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Forest Management Act 2013
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### 16 Wood production supply
> > (1) Each year the Forest Manager must make available –
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> > > > (a) for the veneer and sawmilling industries, a minimum aggregate quantity of eucalypt veneer logs and eucalypt sawlogs, from permanent timber production zone land, that meets the prescribed specifications that are in force immediately before the commencement of this Act; and
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 16 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2014, s. 21, Applied:22 Oct 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-10-22/act-2014-012#GS21@EN) for a prescribed industry, the prescribed quantity, prescribed type and prescribed specification of other prescribed timber (including special species timber, as defined in [section 3 of the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2014-012#GS3@EN) [Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2014-012) ).
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> > (2) In [subsection (1)(a)](#GS16@Gs1@Hpa@EN) –
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> > > ***minimum aggregate quantity*** means –
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> > > > > (a) 137 000 cubic metres of any combination of eucalypt veneer quality 1, eucalypt veneer quality 2, category 1 sawlogs, and category 3 sawlogs, as specified in [Schedule 1 to the](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2009-102#JS1@EN) [Forestry Regulations 2009](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/sr-2009-102) ; or
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> > > > > (b) if another quantity is prescribed, the prescribed quantity.
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> > (3) The regulations may prescribe the time for which the quantity, type and specification of other timber is to be made available and the source of the other timber.