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TASMANIA
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FOREST MANAGEMENT BILL 2013
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CONTENTS
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Commencement
3. Interpretation
4. Application of Act
5. Application of Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act 2013 to
permanent timber production zone land that is the future reserve
land
PART 2 - FORESTRY CORPORATION
6. Continuation of Forestry corporation
PART 3 - FOREST MANAGER FOR PERMANENT TIMBER
PRODUCTION ZONE LAND
7. Forest Manager for permanent timber production zone land
8. Functions of Forest Manager
9. Powers of Forest Manager
PART 4 - PERMANENT TIMBER PRODUCTION ZONE LAND
10. Reservation of Crown land as permanent timber production zone
land
11. Revocation of permanent timber production zone land
12. Land purchased, &c., by Forestry corporation becomes
permanent timber production zone land
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13. Access to permanent timber production zone land
14. Forest Manager may charge fee
PART 5 - WOOD PRODUCTION POLICY
15. Sustainable management of Tasmania's forests
16. Wood production supply
PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS
17. Timber classification officers
18. Power to construct drains on adjoining land
19. Constructing forest roads, &c.
20. Forest Manager not liable for failure to maintain forest road
21. Signage
22. Request to leave, &c., permanent timber production zone land
23. Closure of forest roads
24. Conversion of forest roads to public roads
25. Exemption of certain vehicles from laws specifying vehicle
mass, weight or dimension limits
26. Easements over Crown land in permanent timber production
zone land
27. Land Acquisition Act 1993 applies to Forestry corporation
28. Alternative to prosecution for certain offences
29. Fire protection
30. Person may not make certain claims
31. Vicarious liability
32. Transfer of assets, &c.
33. Recognition of service with Forestry corporation
34. Superannuation entitlements not affected
35. Regulations
36. Administration of Act
37. Savings and transitional provisions relating to continuation of
Forestry corporation
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38. Savings and transitional provisions relating to State forest
becoming permanent timber production zone land
39. Certain forest reserves declared to be reserved land under Nature
Conservation Act 2002
40. Legislation repealed
SCHEDULE 1 - SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
RELATING TO CONTINUATION OF FORESTRY
CORPORATION
SCHEDULE 2 - SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
RELATING TO STATE FOREST BECOMING
PERMANENT TIMBER PRODUCTION ZONE LAND
SCHEDULE 3 - CERTAIN FOREST RESERVES DECLARED TO BE
RESERVED LAND UNDER NATURE CONSERVATION
ACT 2002
SCHEDULE 4 - LEGISLATION REPEALED
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FOREST MANAGEMENT BILL 2013
This Public Bill originated in the House of Assembly, and, having this day passed, is
now ready for presentation to the Legislative Council for its concurrence.
P. R. ALCOCK, Clerk of the House
24 September 2013
(Brought in by the Minister for Energy and Resources, the
Honourable Bryan Alexander Green)
A BILL FOR
An Act to provide for the management of permanent
timber production zone land, to repeal the Forestry Act
1920 and for related purposes
Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by
and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and
House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Forest Management
Act 2013.
2. Commencement
This Act commences on a day to be proclaimed.
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3. Interpretation
In this Act, unless the contrary intention
appears -
annual supply of veneer and sawlog means
the minimum aggregate quantity of
eucalypt veneer logs and eucalypt
sawlogs that the Forest Manager must
make available annually for the veneer
and sawmilling industries in accordance
with section 16;
conservation area has the same meaning as in
the Nature Conservation Act 2002;
CPR Plan means a plan in the Central Plan
Register;
Crown land has the same meaning as in the
Crown Lands Act 1976;
Forest Manager means the Forest Manager
referred to in section 7;
forest operations means work connected
with -
(a) seeding and planting trees; or
(b) managing trees before they are
harvested; or
(c) harvesting, extracting or
quarrying forest products -
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and includes any related land clearing,
land preparation, burning-off or access
construction;
forest product means any of the following:
(a) vegetable growth that is on or
from permanent timber
production zone land;
(b) a product of growing or dead
trees, shrub, timber or other
vegetable growth that is on or
from permanent timber
production zone land;
(c) sand, gravel, clay, loam or stone
that is on or from permanent
timber production zone land;
Forest Practices Code means the Code issued
by the Forest Practices Authority
pursuant to section 30 of the Forest
Practices Act 1985 and in force under
that Act, and includes any amendments
to that Code;
forest road means -
(a) any road constructed or
maintained by or for the Forest
Manager either inside or outside
permanent timber production
zone land; or
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(b) any other road on permanent
timber production zone land,
other than -
(i) a State highway within
the meaning of the Roads
and Jetties Act 1935; or
(ii) a subsidiary road within
the meaning of the Roads
and Jetties Act 1935; or
(iii) a local highway within the
meaning of the Local
Government (Highways)
Act 1982; or
(c) any other road that is -
(i) on Crown land; and
(ii) being managed by a
person for the purpose of
timber production; or
(d) any bridge, tunnel, embankment,
causeway, culvert, drain or other
works constructed in respect of a
road referred to in paragraph (a),
(b) or (c);
Forestry corporation means the Forestry
corporation continued under section 6;
permanent timber production zone land
means -
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(a) Crown land declared to be
permanent timber production
zone land under section 10; or
(b) land referred to in section 12; or
(c) land referred to in Schedule 2;
regional reserve has the same meaning as in
the Nature Conservation Act 2002;
regulations means regulations made and in
force in accordance with this Act;
repealed Act means the Forestry Act 1920;
timber includes the trunks and branches of
trees, whether standing or not, and all
wood, whether or not the same is cut up,
sawn, hewn, split, or otherwise
fashioned;
timber classification officer means a person
appointed as a timber classification
officer under section 17;
trees includes not only timber trees, but trees,
shrubs and bushes, seedlings, saplings
and re-shoots of every description and
the roots of any such trees.
