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Forests Act 1958
52Licences and permits with respect to forests 66
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52 Licences and permits with respect to forests 66
52AA No compensation payable or proceedings able to be taken 70
53 Power to submit certain leases licences or permits to auction or tender 72
54 Lease etc. with respect to timber to contain condition as to insurance against loss by fire 73
55 No compensation for improvements 73
56 Dealing with interest in leased land 74
57 Restriction of rights of lessees and licensees 74
57A Land to be managed consistently with joint management plan 74
57B Lease of land to a generation company 75
57C Issue of licences over land to a generation company 76
57D Agreement with electricity company—reserved forest 77
57DA Licences and permits with respect to offshore wind energy generation 78
Tour operator licences 81
57E Offence to conduct organised tour or recreational activity on Crown land in reserved forest if unlicensed 81
57F Grant of tour operator licence 82
57G Application for tour operator licence 82
57H Requirement to pay annual licence fee after grant of tour operator licence 83
57I Tour operator licence conditions 83
57J Contravention of condition an offence 84
57K Variation of tour operator licence 84
57L Suspension of tour operator licence 85
57M Making submissions on suspension 86
57N Cancellation of tour operator licence 86
Timber in State forests 88
57NA Direction relating to certain activities under licence or permit 88
57NB Suspension of certain activities under licence or permit 88
57NC Contents of suspension notice 89
57ND Notice may include direction 89
57NE Expiry of suspension notice once matter remedied 89
57NF Offence not to comply with suspension notice 90
57NG Appeal against suspension notice 90
57NH Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 prevails 91
Cutting or taking away fallen or felled trees for domestic use as firewood 91
57O Definitions 91
57Q Offence to cut or take away fallen or felled trees outside firewood collection area and season 92
57R Person may nominate another to cut and take away fallen or felled trees for firewood 93
57S Firewood collection season 94
57T Secretary may vary firewood collection season 94
57U Secretary may determine firewood collection areas 95
57V Identification of firewood collection areas 96
57W Offence to cut or take away fallen or felled trees in firewood collection area unless a class member or nominated by class member 97
57X Offences as to amount of fallen or felled trees cut or taken away in a day 98
57Y Household limit of fallen or felled trees cut or taken away in a financial year 99
57Z Household limit of fallen or felled trees cut and taken away in a financial year—offences relating to nominations 99
57ZA Secretary may determine amount of fallen or felled trees cut and taken away in certain regions 100
57ZB Offence to exceed regional limit 101
57ZC Offence as to sale of fallen or felled trees 102
57ZD Offences relating to conduct in a firewood collection area 103
57ZE Production of nomination if requested by authorised officer 103
57ZF No offence if authorised by licence or authorisation etc. or regulations 104
Protected forests 104
58 Proclamation of protected forests 104
59 Protected trees in protected forests 107
60 Reserved trees in protected forests 108
61 Penalty for cutting reserved trees 108
Prevention of and protection from fire 108
61A Chief Fire Officer 108
61B Functions of Chief Fire Officer 108
61C Immunity 109
61D Emergency Management Victoria 110
61E Compliance with operational standards of Emergency Management Commissioner 110
61EA Report on compliance with operational standards developed by the Emergency Management Commissioner 110
61EB Strategic Action Plan 110