Forests (Suspension of Timber Harvesting and Stone Quarrying) (Amendment) Rules, 2000

The forests (suspension of timber harvesting and stone quarrying) rules, 1999, in these rules referred to as the principal rules, are amended in rule 5- by deleting the words "ninety (90) days from the publication of this notice" appearing in paragraph (1) and substituting therefor the following: "ninety (90) days in the case of quarrying, and three hundred and sixty (360) days in the case of timber harvesting". The principal Rules are amended by adding at the end thereof the following new rule: upon the revocation of these rules or the exemption therefrom of any forest area under rule 5 (2), the following conditions shall apply licences shall only be issued in respect of felling plans approved by the chief conservator of forests.