The central competent authority shall appoint subordinate agencies or entrust a state-owned forest managing administration for the cutting and harvesting inspections stipulated in Articles 15, 16, 18 and 19.
The municipal/county (city) competent authority may appoint subordinate agencies or entrust the administration office of the hsiang (township, city) for the cutting and harvesting permits stipulated in Article 4, Paragraph 2, Subparagraph 2, and for the cutting and harvesting inspections stipulated in Articles 15, 16, 18 and 19.

The Regulations shall come into force on the day of promulgation.