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

Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005 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)

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

Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005 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

Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005 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

Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005 Process followed: 1 Recognised need for change Due to implementation experience To provide more completely for the new regulations To support the restructuring process

Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005 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

Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005 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

Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005 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

Forestry Amendment Bill, 2005 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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