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sch.2-sec.47Timber milling and woodchipping
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### sch.2-sec.47 Timber milling and woodchipping
Timber milling and woodchipping (the relevant activity ) consists of milling a total of 5,000t or more of timber in a year.
The relevant activity includes—
kiln-drying timber that has been milled; and
producing timber veneer.
The relevant activity does not include—
carrying out the relevant activity as a mobile and temporary environmentally relevant activity for fewer than 2 consecutive days at any one place; or
carrying out the relevant activity in association with carrying on an activity to which section 48 applies.
In the following table, the aggregate environmental score for the relevant activity is the score stated opposite the threshold within which the relevant activity is carried out.
Threshold
Aggregate environmental score
3
milling, in a year, the following total quantity of timber—
5,000t to 10,000t
22
C
more than 10,000t but not more than 20,000t
35
C
more than 20,000t but not more than 100,000t
58
C
more than 100,000t
69
C
In this section—
milling includes sawing, cutting, chipping, compressing, dressing, finger-jointing, and machining.
timber includes logs.
(sch.2-sec.47-ssec.1) Timber milling and woodchipping (the relevant activity ) consists of milling a total of 5,000t or more of timber in a year.
(sch.2-sec.47-ssec.2) The relevant activity includes— kiln-drying timber that has been milled; and producing timber veneer.
(sch.2-sec.47-ssec.3) The relevant activity does not include— carrying out the relevant activity as a mobile and temporary environmentally relevant activity for fewer than 2 consecutive days at any one place; or carrying out the relevant activity in association with carrying on an activity to which section 48 applies.
(sch.2-sec.47-ssec.4) In the following table, the aggregate environmental score for the relevant activity is the score stated opposite the threshold within which the relevant activity is carried out. Threshold Aggregate environmental score 3 milling, in a year, the following total quantity of timber— 5,000t to 10,000t 22 C more than 10,000t but not more than 20,000t 35 C more than 20,000t but not more than 100,000t 58 C more than 100,000t 69 C
(sch.2-sec.47-ssec.5) In this section— milling includes sawing, cutting, chipping, compressing, dressing, finger-jointing, and machining. timber includes logs.
- (a) kiln-drying timber that has been milled; and
- (b) producing timber veneer.
- (a) carrying out the relevant activity as a mobile and temporary environmentally relevant activity for fewer than 2 consecutive days at any one place; or
- (b) carrying out the relevant activity in association with carrying on an activity to which section 48 applies.