Section 24
Forest management plan, forest harvesting plan, etc., to be carried into effect
A licensee who has been required under section 20 to prepare—
(a)
a forest management plan or forest harvesting plan, as the case may be; and
(b)
a reforestation plan, shall, from a date to be appointed by the Director, carry them into effect to the satisfaction of the Director.
(2)
Where a licensee, without reasonable excuse, fails to carry into effect a reforestation plan to the satisfaction of the Director, the Director may in addition to revoking the licence, require the licensee to pay forthwith to the State Authority a sum equivalent to the amount that would be incurred by the State Authority if it were to undertake or to engage any person to carry into effect the plan, such amount to be assessed by the Director in accordance with the guidelines and rates which the State Authority may prescribe.
Director may order licensee to cease operations where there has been a contravention of the Act or licence