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FORESTRY ACT 2012 - SECT 14

Dedication of land as State forest

14 Dedication of land as State forest

(1916 Act, s 18)

(1) The Governor may, by notice published in the Gazette, dedicate as State forest any Crown land that is not the subject of a tenure from the Crown.
(2) Any such dedication of land may be limited so as to exclude any land lying below the surface of the land at a depth greater than a depth specified in the notice dedicating the land.
(3) Land dedicated under this section may not be dealt with otherwise than as provided by this Act and any such dedication may not be revoked or altered except under this Act.
(4) The Governor may, by order published in the Gazette, constitute 2 or more State forests, or any parts of 2 or more State forests, as one State forest for the purposes of this Act.
(5) Subsection (4) does not affect--
(a) the declaration of any land as a special management zone, or
(b) the setting apart of any land as a flora reserve, or
(c) any rights or obligations conferred or imposed by or under this or any other Act.
(6) Despite subsection (1), Crown land that is the subject of a prescribed Crown tenure and that has an area of more than 2 hectares may be dedicated as State forest in accordance with this section.



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