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Online submission form: Consultation on operational detail for the forestry legal harvest assurance system

You may use this form to make a submission on proposals for operational detail for the legal harvest assurance under the Forest Act 1949. Using this form is optional.

The questions in this form are grouped by topic. You can provide feedback just on the topics relevant to you, or on the full set of questions.
 
The topics include:
  • When is timber legally harvested?
  • Legal harvest scope
  • Legal harvest information
  • Responsible persons
  • Who needs to register
  • Getting registered
  • Due diligence systems
  • Obligations once registered
  • Export requirements
  • Recognition (assessors and agencies)
  • Public registers
The questions and page numbers referenced in this form relate to the New Zealand’s Legal Harvest Assurance System: Consultation on operational detail for the legal harvest assurance system document.

All feedback must be received by the Ministry for Primary Industries by 5:00 pm on 26 February 2025.

Find out more about the Consultation on operational detail for the legal harvest assurance system, and download the paper, from the MPI website.
 
Feedback is public information

Please note your feedback is public information. Feedback may be the subject of requests for information under the Official Information Act 1982 (the OIA). Under the OIA, information is to be made available to requesters unless there are sufficient grounds for withholding it. The grounds for withholding information are outlined in the OIA.

If you are providing feedback on this consultation document, you may wish to indicate any grounds for withholding information contained in your feedback. Reasons for withholding information could include commercial sensitivity or privacy. The Ministry for Primary Industries will consider such grounds when deciding whether or not to release information.

Any decision to withhold information requested under the OIA may be reviewed by the Ombudsman. For more information, please:

https://www.ombudsman.parliament.nz/
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https://www.mpi.govt.nz/about-this-site/privacy-and-security/