69CContents of agreement

69C Contents of agreement

69C Contents of agreement

(1) A forest agreement must—

(a) describe the region of the State to which it applies, and

(b) list the documents containing information about the relevant regional forest assessment.

(2) A forest agreement must contain (but is not limited to) the following provisions with respect to land in the region—

(a) provisions that promote ecologically sustainable forest management,

(b) provisions with respect to sustainable timber supply from forestry operations covered by the agreement,

(c) provisions with respect to community consultation on forestry operations and other matters covered by the agreement,

(d) provisions with respect to arrangements made or to be made relating to native title rights and interests or Aboriginal land claims,

(e) other provisions that the relevant Ministers consider appropriate and that are not inconsistent with this Act or any other Act or law relating to matters within their respective Ministerial portfolios.

(3) A forest agreement is to refer to any integrated forestry operations approval for the region that has been granted or proposed to be granted at the time the agreement is made.

s 69C: Ins 2012 No 96, Sch 4.11 [16] (transferred from the National Park Estate (Land Transfers) Act 1998 No 163, secs 15, 16).