall note his or her decision on Part (3) of Form 1 Should he or she refuse to grant a licence applied for in Form 3, he or she shall instruct the Forest Ranger to seize with the Government Seizure Mark all trees or remnants which have been marked with the Government Sale Marking Die under rule 9. Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 5 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 11. NATURE OF TREE OR TIMBER TO BE CUT No tree or timber shall be cut under a licence in Form 3 with royalty paid according to cubical measurement or according to number where shingles are being worked unless it be dead, wind-fallen, diseased, unsound or a remnant or unless the length of workable stem is less than 24 feet. All other trees must be paid for by girth measurement, save where specially authorised by the Chief Forest Officer for silvicultural reasons. 12. ROYALTIES TO BE PAID BEFORE DELIVERY OF LICENCE All royalties payable under licences shall be paid before such licences are delivered to the licensee or his or her agent. 13. CONDITION OF CUTTING TREES OR REMNANTS No tree or remnant shall be cut under a licence in Form 3 unless the same has been stamped with the Government Sale Marking Die by an Officer duly authorised in that behalf, in the presence of the licensee or his or her agent, and the girth measurement of every such tree, and the measurement of every such remnant shall be recorded on the licence. No green standing tree of Classes I and II shall be stamped for cutting or shall be cut under a licence in Form 3 unless it exceeds at the point at which it is measured the minimum girth shown in the right hand column in Schedule IV to these Rules. 14. MEASUREMENT OF TREES TO BE CUT All trees exceeding 5 feet in girth to be cut under any licence granted under these Rules on which royalty is calculated according to their girth measurements shall be measured at height of 4 feet 3 inches from the ground. However, if the tree has large buttresses its girth may be measured at such height from the ground not exceeding 8 feet as represents the junction of the top of the buttresses with the trunk, and a note to that effect must be made on the licence form. Trees of less than 5 feet in girth shall be measured for the calculation of royalty at such lesser height from the ground at which they are to be cut. In all cases where trees are to be cut at a height less than 4 feet 3 inches from the ground, the forest ranger shall make a check measurement at a point below that at which the tree is to be cut, and shall record such measurement on the licence. 15. MARKING OF TREES TO BE CUT No tree or remnant shall be cut under licence in Form 3 until the same has been marked in paint or tar with the serial number allotted by the forest ranger, and either with the initials of the licensee in letters not less than 3 inches high, or with his or her registered property mark, on a blaze prepared for that purpose by the licensee or his or her agent. 16. PROHIBITION AGAINST REMOVAL OF TIMBER No timber shall be removed from any tree or remnant cut under a licence in Form 3 nor any other produce cut under a licence in Form 2 until all royalty payable under such licence in addition to that already paid under rule 11 has been paid and receipt for such payment has been obtained from the Treasury and a removal permit has been obtained from an officer duly authorised to grant the same. Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 6 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 17. GRANT OF REMOVAL PERMITS Removal permits shall be in Form 6 of Schedule 1 to these Rules and shall be granted by such person as may be duly authorised in writing in that behalf by the Chief Forest Officer. The date of expiry of a removal permit in Form 6 shall in no case be later than the date of expiry (including extensions if any) of the licence under which the timber to be removed was cut. Such licence must be presented to the Officer issuing the permit when a removal permit is applied for. 18. CONDITIONS CONCERNING GRANT OF REMOVAL PERMIT No removal permit shall be granted for any timber cut under a licence in Form 3 until each piece has been stamped with a Government Sale Marking Die by an officer duly authorised in that behalf. It shall be the duty of the licensee to have the timber so arranged as to facilitate the stamping of the same. Each piece of timber to be removed that exceeds 1 /2 a cubic foot in measurement must, in addition, be clearly marked in paint or tar with a serial number, with the initials of the licensee in letters not less than 3 inches high and with the serial number of the tree by the licensee or his or her agent. However, such timber may be marked with the licensee’s registered property mark instead of with his or her initials in paint or tar and the serial numbers may, in like manner, be stamped in figures not less than 3 /4 of an inch high. 19. PROHIBITION AGAINST GRANT OF REMOVAL PERMIT TILL PAYMENT MADE FOR TIMBER No removal permit shall be granted for any timber on which royalty is payable by the cubic foot obtained from a tree or remnant cut under a licence in Form 3 until all marketable timber obtainable from such tree or remnant has been fashioned and paid for. 20. ROYALTY PAID ON SOUND TIMBER BY THE CUBIC FOOT If any tree to be cut under any licence granted under these Rules, on which royalty is calculated according to its girth measurements, should prove to be unsound, the licensee shall work up all sound timber in such tree and shall pay royalty thereon by the cubic foot; and the Forest Ranger may stamp another tree of as nearly as possible the same size, and the licensee shall pay any increase of royalty which may thereby be incurred. 