Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation (Protected Species) Regulations 2012 (LN 96 of 2012)

231 SUPPLEMENT to the Solomon Islands Gazette Friday 21 ,I September, 2012 S.l. No.41 [Legal Notice No. 96] THE FOREST RESOURCES AND TIMBER UTILISATION ACT (Cap. 40) THEFORESTRESOURCESANDT~ER UTILISATION (pROTECTED SPECIES) REGULATIONS 2012 IN exercise of the powers conferred upon the Minister by section 44 and item 7 of the First Schedule ofthe Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation Act, the following regulations are hereby made· 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation (protected Species) Regulations 2012. 2. The following Regulation made under the Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation Act (Cap.40) is hereby revoked: (a) Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation (Protected Species) Regulation 1990;* (b) Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation (Protected Species) (Amended) Regulation 2005;* and (e) The Forest Resources and Timber Utilisation (Protected Species) (Amendment) Regulations 20 II. * 3. The following species are protected and shall not be felled or removed from any land for purposes of sale of export, except for scientific research purposes as authorised under the Wildlife Protection and Management Act 1998 Mangrove Ebony Ngali Nut Tubi Rhizophora spp. And all other mangrove species Diospyros spp. Canarium indicum Xanthostemon 232 4. The following species shall not be exported in an unprocessed form Rosewood Ironwood Kauri Walnut Canoe Tree Rattan Vasa Pterocarpus indicus Instia lnstia bijuga Agathis macrophylia Dracontomelum vitiense Gmelina moluccana Canarium spp. Calamus spp. Vitex Dated at Honiara this twentieth day of September, 2012. *LN 73 of 1990 *LN 78 of 2005 *LN 9 of2011 HON. DICKSON MUA Minister of Forestry and Research Honiara, Solomon Islands Printed under the authority of the Solomon Islands Government Printed by Public Service Commission.