Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)

Protected Forest Rules and Declarations – Sections 21 and 22 (Statutory Instrument 18/1951)

Statutory Instrument 18/1951

Amended by S.I. 48/1985 .. in force 10 August 1985

Amended by S.I. 31/1986 .. in force 10 May 1986

Rules

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   1.   A person commits an offence under the Act if he or she does any of the following acts on any protected forest—

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      (a)     fell, cut, girdle, mark, lop, tap, or bleed any tree or injure by fire or otherwise any tree or timber;

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      (b)     cause any damage by negligence in felling any tree or cutting or dragging any timber;

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      (c)     subject to any manufacturing process or convey or remove any forest produce;

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      (d)     clear, cultivate or break up any land for cultivation or for any other purpose.

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   However, this order does not subject any person to any penalty thereunder for any act done with permission in writing given by a forest officer authorised to grant such permission or under any tenancy agreement approved and countersigned by the Chief forest officer.

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   2.   As soon as may be after the publication of the order in the Gazette the Chief Forest Officer shall cause the areas to be marked out and kept defined and shall have right of access for this purpose to carry out such survey or works as the Governor General may direct.

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   3.   At least 7 days notice shall be served by the Chief Forest Officer on the owner of any land declared to be a Protected Forest of the intention to mark out the limits of such Protected Forest.

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   4.   On the day fixed for the marking out of the said area unless the work has been postponed to some future day the Chief Forest Officer or his or her agents shall in the presence of the owner of the land if he or she wishes to be present, carry out the said work and fix further days for the completion thereof.

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   5.   The owner of any land declared to be a Protected Forest may enter into an agreement with the Chief Forest Officer for the supervision or management of such land.

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   6.   The owner of any land who has entered into an agreement with the Chief Forest Officer as provided in the preceding paragraph shall not by reason only that an offence has been committed contrary to this order after the publication hereof be deemed to have committed such offence as provided by section 26 of the Act.

Declared Protected Forests

Quarter of Praslin

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   (1)   Durocher No. 12 Black situated in the Quarter of Praslin and bounded as follows— North by a portion of the Praslin River, South by Devoconnu Nos. 10 and 11 Black East by the Baron de Micoud No. 2 Black, and West by Beghin No. 7 Black, containing approximately 60 carrés as shown on the Map of the Island of Saint Lucia by Lefort de Latour.

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   (2)   Ungranted Crown lands situated in the Quarter of Praslin comprising the portions, viz:

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      (1)     The portion bounded North and West by a portion of the ridge between the Praslin and Dennery Rivers, South partly by Bazile Linas No. 8 Black and Raillon No. 9 Black, East partly by Heirs David No. 6 Black, partly by a portion of the Praslin River and partly by Beghin No. 7 Black.

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      (2)     That portion bounded as follows— North by a line from the source of the Mabouya River and along the ridge between the Dennery and Petit Mabouya Rivers, South partly by a portion of Desessarts No. 42 Red of the Quarter of Soufrière and partly by Desuze No. 41 Red and Mahaut No. 44 Red of the Quarter of Micoud, East partly by the west boundary of Bazile Linas No. 8 Black and along a portion of the Petit Mabouya River to the west boundary of Chretiennot No. 22 Black and partly by the eastern boundaries of Chretiennot No. 22 Black and de Grenouville No. 23 Black, West by a line along the ridge separating the Roseau and Petit Mabouya Rivers from the source of the Mabouya River to the north boundary of Desessarts No. 42 Red of the Quarter of Soufrière.

Quarter of Anse-la-Raye

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   (3)   Heirs Common et Pere Chatin No. 28 Red situated in the Quarter of Anse-la-Raye and bounded as follows— North partly by Palin St. Omer No. 24 Black and partly by Francois Marragon No. 36 Black, South partly by Terrier Freres No. 19 Black and partly by Les Verges No. 30 Red, East partly by Son Etienne Tesse No. 38 Black, partly by Francois Mallet No. 39 Black and partly by Heirs Houelemon No. 43 Black, West by Mineurs Redort No. 22 Black, containing approximately 60 carrés as shown on the Map of the Island of Saint Lucia by Lefort de Latour—but save and except those portions in the said estate sold by the Government to the following persons viz: Ferdinand Clement, A. R. C. Mallet, Sydney St. Omer, Flavien Marquis, Xerces Edward, Theophile Francis, Gilbert Marquis, Philip St. Ange, Noemie Prospere, Albert Noel, Hubert Prospere, and the portion surveyed for escheat to be sold to Victor Jude.