21. RETURN OF EXPIRED LICENCES Every licence granted under these Rules shall be returned to the Officer who granted the same on its expiry, or on any previous date on which work under it has been completed; and all timber or other forest produce cut, collected or extracted under it that has not been removed under a duly authorised removal permit, shall remain the property of the Crown free of all claims unless such licence has been extended by the proper officer. A fee of $0.48 a week may be charged for any such extension unless otherwise provided in such licence. Every receipt for such fee shall be in Form 5. Every such extension shall commence from the date of expiry of the licence or the date of expiry of any previous extension. Such extension shall be obtained on a certificate of the Forest Ranger, showing the amount of work remaining to be done under the licence. Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 7 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 22. CONDITIONS TO BE OBSERVED BEFORE TIMBER OR FOREST PRODUCE BECOMES PROPERTY OF LICENSEE No timber or other forest produce cut, collected or extracted under a licence granted under these Rules shall become the property of the licensee until all royalties and dues payable in respect of such timber or forest produce have been paid, and until a receipt in Form 5 has been obtained from the Treasury and until such timber or forest produce has been removed under a duly issued removal permit or licence permitting removal. 23. PAYMENT OF ROYALTIES AND DUES The royalties and dues payable under licences granted under these Rules with respect to the items listed in Schedules 2 and 3 shall be as prescribed by the Chief Forest Officer. The species and classes of timber and other forest produce listed therein may be reassessed by the Chief Forest Officer as deemed necessary. (Substituted by S.I. 11/1983) 24. LICENCES TO POSSESS, CARRY AND USE A PROPERTY MARK Licences to possess, carry and use a registered property mark on Crown land shall be granted by the Chief Forest Officer in Form 7 of Schedule 1, and shall be subject to the conditions therein stated. 25. DISCRETION IN CHIEF FOREST OFFICER TO REFUSE TO REGISTER PROPERTY MARK (1) The Chief Forest Officer at his or her discretion may refuse to register any property mark on account of its similarity to any existing mark, or to any mark used by forest officers, or for any other reason which to him or her may seem sufficient. (2) Registration of a property mark shall hold good from the date of such registration until the following 31 December and for the next succeeding 2 years, and registration of a classification mark shall hold good for the same period as that for which the property mark to which its subsidiary is registered. 26. USE OF REGISTERED PROPERTY MARK A registered property mark shall, so long as its registration has not expired and it is covered by an unexpired licence to carry and use the same, be available for use on any Crown land within Saint Lucia. 27. DESIGN OF REGISTERED PROPERTY MARK The design of a registered property mark may be borne by one or more hammers. When the design of such property mark is borne by more than one hammer, each hammer after the first shall be numbered serially from the number 2 onwards, to denote that it forms one of a series of hammers registered as the same mark. No additional registration fee shall be payable in respect of such additional hammers, but any modification or Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 8 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 alteration, other than the addition of such number, in the design of such mark shall be separately registered. 28. FEES PAYABLE ON REGISTRATION OF PROPERTY MARK Fees for the registration of property marks shall be as follows— For each property mark registered .................. $20.00 For each year for which the registration of a property mark is renewed .................... $10.00 For the transfer of a property mark ................. $15.00 (Substituted by S.I. 11/1983) 29. RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION OF PROPERTY MARK Every renewal of the registration of a property mark shall commence from the date of expiry of the original registration or of the last subsequent renewal of such registration. 30. CERTIFICATE TO BE GRANTED ON REGISTRATION The Chief Forest Officer on registering a property mark shall grant to the owner thereof a certificate in Form 8 of Schedule 1 to these Rules. 31. CONDITION OF GRANT OF REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL OF PROPERTY MARK No registration or renewal of the registration of a property mark shall be granted until the fees payable in respect of such registration or renewal of registration have been duly paid. 32. PENALTY Any person who— (a) marks any standing tree or any timber on Crown land with a marking hammer or other implement for impressing marks on timber other than a property mark or a classification mark duly registered under these Rules, the registration of which has not expired and which is covered by an unexpired licence granted by a duly authorised forest officer; or (b) impresses any property mark or classification mark on any tree or timber on Crown land save under the authority of a duly authorised forest officer; or (c) alters, defaces or obliterates any registered property mark or classification mark placed on any tree or timber under the authority of a duly authorised forest officer; or (d) impresses a classification mark on any timber on Crown land which does not already bear the impressed property mark of the owner of such classification mark Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 9 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 is liable on summary conviction to a penalty not exceeding $ 48 or in default to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term not exceeding 2 months and in addition to such punishment, the registration of his or her property mark may be cancelled. 