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Forestry Act 2012
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#### 10 Objectives of Forestry Corporation
10 Objectives of Forestry Corporation
> > (1) The principal objectives of the Corporation are as follows—
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> > > (a) to be a successful business and, to this end—
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> > > > (i) to operate at least as efficiently as any comparable businesses, and
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> > > > (ii) to maximise the net worth of the State’s investment in the Corporation,
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> > > (b) to have regard to the interests of the community in which it operates,
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> > > (c) where its activities affect the environment, to conduct its operations in compliance with the principles of ecologically sustainable development contained in section 6(2) of the [Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-060),
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> > > (d) to contribute towards regional development and decentralisation,
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> > > (e) to be an efficient and environmentally sustainable supplier of timber from Crown-timber land and land owned by it or otherwise under its control or management.
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> > (2) Each of the principal objectives of the Corporation is of equal importance.
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> > (3) The Corporation also has, in exercising its functions as the land manager of a forestry area, the objectives of a land manager under Part 5.
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> > (4) The provisions of section 20E of the SOC Act do not apply to the Corporation.