Minister may declare new forest road

(1) Upon application by the Chief Forest Officer, the Minister may Order– (a) that any new forest road be opened, and in the Order declare such road to be a forest road for the purposes of this Act; (b) that any existing road shall be a forest road; and (c) that any forest road may be widened and enlarged in any manner that he may think fit. (2) Whenever upon the application of the Chief Forest Officer it appears to the Minister that, having regard to the limited use made of any forest road, the closing thereof without the provision of any other course will not result in serious hardship or inconvenience to the public, he may Order that such road be closed, without ordering that any other road be substituted therefor. 23