33. CANCELLATION OF LICENCE ON BREACH OF ANY RULE Breach of any of these Rules or of the conditions of any licence granted under them shall render any such licence liable to cancellation in addition to the forfeiture of all claims to timber or forest produce cut, collected or extracted under such licence. 34. FEES For every licence issued in Form 3 a fee of $1 is payable, and must be paid before the licence is issued. (Amended by S.I.11/1983) SCHEDULE 1 Form 1 APPLICATION FOR WOODCUTTING LICENCE. TO THE CHIEF FOREST OFFICER. Part (1) No .................................... Species of trees and quantity or nature of Forest Produce ......................................................................................................................... Locality ........................................................................................................... Purpose for which required ......................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... Residence of applicant .................................................................................... Date of application .......................................................................................... Witness to mark .............................................. Dated .................................... .......................................................... Signature of Applicant. Part (2) Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 10 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 I recommend that a licence in Form* ............................................ for ..................................................................................................................... be granted to the applicant and I certify that on the .................................... ........................................... 20.................... I inspected, measured and stamped the undermentioned † tree/trees with the Government Sale Marking Die No. ......................................... ‡ ........................................... ......................................................................................................................... Royalty payable .................................... Dated .......................................... 20............. ................................................. Forest Ranger. Part (3) Licence No. ........................ in Form ......................... † issued/refused on ............................. 20.............. $ ¢ Receipt No........................... Royalty paid ............................. Licence Fee paid ...................... 48 ................................................. for Director of Finance and Planning * Fill in number of Form. † Strike out words not required. ‡ If licence is to be in Form 3 by girth measurement insert species and girth measurement of trees and if by cubical measurement insert species and whether dead or fallen trees or remnants: state clearly whether royalty is to be paid according to girth or cubical measurement. If licence is to be in any other form no entry is required. Form 2 LICENCE FOR FOREST PRODUCE OTHER THAN TIMBER FROM CROWN LANDS AND FOREST RESERVES Licence No. .................................... Licence to * extract/collect the undermentioned forest produce from Crown lands at ............................................................................................... Forest Reserve ................................................................................... during the next ensuing * days/months is hereby granted to .................................... ......................................................................................................................... under the Forest, Soil, and Water Conservation (Crown Land Forest Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 11 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 Produce) Rules and subject to the following conditions— 1. That this licence is not transferable. It may not be sublet nor may the licensee allow any person to work under it on payment to him or her of any consideration whatsoever. 2. This licence expires on ............................................................ and must then be returned to the forest ranger whether the whole the produce has been extracted or not. 3. That the licensee pay to the sub-collector at .................................... ............................... the royalty due on all the forest produce to extracted or collected under this licence before it is issued. 4. That this licence together with every receipt for money paid in respect of it must always be kept with the licensee or his or her agent in the forest whilst forest produce is being cut, extracted or collected and must be produced on the demand of any forest officer or police officer. 5. That the licensee only cuts for firewood or rods such green standing trees as are pointed out to him or her or his or her agent by the Forest Ranger and are stamped with the Government Sale Marking Die for this purpose. 6. That all forest produce extracted or collected under this licence must be brought to ............................................................................ for inspection and check and that the licensees shall not remove from such place, dispose of or consume any of the forest produce until has been checked or measured by the Forest Ranger and a permit has been duly issued to remove same. 7. That no tree may be felled for the purpose of collecting or extracting ―Mahoe‖, ―Cable‖, ―Lianes‖, ―Seguine‖, ―Meby‖, ―Tanbark‖ or ―Orchids‖. No tree may be cut or injured except branches under 3 inches in diameter. 8. Breach of any condition of this licence or of the Rules under which it is issued renders it liable to cancellation in addition to the forfeiture of all claims to forest produce cut or collected under it. Kind of Produce ....................................................................................... Amount of quantity or number of men to be employed ........................ ......................................................................................................................... .......................................... 20................... ....................................................... for Chief Forest Officer. * Strike out words not required. Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 12 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 REVERSE OF LICENCE Produce. Royalty Value No. of Receipt. Date of Payment. Initials of inspecting officer and date of inspection. $ ¢ Form 3 LICENCE TO CUT TIMBER ON CROWN LANDS AND FOREST RESERVES Licence No. .................................... Licence to cut* ....................................................................................... within that parcel of Crown land or Forest Reserve situate in ................................................................................... and described below— ......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... ........................................................................................................................ is hereby granted to .................................... of .......................................... for ............................. † weeks/months from the ........................ 20............ under the Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Crown Land Forest Produce) Rules and subject to the following conditions— 1. That this licence is not transferable, nor may it be sublet, nor may the licensee allow any person to work under it on payment to him or her of any consideration whatever. 2. That the licensee only cuts such trees or such remnants as are stamped for cutting under this licence with the Government Sale Marking Die by the forest ranger, and before cutting such trees or remnants marks the stumps below the felling point or such portions of the remnants as are to be left over, with his or her initials in paint or tar in letters not less than 3 inches high, or with his or her registered property mark, and with the serial number allotted by the forest ranger, in such a way that such marks are visible at the expiration of the licence. 3. That no timber cut under this licence shall become the property of the licensee until all royalties and dues payable under it have been paid and until the timber has been removed under a removal permit duly granted for that purpose. 4. That the licensee pays at the sub-collector’s office at .............................................................................. at the rates prescribed in the Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Crown Land Forest Produce) Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 13 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 Rules the royalty due under this licence before it is issued. 5. That the Chief Forest Officer may require that any tree cut under this licence must be sawn into boards, planks or scantlings at the place where the tree is cut. 6. That this licence together with every receipt for money paid in respect thereof must be kept in the possession of the person in charge of the work in the forest as long as the timber is being cut, converted or removed. It must be produced on the demand of any forest officer or police officer, and it must be returned to the Forest Ranger on its expiry, or on any previous date on which work under it has been completed. 7. That no timber is removed from the place where any tree or remnant is cut or worked until the whole of the marketable timber obtainable from such tree or remnant has been cut and paid for, and has been inspected, measured and stamped with the Government Sale Marking Die by the Forest Ranger and until a removal permit has been issued. No removal permit will be granted until all pieces of timber obtained that exceed half a cubic foot in measurement have been clearly marked by the licensee with his or her initials in paint or tar, with his or her registered property mark, and with the serial number of the tree. 8. That this licence must be produced when a removal permit is applied for, in order that the number and date of expiry of the removal permit and the quantity of timber to be removed may be endorsed on it by the Officer issuing the removal permit. The date of expiry of the removal permit must not be later than the date of expiry of the licence. 9. That on the expiry of this licence any timber cut under it and left in the forest shall remain the property of the Crown unless an extension of this licence has, on the application of this licensee, been granted. A charge of $0.48 per week may be made for any such extension. 10. Breach of any condition of this licence or of any of the Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Crown Land Forest Produce) Rules under which it is granted renders it liable to cancellation in addition to the forfeiture of all claims to timber cut under it. .................................... 