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Section 10, The Forestry Regulations, 1989
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( I) Notwlthsll!mling any other provisiou in lh~ n::gulationij F<:e•"a liccnsi ng fec shall be paid in respect of any licence issued undc;t these
regulations as follows-
Tim he.r I k.e.nr.e ..
Minor Forest Produce LicellCe ...
Fuclwuod Tri:msport Permit
Protected Tree Licence
Cl1'arnnce l .if'.ence Fee
Fuelwood Production Fee
Lel00.00 per annum
100.00 per anllum
200.00 per annum
20.00 per tn:e
50.00 per acre
600.00 per cord
(2) A forest stumpage fee-~hall be payable at the rate Silt out
in the Fifth Schedule in r~pect of all merchantable timber felled or
extractca in any nauonru wrests.
(3) Iii pursuance or sub-l;ection (2) of section 17 of the Act,
Fores! Royalties sha/1 b-c payable to land owners or chiefdom
admini&tration at the rate set out in the Fifth &:he4ule in respect of all
merchanll:ible timber felled or' extracted in any national Forest,
Commurtity Forest or unclll!lsified or private forests.
(4) The distribution of royalties shall be fifty percentwn to the
h11'd owners, forty per ('.P.nlnm to fh;,_ rfo;,.f,;k,m mimimslration and ten
per centum to the .Paraittdunt Chief
Application for
Uctnce.
(5} A reforestation fee shall be payable at the rntc set out in
the Fifth Schedule,
(6) A trainning fee: shall be payable at the rate set oul i" the
fifth Shedule.
(7) A minor forest produce fee shaJI be payable at the rates
set oot in the Sixth Schedule in respect of all minor forest prodllce taken in
a natinna1 fore!'lt
(8) A g1'1lling fee shall be payable at the rat.es set out in the
Seventh Schedule in respect of all animals allowed to graze ln a nation a\
forest.
(9) The forest stumpage fee at the rate set out in the Fifth
Schedule for non-commercial or other species, the training fet. and the
reforestation fee shall be payable in respect of all timber or species classes
I, II and Ill which has become uOmerchantable through no fault or neglect
of any person requited by tMst, regulations to pay any such foe, ti:I ihe extent
that such timber remains merchantable as fuel.
(10) Any person who wilfully or negligently ·Jamages or
destroys any mtirchantable timber sbaU bear the same obligations under
these regulations and any ~~icable 1icence., contract of sa)e,or conceS$ion
agreement 8$ if such timber had been relied or extracted in merchantable
condition.
(11) All fees and Royalti~s shall be adjusted annually to
accommodate ror innauon and o\ller ou1.rkct fluctuations according to the
following formula-
Current
Royalties X l+
for 1 cu. fL
Current Selling Price for 1 cu.ft,
-Previous Selling Price for 1 cu, fl.
Previous Selling Price for 1 cu. fL
(12) For the purposes of carrying out the provisions in
subrcgulati.on (11) of this ll'gulati.on a survey of timber prices shall be
uuricd uul by the Chief Cuusi:avatur pJiur tu 1rn,ltiu» adju!!llunmW um.I WI
logslng companies-and sawnmill• ,ball be required to submit irudited
aoccunte to the Chief Conservatofagajnst the last day of February irt each
year.
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