4JChief forest practices officer

4J Chief forest practices officer

[Section 4J Inserted by No. 23 of 1999, s. 11, Applied:01 Jul 1999]

(1)  [Section 4J Subsection (1) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 14, Applied:01 Jul 2005] [Section 4J Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 4J Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] [Section 4J Subsection (1) amended by No. 86 of 2000, Sched. 1, Applied:01 May 2001] The Minister, on the recommendation of the Authority, is to appoint a State Service officer or State Service employee to be chief forest practices officer and that officer or employee holds that office in conjunction with State Service employment.

(2)  A person appointed as chief forest practices officer must have –

(a) extensive expertise in forestry; and

(b) extensive experience in forest operations; and

(c) knowledge of the sustainable management of forests; and

(d) management skills.

(3)  If a person who is appointed as chief forest practices officer was not a forest practices officer immediately before that appointment, he or she is, by virtue of that appointment and without further authorisation than this subsection, a forest practices officer for the purposes of this Act.

(4)  [Section 4J Subsection (4) amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 14, Applied:01 Jul 2005] The Authority may recommend to the Minister that the appointment of a person as chief forest practices officer should be terminated if the Authority is reasonably of the opinion that the person –

(a) is not discharging the duties of that office efficiently or in the best interests of the State; or

(b) is, except by reason of temporary illness, unfit to discharge or incapable of discharging the duties of the office.