Western Australian Consolidated Acts

FOREST PRODUCTS ACT 2000 - SECT 3

3 .         Terms used

                In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears —

        Account means the Forest Products Account referred to in section 42;

        CALM Act means the Conservation and Land Management Act 1984 ;

        CALM Act CEO has the meaning given to CEO by section 3 of the CALM Act;

        CALM Act Department has the meaning given to Department by section 3 of the CALM Act;

        CALM Act Minister means the Minister administering the CALM Act;

        CALM Act sharefarming agreement means a timber sharefarming agreement referred to in section 34B of the CALM Act (not being a timber sharefarming agreement to which Schedule 1 clause 4 of the Conservation and Land Management Amendment Act 2000 applies);

        Commission means the Forest Products Commission established by section 5(1);

        Commission sharefarming agreement means a timber sharefarming agreement under Part 7 or a timber sharefarming agreement to which Schedule 1 clause 4 of the Conservation and Land Management Amendment Act 2000 applies;

        commissioner means a person who is a commissioner under section 6(1);

        Conservation Commission means the Conservation Commission of Western Australia established by the CALM Act;

        departmental land means —

            (a)         State forest and timber reserves within the meaning of the CALM Act;

            (b)         land that is the subject of a declaration under section 87(2) of the CALM Act; or

            (c)         land held by the CALM Act CEO under section 131 of the CALM Act;

        firewood does not include firewood that, under the CALM Act —

            (a)         may be removed by members of the public from an area set aside under that Act as a public firewood area; or

            (b)         may be used on a campfire or barbecue in the immediate vicinity of a camping area or picnic area;

        forest products has the meaning given by section 4;

        General Manager means the person holding or acting in the office mentioned in section 38(1);

        harvesting means —

            (a)         felling or cutting forest products;

            (b)         taking or removing forest products;

            (c)         in the case of felled trees, or parts of felled trees, measuring them; and

            (d)         delivering forest products to a buyer or transporting forest products to a place where they can be collected by a buyer;

        manage , in relation to forest products, includes establish, regenerate, grow, tend (including thinning) and protect;

        production contract has the meaning given by section 55;

        profit , in relation to the exploitation of forest products produced on public land, means an appropriate return to the State for that exploitation;

        public land means —

            (a)         Crown land as defined in section 87 of the CALM Act; or

            (b)         departmental land;

        relevant management plan has the meaning given by section 55;

        sharefarmed land means land that is the subject of a Commission sharefarming agreement or a CALM Act sharefarming agreement;

        staff member means a member of the Commission’s staff other than the General Manager (including an officer or employee referred to in section 40(1));

        the commissioners means the commissioners acting as the governing body of the Commission under section 6(4);

        the terms management plan , State forest , timber , timber reserve and tree have the same meanings as they have in the CALM Act.

        [Section 3 amended by No. 28 of 2006 s. 14.]