New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated Acts(1916 Act, s 21A(1), (1A), (3) and (7))
(1) The Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare any area of State forest (other than a flora reserve) to be a special management zone if the Minister is satisfied that the area has special conservation value.
(2) The object of the declaration of a special management zone and the prohibition of forestry operations in the zone is to protect its special conservation value.
(3) The Minister is to ensure that the public is given an opportunity to make representations about any proposed notice of the Minister under this section to declare a special management zone. The Minister must--(a) fix a time within which the public may make representations about the proposal, and(b) make copies of the proposed notice available for public inspection before that time on such website as the Minister thinks appropriate, and(c) make available for public inspection before that time on that website a statement outlining the activities that the Minister proposes to prohibit in the zone, and(d) take any representation on the proposal received by the Minister within that time into account before making a decision on the matter.
(4) Except as provided by this Act, a notice under this section is not to be revoked wholly or in part otherwise than by Act of Parliament.