Forestry Act 2014
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Specific functions of Minister | ||
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6. Without prejudice to any other functions conferred on the Minister by this Act, the Minister may— | ||
(a) grant licences and, where appropriate, attach conditions thereto, for— | ||
(i) the felling or otherwise removing of a tree or trees and the thinning of a forest, | ||
(ii) afforestation, | ||
(iii) forest road works, and | ||
(iv) aerial fertilisation of forests, | ||
(b) give approvals and, where appropriate, attach conditions thereto, for forest management plans, | ||
(c) give approval for and provide grants for any activity related to his or her functions under the relevant statutory provisions and may attach conditions thereto, | ||
(d) produce and implement guidelines, codes of practice and standards for good forest practice, | ||
(e) purchase or otherwise acquire, or dispose of, land suitable for afforestation or for any other forestry-related activities, | ||
(f) develop and maintain forest inventories, | ||
(g) undertake, participate in or promote any scheme or project related to his or her functions, | ||
(h) undertake the collection, preparation, publication and distribution of statistics relating to forestry, | ||
(i) prescribe fees pursuant to section 25 , | ||
(j) prescribe forms for the purposes of the Forestry Acts 1988 to 2014, and | ||
(k) make regulations relating to any of the foregoing functions. |