49Coastal Region—other than Southern Subregion

49 Coastal Region—other than Southern Subregion

49 Coastal Region—other than Southern Subregion

(1) This section applies to the following areas in the Coastal Region other than the Southern Subregion—

(a) a special management zone,

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

(c) an environmentally significant area.

(2) The holder of a forest permit for bee-keeping activities may pick native vegetation if picking is required to—

(a) set down a beehive in an apiary range, or

(b) access a beehive, or

(c) protect a beehive from the risk of bush fire, if picking for this purpose is permitted under the permit.

(3) This section does not apply if the vegetation is a tree that has a diameter at breast height over bark of more than 20cm.