Timber Resource Management and Legality Licensing Regulations, 2017 (L.I. 2254)
Regulation 22—Terms and conditions of contracts and monitoring function of District Forest Officer
(1) A large or small scale timber utilisation contract, entered into for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 7 of the Act shall be on the advice of the Attorney-General.
(2) A large or small scale timber utilisation contract shall provide for the terms and conditions, including
(a) the size and limits of the contract area;
(b) the period of operation of the contract;
(c) an undertaking by the holder of the timber right, among others
(i) to pay a one-off timber rights fee;
(ii) to maintain a Performance Bond in the amount specified;
(iii) to implement activities approved by the Chief Executive subject to periodic review as required under section 8 of the Act;
(iv) to supply the information that the Commission may request for the purpose of monitoring the activities of the timber right holder, including annual and other reports;
(v) to provide social facilities and amenities for the inhabitants of the contract area in accordance with the relevant Social Responsibility Agreement; and
(vi) to maintain the insurance coverage as is necessary to protect the Commission and the agents of the Commission,
(d) acknowledgement of periodic review and audit of the operations by the Commission and the agents of the Commission;
(e) specification of grounds for suspension, termination and surrender by the timber right holder of the Performance Bond;
(f) specification of a requirement for the holder to have at all times in respect of the operations a manager who shall be a professional forester; and
(g) an undertaking by the Minister to maintain intact the boundaries of the contract area.
(3) Despite paragraph (g) of subregulation (2), the Minister may in the national interest reduce the size of the area and the reduction shall be accompanied with a corresponding reduction in the timber right fee and the Performance Bond.
(4) The Minister shall communicate in writing to the timber right holder the reason for so acting in the national interest.
(5) The District Forest Officer of an area in respect of which a timber utilisation contract has been entered, shall
(a) regularly monitor the activities of the holders of timber rights to harvest timber within the district; and
(b) report to the Chief Executive any non-compliance with the terms of the relevant timber right contract.
(6) The Chief Executive shall, at intervals of not more than five years, assign an independent organisation to undertake an audit of the activities of each holder of timber right to harvest timber and report any irregularities detected.
(7) The Chief Executive may upon receiving a report from a District Forest Officer or the audit organisation referred to in subregulation (6), which indicates that damage to any asset, including timber, within a timber right area has occurred, require the holder of the timber right to surrender the portion of the Performance Bond as is necessary to compensate the owners for the loss in value to the asset.
Subject : Timber Resources Management And Legality
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Responsible Institution
Ministry of Environment, Science Technology and Innovation
Liberia Lake, Accra
- Email: contact@mesti.gov.gh
- Website: mesti.gov.gh
- GPS: GA-107-3073
- Telephone: 0302-666 049 0302-688913/688 663
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