These Regulations implement various provisions of the Forestry Act They deal with a wide variety of issues such as dedication of National Forests, declaring of reserved trees, powers of the Papua New Guinea Forest Authority established by the Act, internal organization of the National Forest Board established by the Act internal procedures of the Board, advisory duties of the Board, internal organization of Provincial Forest Management Committees, notices of the Committee to owners of forest resources, internal procedures of the Committee establishment of an advisory committee of the Board, procedures regarding the National Forest Plan, internal matters of the National Forest Service, appointment of consultants by the Ministry of Forestry, declaration of a Restricted Area by the Director, establishment of the State Marketing Agency as a division of the National Forest Service, submission of a Provincial Forest Plan to the Board, approval of a Forest Management Agreement by the Minster and other procedures regarding the Agreement, Forest Development Projects, Project Agreements, application for and granting of a timber permit, timber authority for roadline clearing, timber authority for the harvesting of other forest products, permits for agriculture and other land use, authority to harvest plantation material on various types of lands, licence to engage in forest industry activities, performance bonds in relation with the granting of various permits, project statements, five year working plans, annual logging plans, licensing of log scalers, registration of forestry industry participants, state purchase options, levies, exportation of logs, registration of a timber processing plant, public registers, actions in case of distaster.