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Section 10, The Forestry Regulations, 1989

Status not yet checkedThe Forestry Regulations, 1989, Sierra Leone

( 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. PART 1V-OBNBRALUCENSlNOPROV1SlON3

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