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"woodland"
means—
| (a) | a group of indigenous trees which are not natural forest but whose crowns cover at least 5% of the area they occupy, and which may, in a degraded state have a crown cover of less than 5%; or |
| (b) | any vegetation type declared by the Minister to be a woodland by notice in the Gazette. |
[Definition substituted by section 1(f) of the National Forests Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 1 of 2022), Notice No. 1131, GG46650, dated 1 July 2022 - effective 4 December 2024 per Commencement Proclamation 233 of 2024]
