39Forest practices officers

39 Forest practices officers

(1)  [Section 39 Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 67, Applied:01 Jul 2005] *[Section 39 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 1994, s. 21 ]*Subject to this section, the Authority –

(a) may, in the case of a person for the time being appointed as an officer under section 38 (1) ; and

(b) shall, in the case of a person for the time being appointed as an officer under section 38 (2)  –

by warrant signed by the chairperson of the Board authorize the person to be a forest practices officer for the purposes of this Act.

(2)  [Section 39 Subsection (2) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 67, Applied:01 Jul 2005] *[Section 39 Subsection (2) added by No. 29 of 1994, s. 21 ]*The Authority may, by notice in writing, revoke a warrant authorizing a person to be a forest practices officer for the purpose of this Act and, upon service of the notice on that person, the authorization is revoked.

(2A)  [Section 39 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 55 of 2004, s. 67, Applied:01 Jul 2005] The revocation of a warrant authorizing a person to be a forest practices officer for the purposes of this Act also revokes, in the case of a person referred to in subsection (1)(b) , the person's appointment as an officer under section 38(2) .

(3)  [Section 39 Subsection (3) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 67, Applied:01 Jul 2005] *[Section 39 Subsection (3) added by No. 29 of 1994, s. 21 ]*For the purposes of subsection (2) , the Authority may at any time revoke the authorization of a person to be a forest practices officer for any reason it considers sufficient and, without limiting the generality of this, the Authority may revoke any such authorization on the grounds that the person concerned –

(a) has been negligent or not diligent in performing the duties and exercising the powers of a forest practices officer; or