3Interpretation

3 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears –

Code means a Forestry Contract Code;

forestry contract means a contract that provides for one party to the contract to carry out, otherwise than as an employee, a forestry operation for another party to the contract or another person;

forestry operation means any of the following:

(a) planting trees for commercial timber production;

(b) managing trees that have been planted for commercial timber production;

(c) harvesting trees for commercial timber production;

(d) transporting timber that has been harvested for commercial purposes;

(e) land clearing associated with a forestry operation specified elsewhere in this definition;

(f) road construction and quarrying associated with a forestry operation specified elsewhere in this definition;

incorporate includes apply and adopt;

interested party, in relation to a Code, means –

(a) a person that has a history of entering into forestry contracts of the kind to which the Code applies or is presently a party to a forestry contract of that kind; or

(b) a person that the Minister knows, whether from direct advice or publicly available information, is proposing to enter into a forestry contract of that kind.