Section 72, The Environment Protection Agency Act, 2022

(1) A person who wishes to cut trees, shrubs or burnbushes or forests for the purpose of agriculture or food processing shall notify the Chiefdom Environment Committee or the Ward Environment Committee for the identification and demarcation of land on which trees, shrubs are to be cut or bush or forest to be burned. (2) A person who wants to burn bush or forest for the purpose of agriculture or food processing under subsection (1), shall create sufficient fire belt to prevent the fire from escaping to nearby growing trees, shrubs, bush or forest. 50 51 Interventions of Executive Chairman. Emergency measures. Identification demarcation of land on which trees may be cut or forest burned. No. 15 The Environment Protection Agency Act 2022 No. 15 The Environment Protection Agency Act 2022 (2) The Board shall prescribe emission testing fee to be paid by the owner of an automobile or industrial machines. (3) The Agency in collaboration with the Ministry of Transport and Aviation, the Sierra Leone Road Safety Authority and the Sierra Leone Road Transport Corporation, may declare automobile or industrial machines unfit to move about or operate by reason of the threat it poses to the environment and human health.