21PSecretary may determine firewood collection areas

21P Secretary may determine firewood collection areas (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Secretary may determine an area of land to be a firewood collection area if it is— (a) part of the land described in Division 2A of Part 4A of the Fifth Schedule; or (b) part of the land described in Division 5 of Part 4A of the Fifth Schedule. (2) Before determining an area of land to be a firewood collection area, the Secretary must consult the person or body having control and management of the land unless that person or body is the Secretary. (3) A determination under subsection (1) must identify the part of the land to which it applies by reference to a plan lodged in the Central Plan Office. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the determination may apply, adopt or incorporate any matter contained in any document formulated, issued, prescribed or published by any person, whether— (a) wholly or partly; or (b) as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the determination was made or at any time before that time. (5) If the Secretary is satisfied that it is necessary for management of the supply of fallen or felled trees for domestic use as firewood in a region of the State, a determination of a firewood collection area located in that region may specify a class or classes of persons who may, or whose nominees may, cut and take away fallen or felled trees in that firewood collection area. (6) The Secretary may— (a) amend a determination made under subsection (1); (b) revoke a determination made under subsection (1), including by providing for a date of revocation in the determination. (7) A determination of a firewood collection area, or an amendment or revocation of a determination of a firewood collection area, must be published in the Government Gazette. (8) A determination of a firewood collection area, or an amendment or revocation of a determination, comes into operation on— (a) the date on which it is published in the Government Gazette; or (b) any later date specified in the determination. S. 21Q inserted by No. 46/2012 s. 16.