20........... ....................................................... for Chief Forest Officer * Insert particulars of trees or timber granted under the licence. † Strike out words not required. REVERSE OF LICENCE To be filled in at the Revenue Office. Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 14 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 Payment to be made according to .................................... * measurement Serial No. Species Girth or Quantity † Royalty value No. of Receipt Date of payment. $ ¢ * Insert the words ―girth‖ or ―cubical‖. † Insert girth if payment is to be made by girth measurement and quantity in cubic feet if by cubical measurement. TO BE FILLED IN BY THE FOREST RANGER.* Serial No. Species Amount Obtained. Initials of Inspecting Officer and date of inspection. DETAILS OF REMOVAL PERMITS No. of permit Date of Issue. Data of expiry. Species and quantity of timber and dimensions. Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 15 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 * Only required to be filled in where measurement is cubical. Form 4 Licence No. ............................ LICENCE TO CUT TIMBER TO BURN CHARCOAL ON CROWN LANDS OR FOREST RESERVES Licence to cut timber to burn charcoal on ............................................. ................................................................................................ ReservesForest LandsCrown situated in ..................................................................................................... is granted to ................................................................................................. of ..................................................................................................................... under the Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Crown Land Forest Produce) Rules, and subject to the following conditions— 1. This licence is not transferable. 2. This licence expires on ...................................................................... and must be returned to the forest ranger. 3. The licensee must pay the royalty due to the sub-collector at ......................................................................................................................... 4. This licence, together with every receipt for money paid in respect of it, must always be kept with the licensee or his or her agent in the forest, while wood is being cut or charcoal extracted and must be produced on the demand of any forest officer. 5. On the expiry of the licence all wood cut and all charcoal obtained under it and left on Crown lands shall remain the sole property of the Crown. 6. The licensee may only open charcoal pits on sites indicated by the Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 16 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 forest ranger. 7. No shed, hut or other temporary structure shall be erected without the permission of the forest ranger and any such structure must be destroyed on the expiry of the licence. 8. The licensee shall only cut such trees as are stamped with the Government Sale Marking Die. 9. The licensee may be called upon to pay at girth royalty rates for any trees not stamped with the Government sale hammer and carelessly knocked down or damaged by the licensee or his or her agent. 10. The licensee shall not begin burning his or her pit until it has been measured by the forest ranger and this licence issued. 11. Royalty shall be paid at the rate of ............................................... per stacked cord. (One cord x 8 feet x 4 feet x 4 feet.) 12. Breach of any condition of this licence or of the Rules renders it liable to cancellation in addition to the forfeiture of all claims to wood or charcoal obtained under it. ....................................................... for Chief Forest Officer. REVERSE OF LICENCE Sub cpt. Dimension of pits. No. of cords. Royalty value. No. of receipt. Date of payment. Initials of Inspecting Officer. Form 5 Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 17 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 ..................................................................... * Revenue Office. ................................... † ................................. 20.......... Received from ......................................................................................... of ............................................. the sum of $ .................................................... being the amount payable in respect of the undermentioned trees or forest produce to be cut, collected or extracted, fees for extension of licences or compensation for a forest offence. 1 2 3 No. of trees or quantity of forest produce. Species of trees or nature of forest produce. Girth Value Licence No. Form No. Remarks ft. in. $ ¢ $ ¢ Licence fee ..................... 48 Total ............... .................................... for Director of Finance and Planning. * Here fill in name of revenue office. † Here fill in date. N.B.—If compensation or fees for extension of licences write ―compensation for a forest offence‖ or ―fees for extension of licence‖ across columns 1, 2 and 3. Form 6 REMOVAL PERMIT No. .................................... Permission is hereby granted to .............................................................. of ................................................................ to remove from ReservesForest LandsCrown at .................................................. to ...................................................... the following * timber, firewood or other produce. Species .................................................. Marks .................................................... Reference † No. of pieces and dimensions ............ Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 18 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 Licence No. ............... ............................................................... Serial No. of trees– ............................................................... .................................... .................................... Inspected by — ............................................................... ............................................................... .................................. ............................................................... Date of issue .................................... Date of expiry .............................................. ...................................................................... Signature of Officer authorised to issue permit. * Strike out words not required. † Information to be recorded at back if space is insufficient. N.B.—This permit must be returned to the office of issue within 15 days. Form 7. LICENCE TO POSSESS, CARRY AND USE A PROPERTY MARK ON CROWN LAND Licence is hereby granted to ................................................................... of ........................................................... to possess, carry and use a property mark bearing the design shown on the back of this licence for .............................................. months from the .......................... 20............. subject to the following conditions— 1. That this licence is not transferable save with the permission in writing of the Chief Forest Officer and the payment of the prescribed transfer fee. 2. That the property mark is only impressed by the licensee or his or her agent on the bona fide property of the licensee or as required by the conditions of the licence granted to him or her under the Forest, Soil and Water Conservation (Crown land Forest Produce) Rules. 3. That the licence is granted under the said Rules and expires on the .................................... and must then be returned to the Officer who issued Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 19 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 the same. 4. That breach of any condition of this licence renders it liable to cancellation in addition to forfeiture of all claims to trees or timber marked with the registered ―Property Mark‖ licensed. .................................... 20............ .............................................. Chief Forest Officer. This licence is hereby extended to .......................................... 20............ .............................................. Chief Forest Officer. Form 8. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF A PROPERTY MARK UNDER THE FOREST, SOIL AND WATER CONSERVATION ACT. I certify that I have on this .................................. day of ......................... 20................... registered the property mark of .................................... of .................................... the design of which is shown on the back hereof. The registration of the property mark expires on the day of ......................................... , 20........... . .............................................. Chief Forest Officer. SCHEDULE 2 TYPES OF TIMBER ACCORDING TO GIRTH MEASUREMENT Class I Class II Class III Class IV Class V ed Cedar Acajou Teak Mahogany Caribbean Pine Blue Mahoe Acomat Bois d’orange Coubaril Laurier Canelle Satin Wood Bois Pain Marron Balata Chien Bois Blanc Bois Lezard Bois Riviere Bois Tan Breadfruit Contrevent or Bois de Rose Dalmare Barbaquois Bois Agouti Bois Creole Bois de fer Bois de Masse Bois grille Case Rate or Cacarat Casse Chrossol Aralis Bois Canon Bois Cendre Bois Cot Bois Flot Bois l’orme Chataignier Biguier Gommier Mahout Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 20 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 Gommier Laurier Mabre Merise Dedefounden Feuille foree Laurier other than Mabre and Cannelle Penny Piece Poirier or White Cedar Pommier Zolivier Chypra Goyavier La Glu L’encens L’epineaux Pois Doux Savonette Ti citron and all species not mentioned in Schedule Cochon Mapou Mombin Paletuvier Palms (all kinds) Silk Cotton Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 21 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 SCHEDULE 3 TIMBER AND OTHER PRODUCE ACCORDING TO CUBICAL OR OTHER MEASUREMENT Nature of Produce Unit of Measurement Timber from trees of Class I per cubic foot Timber from trees of Class II per cubic foot Timber from trees of Class III per cubic foot Timber from trees of Class IV per cubic foot Timber from trees of Class V per cubic foot Firewood per cord of 125 stacked cubit foot Bamboo per bundle Palm seeds and any other seeds per bag of 100 lb Can bark per bag of 100 lb Mahot fibre per bundle Grass per bundle Mountain Cabbage each Lianes, cable, seguine, meby, resin honey For each person employed and bees wax, silk cotton, floss and orchids on cutting and collection per month Pickets or rods of trees of Classes IV and V under 3 inches diameter Each Laws of Saint Lucia Protected Forest Rules and Declarations Cap.7.09 22 Revision Date: 31 Dec 2008 SCHEDULE 4 SCALE OF MINIMUM GIRTH LIMITS Balata, laurier canelle, bois pain marron, bois d’amande, gommier ........................................................................... 6 feet Grand ’feuille, poirier ............................................................... 4 feet Other species of Classes I and II ............................................... 5 feet Classes III and IV ...................................................................... No girth limit.