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an officer of the Board or any public officer appointed under section 26a;

a police officer not below the rank of Inspector; or

an officer of customs as defined under the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235];

“export” means to take or cause to be taken out of Malaysia by land, sea or air or to place any timber in a vessel, conveyance or aircraft for the purpose of the timber being taken out of Malaysia by land, sea or air;

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“exporter” means a person who exports timber;

“Fund” means the Malaysian Timber Industry Board Fund established under section 19;

“forest plantation” means the planting, managing and harvesting of trees under the Forest Plantation Development Programme implemented by the Board;

“grader” means a person who holds a valid certificate of competency in the grading of sawn timber, issued by the grading authority;

“grading authority” means the Director General of the Malaysian

Timber Industry Board;

“harvesting” means taking, collecting, tapping or removing, of any forest produce for the purpose of forest plantation;

“import” means to bring or cause to be brought any timber into

Malaysia by land, sea or air but does not include bona fide transit of timber and transshipment of timber;

“importer” means a person who imports timber;

“in transit” means taken or sent from any country and brought into

Malaysia by land, sea or air (whether or not landed or transshipped in Malaysia) for the sole purpose of being carried to another country either by the same or another conveyance;

“jetty” means a yard from which timber may be directly removed for immediate shipment without having to be kept at another yard;

“jetty operator” means a person who operates a jetty who is involved in any activity relating to the exportation or importation of timber;

“member” means a member of the Board, and includes an alternate member;

“mill” means any building or factory used wholly or partly for the manufacture, processing, seasoning or preservation of timber;

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“operator” means a person who holds a valid certificate of competency issued by the Board to operate a timber preservation plant, a timber kiln dry plant or both;

“permit”, in relation to the exportation or importation of timber, means a certificate of approval issued by the Board;

“premises”, in relation to timber, means any place, whether open or enclosed or whether on land or sea or whether movable or immovable and includes any house, mill, shop, conveyance, store, room, hall, shed, container, jetty, yard, estate, farm, warehouse, port or airport;

“processor” means a person who carries on the business of kiln drying or preserving timber;

“proper officer of customs” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Customs Act 1967;

“Quality Control Inspector” means a quality control inspector appointed under section 9;

“recognized association” means an association, body or organization listed in the Third Schedule;

“research finding” means any result or output from a research and development activity and includes new or improved product, design, invention, innovation and development in any process, technique, apparatus or machine;

“supplier” means a person who supplies timber for the purpose of export;

“this Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this

Act;

“timber” means the products, or any of the products, listed in the

First Schedule;

“timber industry” means any activity which involves forest plantation, development, trade, marketing, processing, manufacturing and production of and research on timber;

“timber quality” means grade, species, size and any specification relating to timber;

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“trader” means a person who carries on the business of selling, trading, distributing or marketing of timber for the purpose of domestic market;

“yard” means any area or place used for checking, inspecting, seasoning, selling, storing, packaging, preserving or bundling timber, and includes any area, place or premises where timber, intended to be used in the manufacture of any article or in the erection of any building or structure, is seasoned, preserved or offered for sale.

The provision of this Act shall not be in derogation of the provisions of the National Forestry Act 1984 [Act 313] or any other written laws for the time being in force in relation to forestry.