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   (4)   Les Vergers No. 30 Red situated in the Quarter of Anse-la-Raye and bounded as follows— North partly by Heirs Common et Pere Chatin No. 28 Red, and partly by Heirs Houelemon No. 43 Black, Veuve Tiffagner No. 29 Red and Jeanville No. 42 Black, South by a portion of the Canaries River, East by a line drawn from the Canaries River at the junction of the estates Heirs Debremont Roblot No. 96 Red and Archard No. 15 Red of the Quarter of Soufrière to the source of a branch of the Roseau River where the said branch forms the east boundary of Jeanville No. 42 Black of the Quarter of Anse-la-Raye, West partly by Terrier Freres No. 19 Black and partly by Colombe Veuve Fenvuillean No. 26 Red and Fois Dugu‚ et Veuve Robin No. 27 Red the whole estate as shown on the Map of the Island of St Lucia by Lefort de Latour—but save and except those portions in the said estate sold by the Government to Xerces Edouard, Theophile Francis, J. B. Frederick, Henry Charles, Louis Mayeuse, Fernand Alphonse, Philomon Jean, Dorman St. Cyr, Annius Sylvanise and Dame Denise Allain, the portion surveyed for escheat to be sold to Victor Jude and the portion owned by Arnold Mallet and Heirs Allain.

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   (5)   The Ungranted Crown lands situated in the Quarter of Anse-la-Raye bounded as follows— North partly by Son de Michel Coulon No. 63 Black and partly by Clauzier No. 65 Black, South by a portion of the Canaries River towards its source, East partly by the Roseau River and partly by a line joining the sources of the Roseau and Canaries Rivers, West partly by Les Vergers No. 30 Red viz: by a line drawn from the Canaries River at the junction of the estates Heirs Debremont Roblot No. 96 Red and Archard No. 15 Red of the Quarter of Soufrière to the source of a branch of the Roseau River where the said branch forms the east boundary of Jeanville No. 42 Black of the Quarter of Anse-la-Raye, partly by the said branch of the Roseau River, and partly by a portion of the said Ungranted Crown lands escheated by the Government and sold to Charles Nelson.

Quarter of Castries

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   (6)   The Ungranted Crown lands situated in the Quarter of Castries and bounded as follows— North by that portion of the Ungranted Crown lands escheated by the Government in June 1924 and shown on plan No. C1298 dated 18th September by R. A. McNamara deposited in the Lands and Survey Department, South by a portion of the north boundary of Desessarts No. 42 Red of the Quarter of Soufrière, East by a line along the ridge separating the Roseau and Petit Mabouya Rivers from the source of the Mabouya River to the north boundary of Desessarts No. 42 Red by a portion of the Roseau River.

Quarter of Soufriere

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   (7)   The ungranted Crown lands situated in the Quarter of Soufrière and bounded as follows—North by Cornibert Frere No. 40 Red, South partly by a portion of D‚rache No. 17 Red and partly by Son Cartier No. 36 Red, East partly by Son James Cortez No. 38 Red and partly by Son Mondon No. 37 Red, West partly by a line joining the sources of the Roseau and Canaries Rivers and partly by the east boundary of Diampr‚ No. 16 Red.

Quarter of Dennery

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   (8)   The Ungranted Crown lands situated in the Quarter of Dennery and bounded as follows—North by the south boundary of Maisonneuve No. 41 Red, South by a line from the source of the Mabouya River and along the ridges between the Dennery and Petit Mabouya Rivers and the ridge between the Praslin and Dennery Rivers, East partly by the Mabouya River from its junction and the south boundary of Maisonneuve No. 41 Red and along the Mabouya River to its junction with the south boundary of Heirs Vig‚ No. 19 Red, partly by the south boundary of Heirs Vig‚ No. 19 Red to its junction with the Dennery River, partly by the Dennery River to the south boundary of Heirs de la Ribadiere No. 18 Red and along the south boundary of Heirs de la Ribadiere No. 18 Red, partly by the south boundaries of Errard No. 16 Red, Chateau St. Rose No. 17 Red and Veuve LaForce No. 14 Red and partly by the west boundary of Pelouze No. 5 Black of the Quarter of Praslin, West by the ridges between the Grand Cul-de-Sac and Mabouya Rivers from the source of the Mabouya River to the south boundary of Malsonneuve No. 14 Red,—the whole area as described above but save and except the portions sold by the Government to Edlouay Francis, St. Romain Satnay, Palmer Faucher, Felix Ninval, Chastanet Heady Satnay, Ferdinand Avril, Stephen Stanislaus, Mathurin Daniel, Emmanuel Belmar and Jos. Hippolyte.

Marquis Estate Area

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   (9)   All that portion of land being a dismemberment of subdivisions at Marquis Estate being 29 acres more or less and owned by—

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   Michael Toussaint, Lawrence Toussaint, Benoit Toussaint, Sylvestre Hilaire, S. D. Gage, Collin Quintin and others.

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   Bounded as follows—

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   North: by the remainder of lots 18 and 22;

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   South: by Hrs. Leonty Alphonse, Leon Leonce, Emmanuel Melius, Hrs. Demille (Boniface Gond N. 15R);

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   East: partly by the Vergallier River;

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   West: partly by the Marquis River, partly by Francis Placide, and partly by Lot 23.

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   The whole as shown on Plan of Survey by J. F. Modeste, Licensed Land Surveyor, lodged at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands on the 26th June, 1981 as Plan No. Dn. 511 and recorded under No. 126/81 and on the 11th October, 1983 as Plan No. Dn. 550 recorded under No. 420/83. (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

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   (10)   All that portion of land being a dismemberment of subdivisions at Marquis Estate being 40 acres more or less and owned by—

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   Toussaint et al, Jean Baptiste, Julius Melius, 'Sonny Boy' and others.

