46Regulation of apiary ranges

46 Regulation of apiary ranges

46 Regulation of apiary ranges

(1) This section applies to land in the following zones in the Coastal Region—

(a) a special management zone,

(b) a Forest Management Zone 2 or 3A.

(2) For the Act, section 60(4), the holder of a forest permit for bee-keeping activities must not set down a beehive within a State forest exclusion zone unless a beehive was established on the same site before—

(a) for the Coastal Region other than the Southern Subregion—1 April 2002,

(b) for the Southern Subregion—12 May 2002.

(3) If land changes status to become a special management zone or a Forestry Management Zone 2 or 3A, the land manager must include any area that has become a State forest exclusion zone on the map of apiary ranges within 12 months of the change in status of the land.

(4) For the Act, section 63(2), the land manager may revoke a forest permit for bee-keeping activities that permits the use of an apiary range to set down beehives if—

(a) the land changes status to become a special management zone or a Forestry Management Zone 2 or 3A, and

(b) the use of the land for bee-keeping activities is inconsistent with the change in status of the land.