THE FOREST (SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF LOGS, TIMBER, WITHIES, POLES OR CHARCOAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2023

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Jurisdiction: Tanzania
Instrument: Regulation
Citation: THE FOREST (SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF LOGS, TIMBER, WITHIES, POLES OR CHARCOAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2023
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Language: en
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This provision gives the short title of the Regulations and says they must be read together with the principal Regulations. This section amends regulation 3 by replacing the harvesting plan rule, adding areas where the plan must be prepared, and renumbering later subregulations. This provision amends regulation 4 by replacing one item, adding a new subregulation, and renumbering the existing subregulation 3 as subregulation 4. This provision amends regulation 5 and adds that a certificate of allocation issued under the Regulations is non-transferable. This section amends regulation 6 by removing the words “and Secretary of the Committee” from subregulation (3).

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Provisions of THE FOREST (SUSTAINABLE UTILIZATION OF LOGS, TIMBER, WITHIES, POLES OR CHARCOAL) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2023

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These Regulations may be cited as the Forest
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision gives the short title of the Regulations and says they must be read together with the principal Regulations.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Forest (Sustainable Utilization of Logs, Timber, Withies, Poles or Charcoal (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and shall be read as one with the Forest (Sustainable Utilization of Logs, Timber, Withies, Poles or Charcoal Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the “principal Regulations”. Amendment of regulation 3
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends regulation 3 by replacing the harvesting plan rule, adding areas where the plan must be prepared, and renumbering later subregulations.

2. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 3, by- (a) deleting subregulation (1) and substituting for it the following: “(1) The Harvesting Plan for felling of trees for production of logs, timber, withies, poles or charcoal shall be prepared in accordance with the Act.”; (b) adding immediately after subregulation (1) the following: “(2) The Harvesting Plan in subregulation (1) shall be prepared for the following areas: (a) production National Forest Reserves; (b) production Local Authority Forest Reserves; (c) production Reserves; 1 Village Forest Forest (Sustainable Utilization of Logs, Timber, Withies, Poles or Charcoal) (Amendment) GN. NO. 255 (Contd.) Cap. 283 (d) community based Forest Reserves; and (e) forests on general land, village Wildlife except land Management Areas established under the Wildlife Conservation Act.”; (c) renumbering subregulations (2) and (3) as subregulations (3) and (4) respectively. Amendment of regulation 4
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision amends regulation 4 by replacing one item, adding a new subregulation, and renumbering the existing subregulation 3 as subregulation 4.

3. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 4, by- (a) deleting paragraph in subregulation (2) and substituting for it the following: appearing (f) “(f) the District Executive Director.”; (b) adding immediately after subregulation (2) the following: “(3) The District Forest Officer the District the Secretary to shall be Committee.”; and (c) renumbering subregulation (3) as subregulation (4). Amendment of regulation 5
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision amends regulation 5 and adds that a certificate of allocation issued under the Regulations is non-transferable.

4. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 5, by- (a) designating the content of that regulation as subregulation (1); (b) deleting the opening phrase to paragraph (a) appearing in the designated subregulation (1) and substituting for it the following: “(a) receiving, considering and the determining issuance of a certificate of allocation for purposes of harvesting-”; and applications for (c) adding immediately after subregulation (1) as designated the following: “(2) A certificate of allocation issued under these Regulations shall be non-transferable.”. 2 Forest (Sustainable Utilization of Logs, Timber, Withies, Poles or Charcoal) (Amendment) GN. NO. 255 (Contd.) Amendment of regulation 6
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends regulation 6 by removing the words “and Secretary of the Committee” from subregulation (3).

5. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 6 by deleting the words “and Secretary of the Committee” appearing in subregulation (3). Amendment of regulation 7
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This section amends regulation 7, replacing references to “harvesting” and “licence” with “certificate of allocation”, and also indicates an amendment to regulation 8.

6. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 7, by- (a) deleting the word “harvesting” appearing in the marginal note and substituting of it the words “certificate of allocation”; (b) deleting the word “licence” appearing in subregulation (1) and substituting of it the words “certificate of allocation”; and (c) deleting the word “licence” appearing in subregulation (2) and substituting for it the words “certificate of allocation”. Amendment of regulation 8
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The principal Regulations are amended in
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision changes regulation 8 by replacing one Gazette Notice reference with another.

7. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 8 by deleting the reference to GN. No. 160 of 2004 appearing in the marginal note and substituting of it the reference to GN. No. 153 of 2004. Deletion and substitution of regulation 9
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The principal Regulations are amended by
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AI-assisted research summary: This provision amends the principal Regulations by deleting regulation 9 and replacing it with new text headed “Species to be harvested”.

8. The principal Regulations are amended by deleting regulation 9 and substituting for it the following: “Species to be harvested
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A person shall not fell
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AI-assisted research summary: A person must not fell trees for logs, timber, withies, poles, or charcoal production unless the felling is within what is specified in the harvesting licence.

9. A person shall not fell trees for purposes of logs, timber, withies, poles or charcoal production other than those specified in the harvesting licence.”. Dodoma, 23rd March, 2023 MOHAMED OMARY MCHENGERWA, Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism 3

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