3Objects of Act

3 Objects of Act

3 Objects of Act

The objects of this Act are—

(a) to facilitate the reafforestation of land, and

(b) to promote and facilitate development for timber plantations on essentially cleared land, and

(c) to codify best practice environmental standards, and provide a streamlined and integrated scheme, for the establishment, management and harvesting of timber and other forest plantations, and

(d) to make provision relating to regional transport infrastructure expenditure in connection with timber plantations,

consistently with the principles of ecologically sustainable development (as described in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991).

s 3: Am 2010 No 90, Sch 1 [1].