Section 17
Section 43 of the principal Act is amended—
of National Forestry (Amendment) Act 2022
(a)
in subsection (1), by inserting after the words
“issue thereof” the words “and in accordance with subsection (2a), may be renewed from time to time”;
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(b)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2a) The Director may, on the application of a holder of a removal licence made not later than thirty days before the expiry of the removal licence, renew the removal licence for a term not exceeding six months, and the Director may vary, delete or add to the provisions contained in the removal licence.”;
and
(c)
in subsection (3), by inserting after the words “Form 5”
the words “and if a removal licence is renewed, it shall be endorsed with a note of such renewal and the date of its expiry”.
Amendment of section 47