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National Forests Act, 1998 (Act No. 84 of 1998)

Chapter 4 : Use of Forests

Part 3 : Community forestry

30. Conclusion of community forestry agreements

 

(1) The Minister may—
(a) reject any offer;
(b) make a counter-offer to one or more offerors; or
(c) decide to enter into a community forestry agreement with one or more offerors in respect of the State forest in question.

 

(2) If the forest is a trust forest, the Minister may only enter into such an agreement if—
(a) in the case of land held in trust by the Ingonyama referred to in the KwaZulu Ingonyama Trust Act, 1994 (KwaZulu Act No. 3 of 1994), the authority with the necessary power in terms of that Act agrees; and
(b) in the case of other land, the Minister of Land Affairs agrees.

 

(3) The Minister must license the activities which the community or communities may carry on under the community forestry agreement.

 

(4) The Minister need not implement a public tender process before entering into a community forestry agreement, despite any other law, unless he or she is of the opinion that such a process is needed in any particular case.