Section 12, The Forestry Regulations, 1989

(l) Upon application in the form set out in the First Schedule, a licensing officer may issue a licence to fell and exbact timber in a national forest under the following oonditioos- (a) that the area covered by the licence from which timhrcr .,h,.11 ht-. r'ttrnrtl'!ri rinr.i nnt P.Yt"l'/>A MO acres; (b) either that the applicant is an inhabitant of the Chiefdom in which the timber is situated or that the applicant is in the Chiefdom Council of the Chiefdom in which the timber is situated and requires the titttber for public purposes; (c) that the amount of fees estimated by the licensing officer to be due for the first ninety days of operations have been paid; (dJ that.the grant of the li~nce would be consistent with any applicable folllfit management plan and licensing instructions. but otherwise the licensinB officer shall refuse to issue the licence and shal\ return any fees which have been '()aid in respect \hereof. (2) A timber licence shall be in the form set out in the Eighth Schedule. Conditions. Licen~es to be produced on demand. Issue of timl.it:1<.>f liccinc.e.