sec.73Unlawfully using State forests etc.

### sec.73 Unlawfully using State forests etc. Any person who, except under the authority of and in compliance in every respect with a permit or licence or other right or authority granted under this Act or a lease, licence, or other authority from the Crown, on any State forest, timber reserve or forest entitlement area— depastures any stock; or occupies, resides on, or encloses any land or waters, or grows crops upon any land, or clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or for any other purpose; or places any beehives; or searches for or collects minerals; or other than in accordance with a regulatory notice, traverses any part of such area with vehicles, teams, horses, or other animals; shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. See sections 69K and 69L in relation to camping in a State forest, timber reserve or forest entitlement area. The chief executive may from time to time grant permits for the purposes of subsection (1) (e) to such persons as the chief executive deems fit and subject to such provisions, reservations and conditions as the chief executive deems fit. If a plantation licensee, plantation sublicensee, plantation manager or plantation officer (the decision maker ) exercising power delegated to the decision maker under section 96B makes a decision under this section, the decision maker must advise the applicant for the permit that the applicant may apply for a review of the decision under section 83A within 28 days if the applicant is dissatisfied with the decision. s 73 amd 1968 No. 33 s 36 ; 1971 No. 25 s 15 ; 1974 No. 33 s 18 ; 1982 No. 23 s 71 ; 1982 No. 73 s 53 ; 1984 No. 86 s 23 ; 1991 No. 13 s 18 ; 1992 No. 15 s 13 sch ; 2000 No. 26 s 12 sch 1 ; 2005 No. 53 s 101 ; 2010 No. 12 s 57 ; 2014 No. 41 s 32 ; 2020 No. 28 s 66 ; 2025 No. 30 s 73 sch 1 (sec.73-ssec.1) Any person who, except under the authority of and in compliance in every respect with a permit or licence or other right or authority granted under this Act or a lease, licence, or other authority from the Crown, on any State forest, timber reserve or forest entitlement area— depastures any stock; or occupies, resides on, or encloses any land or waters, or grows crops upon any land, or clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or for any other purpose; or places any beehives; or searches for or collects minerals; or other than in accordance with a regulatory notice, traverses any part of such area with vehicles, teams, horses, or other animals; shall be guilty of an offence against this Act. See sections 69K and 69L in relation to camping in a State forest, timber reserve or forest entitlement area. (sec.73-ssec.2) The chief executive may from time to time grant permits for the purposes of subsection (1) (e) to such persons as the chief executive deems fit and subject to such provisions, reservations and conditions as the chief executive deems fit. (sec.73-ssec.3) If a plantation licensee, plantation sublicensee, plantation manager or plantation officer (the decision maker ) exercising power delegated to the decision maker under section 96B makes a decision under this section, the decision maker must advise the applicant for the permit that the applicant may apply for a review of the decision under section 83A within 28 days if the applicant is dissatisfied with the decision. - (a) depastures any stock; or - (b) occupies, resides on, or encloses any land or waters, or grows crops upon any land, or clears or breaks up any land for cultivation or for any other purpose; or - (c) places any beehives; or - (d) searches for or collects minerals; or - (e) other than in accordance with a regulatory notice, traverses any part of such area with vehicles, teams, horses, or other animals;