sec.64Certain person to be incapable of holding permits etc.

### sec.64 Certain person to be incapable of holding permits etc. Where any person convicted of an offence against any provision of the Fire Services Act 1990 , chapter 4A , part 1 or of section 62 or 63 , was, at the time when the offence was committed, the holder of any permit, licence, or lease granted, or the person entitled for the time being to the benefit of any agreement or contract made, under the Land Act 1994 or this Act over or in respect of the whole or part of any State forests, timber reserve or forest entitlement area or the forest products thereon, which permit, licence, lease, agreement or contract has, subsequent to such conviction, been forfeited or cancelled, the Minister may, by signed writing, direct that such person shall not be capable of holding any permit, licence or lease, or of entering into or being entitled to the benefits of any agreement or contract under the Land Act 1994 or this Act, over or with respect to the whole or part of any State forest, timber reserve or forest entitlement area whatsoever or the forest products thereon, for such period, not exceeding 5 years, as shall be specified in the direction. A permit, licence or lease shall not be granted nor an agreement or contract made, under the Land Act 1994 or this Act, over or with respect to the whole or part of any State forest, timber reserve or forest entitlement area whatsoever or the forest products thereon, to or with any person with respect to whom such a direction has been made or given, during the period for which the direction remains in force. Any such direction may, at any time and from time to time, be varied, altered or rescinded by the giver thereof or the giver’s successor in office. This section does not apply to— a plantation licensee or plantation sublicensee; or a plantation licence or plantation sublicence. s 64 amd 1968 No. 33 s 28 ; 1973 No. 41 s 24 (b) ; 1974 No. 33 s 15 ; 1982 No. 73 s 49 ; 1990 No. 10 s 4 sch 2 ; 1992 No. 15 s 13 sch ; 2001 No. 57 s 3 sch ; 2005 No. 53 s 159 sch ; 2010 No. 12 s 51 ; 2014 No. 17 s 184 sch 1 pt 4 ; 2024 No. 22 s 92 sch 1 (sec.64-ssec.1) Where any person convicted of an offence against any provision of the Fire Services Act 1990 , chapter 4A , part 1 or of section 62 or 63 , was, at the time when the offence was committed, the holder of any permit, licence, or lease granted, or the person entitled for the time being to the benefit of any agreement or contract made, under the Land Act 1994 or this Act over or in respect of the whole or part of any State forests, timber reserve or forest entitlement area or the forest products thereon, which permit, licence, lease, agreement or contract has, subsequent to such conviction, been forfeited or cancelled, the Minister may, by signed writing, direct that such person shall not be capable of holding any permit, licence or lease, or of entering into or being entitled to the benefits of any agreement or contract under the Land Act 1994 or this Act, over or with respect to the whole or part of any State forest, timber reserve or forest entitlement area whatsoever or the forest products thereon, for such period, not exceeding 5 years, as shall be specified in the direction. (sec.64-ssec.2) A permit, licence or lease shall not be granted nor an agreement or contract made, under the Land Act 1994 or this Act, over or with respect to the whole or part of any State forest, timber reserve or forest entitlement area whatsoever or the forest products thereon, to or with any person with respect to whom such a direction has been made or given, during the period for which the direction remains in force. (sec.64-ssec.3) Any such direction may, at any time and from time to time, be varied, altered or rescinded by the giver thereof or the giver’s successor in office. (sec.64-ssec.4) This section does not apply to— a plantation licensee or plantation sublicensee; or a plantation licence or plantation sublicence. - (a) a plantation licensee or plantation sublicensee; or - (b) a plantation licence or plantation sublicence.