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Forest Practices Act 1985
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### 4G Monitoring and enforcement of Act and Forest Practices Code
> *\[Section 4G Inserted by No. 29 of 1994, s. 5 \]*[*\[Section 4G Substituted by No. 55 of 2004, s. 12, Applied:01 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-01/act-2004-055#GS12@EN)
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> > (1) The Authority is responsible for –
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> > > > (a) monitoring the degree of compliance with this Act and the Forest Practices Code; and
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> > > > (b) where it finds instances of non-compliance, causing appropriate enforcement action to be taken.
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> > (2) To discharge its responsibility under [subsection (1)(b)](#GS4G@Gs1@Hpb@EN) , the Authority may do any of the following:
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> > > > (a) through the chief forest practices officer and other persons who it authorizes for the purpose, cause complaints to be made in respect of offences under this Act;
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> > > > (b) for the offences referred to in [section 47B](#GS47B@EN) , exercise the Authority's powers under that section;
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> > > > (c) have forest practices officers investigate instances of suspected non-compliance, with a view to having the officers exercise their powers under [section 41](#GS41@EN) ;
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> > > > (d) take, or cause to be taken, any other enforcement measures that may be authorized by this or any other Act.