7Restriction on cutting or removing timber or forest produce

7 Restriction on cutting or removing timber or forest produce S. 7(1) amended by Nos 92/1990 s. 128(Sch. 1 item 12.4), 63/2006 s. 61(Sch. item 16). (1) Despite the **Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990** or any licence, right or authority under that Act, no person shall cut or remove any timber or forest produce in any State forest except in accordance with the regulations under this Act. S. 7(2) amended by Nos 6976 s. 3, 9936 s. 106(1), 6/1987 s. 5(1)(Sch. item 5), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.16), 92/1990 s. 128(Sch. 1 items 12.5–12.7), 76/1998 s. 10(1)(c)(i), 63/2006 s. 61(Sch. item 16), 19/2018 s. 105(1). (2) Despite the **Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990** or any licence, right or authority under that Act the exercise of any rights to do work as defined in that Act within a State forest shall be subject to such conditions for the protection of the ecological condition of native forests as are prescribed or as the land manager considers appropriate to impose in any particular case. S. 7(3) inserted by No. 86/1993 s. 41(1), amended by Nos 76/1998 s. 10(1)(c)(ii), 63/2006 s. 61(Sch. item 16), 19/2018 s. 105(2). (3) The Minister must not submit to the Governor in Council regulations proposed to be made under subsection (1) or (2), and the land manager must not impose any conditions under subsection (2), that prohibit or restrict, or require any consent or other authority to, the carrying out of exploration or mining within the meaning of the **Mineral Resources (Sustainable Development) Act 1990** on any restricted Crown land within the meaning of that Act unless the Minister or the land manager (as the case requires) has consulted with the Minister administering that Act in relation to the content of the proposed regulations or conditions. No. 6073 s. 8.