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Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999
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#### 8 Purposes of authorisation
8 Purposes of authorisation
> The purposes of the authorisation of plantations under this Act are—
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> > (a) to provide a streamlined and integrated process for obtaining approval to establish timber and other forest plantations, and
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> > (b) to guarantee harvesting operations on timber plantations, and
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> > (c) to apply codified environmental standards to establishment, management and harvesting operations on plantations.
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> Note—
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> See Part 6 which provides that authorised plantations are not subject to the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203) and certain other Acts.