Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005

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Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005
It is the best possible time to be alive when
almost everything you thought you knew is
wrong. Tom Stoppard
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What is being amended?
Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005

• National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No 84 of 1998)
• National Veld and Forest Fires Act, 1998 (Act No
  101 of 1998)
• Wattle Bark Industry Act, 1960 (Act No 23 0f 1960)

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What are these Acts about?
Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005

• National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No 84 of 1998)
• Sustainable management of forests
• Protection of forests and trees
• Sustainable use of forests
• Community participation in all aspects of forestry

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• National Veld and Forest Fires Act, 1998 (Act No
  101 of 1998)
• To prevent and combat veld, forest and mountain
  fires
• Provides for institutions, methods and practices
  for achieving this purpose

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• Wattle Bark Industry Act, 1960 (Act No 23 0f
  1960)
• Provides for control of the wattle bark industry
• Main mechanism of control is through an agreement
  with the Minister of DWAF

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• Process followed
• 1 Recognised need for change
• Due to implementation experience
• To provide more completely for the new
  regulations
• To support the restructuring process

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• 2 Developed draft Bill
• 3 Internal consultation
• Submitted to Office of the Chief State Law
  Advisor (CSLA)
• Bill submitted for the first time, and approved
  by Cabinet on 15 July 2003
• 6 Bill published for public comment (Notice 1878
  18 July 2003)
• 7 Bill sent to focus group of stake holders
• 8 Comments worked into a revised Bill

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• 9 However, a need for additional amendments
  became evident
• Due to long time lag in resolving land claims it
  became clear that the proposed Trust provision
  had to become a long term entity
• Therefore amended the proposed Trust provision

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10 Due to these changes DWAF had to resubmit to
CSLA 11 Tabled in Cabinet on 8 March
2005 12 Cabinet requested DWAF meet with National
Treasury to address the administrative mechanism
for the management of the Trust 13 DWAF met with
Treasury on 15 March 2005 where agreement was
reached on the administrative mechanism
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• NFAC
• CEC
• Wattle Bark Industry
• Provincial Conservation Agencies
• SANParks Board
• Dept of Public Finance
• Dept of State Expenditure
• Dept of Public Enterprise
• Dept of Agriculture
• Dept of Land Affairs
• Dept of Environmental Affairs and Tourism
• SATGA
• KZN Fire Protection Association
• Forestry SA
• SAFCOL
• Lessees
• SA Agricultural Union

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