62Forest leases

62 Forest leases

62 Forest leases

(1916 Act, s 33)

(1) The land manager of a forestry area that is or is part of a State forest may lease, on such conditions as the land manager thinks appropriate, land within the area for any purpose specified in the lease.

(2) Any such purpose may not be inconsistent with the carrying out of forestry operations in the forestry area concerned.

(3) A forest lease may not be granted—

(a) for a term of more than 6 years, or for an area of more than 40 hectares, except with the approval of the Minister, or

(b) for a term of more than 20 years unless it contains conditions referred to in subsection (4), or

(c) for a term exceeding 50 years if it contains any such conditions.

(4) A forest lease may—

(a) contain conditions requiring the lessee to carry out work in connection with the silvicultural management of the trees and forest products on the land the subject of the lease in accordance with a working plan for that land referred to in the lease, and

(b) if it contains any such conditions, provide that the lessee is entitled—

(i) to a part of the resource acquisition fee paid for timber or forest products taken from the land the subject of the lease under a licence, or

(ii) in the case where timber or forest products are taken by the Corporation from the land the subject of the lease—to a part of the resource acquisition fee that would have been payable under this Act if the timber or forest products had been taken under a licence.

(5) Any such part of the resource acquisition fee to which the lessee may be entitled under subsection (4)(b) is to be specified in the lease.

(6) A forest lease may not be transferred except with the consent of the land manager.