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   Bounded as follows—

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   North: partly by J. F. Modeste and partly by Lot 14;

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   South: partly by Hrs. Mackenzie Provest and partly by Lot 69;

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   East: partly by Lot 63 and partly by the Vergallier River;

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   West: partly by Vergallier River and partly by Hrs. Demille, James Melius and Drysdale Melius (Boniface Gond No. 15R).

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   The whole as shown on Plans of Survey by J. F. Modeste, Licensed Land Surveyor, lodged at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands on the 26th June, 1981 as Plan No. Dn. 511 and recorded under No. 126/81 and on the 21st June, 1983 as Plan No. Dn. 540 and recorded under No. 238/83 and on 25th August, 1983 as Plan No. Dn. 546B and recorded under No. 365/83 and various unlodged Plans by J. F. Modeste. (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

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   (11)   All that portion of land being a remainder of a subdivision of land at Marquis Estate being 35 acres more or less owned by Marquis Estate and bounded as follows—

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   North: By a ravine;

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   South: Partly by Lot 46, partly by Lot 31 and partly by an access road;

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   East: By Lot 60;

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   West: By Lot 31.

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   The whole as shown on Plans of Survey by J. F. Modeste, Licensed Land Surveyor, lodged at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands on the 26th June, 1981 as Plan No. Dn. 511 and recorded under No. 126/81 and on the 4th August, 1983 as Plan No. Dn. 544 and recorded under No. 340/83.

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   (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

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   (12)   All that portion of land being a remainder of a subdivision of land at Marquis Estate being 3.3 acres more or less and owned by Marquis Estate and bounded as follows—

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   North: By Lot 71;

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   South: By the Marquis to Des Barras public road;

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   East: By Government Lands;

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   West: Partly by Lot 12 and partly by Lot 13.

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   The whole is shown as Lot 70 on a Plan of Survey by J. F. Modeste, Licensed Land Surveyor, lodged at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands as Plan No. Dn. 568K recorded under No. 56/85.

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   (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

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   (13)   All that portion of land being a remainder of a subdivision of land at Marquis Estate being 4 acres more or less and owned by Marquis Estate and bounded as follows—

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   North: By Lot 1;

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   South: By Lot 71;

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   East: By Grand Anse Estate;

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   West: Partly by Lots 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 and partly by an access road.

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   The whole as shown on a Plan of Survey by J. F. Modeste, Licensed Land Surveyor, lodged at the office of the Commissioner of Crown Lands on the 26th June, 1981 as Plan No. Dn. 511 and recorded under No. 126/81.

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   (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

Monier — Plateau

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   (14)   All that portion of the Quarters of Dauphin and Gros-Islet being part of the upper watersheds of Grande Riviere, Esperance, Dauphin and Marquis rivers and bounded as follows—

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   NORTH: by a line joining Grande Riviere and La Borne;

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   SOUTH and WEST: by the road from Grande Riviere through Monier, through Paix Bouche to La Gare;

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   EAST: by the road from La Gare to La Borne.

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   (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

Balata — Girard

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   (15)   All that portion of the Quarters of Castries and Gros-Islet being part of the upper watersheds of the Girard, Balata and Grande Riviere rivers and bounded as follows—

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   NORTH: by the road from Union through Grande Riviere to Paix Bouche;

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   SOUTH: by the road from Babonneau through Guesneau to Ti Rocher;

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   EAST: by the road from Paix Bouche to Babonneau;

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   WEST: by the road from Ti Rocher to Mon Dudon and thence in a straight line to Union.

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   (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

Forestiere — Chassin

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   (16)   All that portion of the Quarters of Castries and Dauphin being the head-waters of the Marquis river and bounded as follows—

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   NORTH: by the road from Guesneau through Fond Assau to Chassin and thence in a straight line to Des Barras;

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   SOUTH AND WEST: by the Quarter of Dennery and the road from Piton Flore through Forestiere to Guesneau;

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   EAST: by the line joining Des Barras to La Sorciere.

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   (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

Derniere Riviere

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   (17)   All that portion of the Quarter of Dennery being the upper watershed of Ravines Bassin Noire, Cochon and Derniere Riviere and bounded as follows—

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   NORTH: by the Quarters of Castries and Dauphin;

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   SOUTH: by a line drawn due west from Grande Ravine to the Quarter of Castries;

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   EAST: by a line from La Sorciere to Derniere Riviere to Grande Ravine;

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   WEST: by the Quarter of Castries (Barre de L'isle forms limit).

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   (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)

Ravine Poisson

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   (18)   All that portion of the Quarter of Dennery being part of the watershed Ravine Poisson and bounded as follows—

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   NORTH: by the Sarrot Road and the Castries—Dennery Highway

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   SOUTH: by the Barre de L'isle Forest Reserve South;

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   EAST: by the Quarter of Dennery (Barre de L'isle forms limit);

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   WEST: by the Chopin Ridge and its extension southerly to the Barre de L'isle Forest Reserve south.

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   (Inserted by S.I. 48/1985)