4. Application of Act
(1) Except as provided in this Act, this Act does not
apply to Crown land that is reserved land within
the meaning of the Nature Conservation Act
2002.
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(2) This Act does not apply to Crown land that is
reserved as a public reserve under the Crown
Lands Act 1976.
5. Application of Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act
2013 to permanent timber production zone land
that is the future reserve land
The Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act 2013
applies to permanent timber production zone
land that is the future reserve land within the
meaning of that Act.
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PART 2 - FORESTRY CORPORATION
6. Continuation of Forestry corporation
The Forestry corporation established under the
repealed Act continues in existence as a
corporation with the same corporate name it had
immediately before the commencement of this
Act.
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s. 7 Part 3 - Forest Manager for Permanent Timber Production Zone Land
PART 3 - FOREST MANAGER FOR PERMANENT
TIMBER PRODUCTION ZONE LAND
7. Forest Manager for permanent timber production
zone land
(1) The Forestry corporation is the Forest Manager
for permanent timber production zone land and
has the functions and powers specified in this
Act.
(2) Notwithstanding section 9(1), sections 9 and 10
of the Government Business Enterprises Act
1995 apply to the Forestry corporation in
exercising its powers as the Forest Manager
under this Act.
8. Functions of Forest Manager
The Forest Manager has the following functions:
(a) to manage and control all permanent
timber production zone land;
(b) to undertake forest operations on
permanent timber production zone land
for the purpose of selling forest products;
(c) such other functions as are approved in
writing by the Minister and the
Treasurer.
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9. Powers of Forest Manager
(1) The Forest Manager has such powers as are
necessary to enable it to perform its functions.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Forest
Manager may grant to a person a permit, licence,
lease, or other occupation right, in relation to
permanent timber production zone land.
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PART 4 - PERMANENT TIMBER PRODUCTION
ZONE LAND
10. Reservation of Crown land as permanent timber
production zone land
(1) The Minister, by order published in the Gazette
(a "permanent timber production zone land
order"), may declare Crown land specified in
that order to be permanent timber production
zone land for the purposes of this Act.
(2) A permanent timber production zone land order
is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the
Rules Publication Act 1953.
(3) Before making a permanent timber production
zone land order, the Minister must have obtained
advice from the Forest Manager that the land
proposed to be specified in the order is required
for the supply of forest products.
(4) The Minister must cause a permanent timber
production zone land order and the advice
referred to in subsection (3) to be laid before
each House of Parliament within the first 5
sitting-days after the permanent timber
production zone land order is made.
(5) A proposed permanent timber production zone
land order is of no effect unless it has been
accepted by both Houses of Parliament.
(6) A House of Parliament is taken to have accepted
a proposed permanent timber production zone
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land order if the order has been laid on the table
of that House and -
(a) it is accepted by that House; or
(b) at the expiration of 5 sitting-days after it
was laid on the table of that House, no
notice has been given of a motion to
disallow it, or, if such notice has been
given, the notice has been withdrawn or
the motion has been negatived; or
(c) if any notice of a motion to disallow it is
given during that period of 5 sitting-days,
the notice is, after the expiration of that
period, withdrawn or the motion is
negatived.
(7) If the proposed permanent timber production
zone land order is accepted by both Houses of
Parliament, the land specified in the order
becomes permanent timber production zone
land.
11. Revocation of permanent timber production zone
land
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may, by
order published in the Gazette (a "permanent
timber production zone land revocation order"),
declare that any area of land specified in the
order ceases to be, or form part of, permanent
timber production zone land.
(2) The Minister may not make an order under
subsection (1) in relation to any land that is the
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future reserve land within the meaning of the
Tasmanian Forests Agreement Act 2013.
(3) A permanent timber production zone land
revocation order is not a statutory rule for the
purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953.
(4) Before making a permanent timber production
zone land revocation order, the Minister must
have obtained advice from the Forest Manager
on the impact, of the land proposed to be
specified in the order ceasing to be, or form part
of, permanent timber production zone land, on
the capacity of the Forest Manager -
(a) to meet the annual supply of veneer and
sawlog; and
(b) to supply logs to the holder of a forestry
compensation certificate in accordance
with Part 3 of the Tasmanian Forests
Agreement Act 2013.
(5) The Minister must cause a permanent timber
production zone land revocation order and the
advice referred to in subsection (4) to be laid
before each House of Parliament within the first
5 sitting-days after the permanent timber
production zone land revocation order is made.
(6) A proposed permanent timber production zone
land revocation order is of no effect unless it has
been accepted by both Houses of Parliament.
(7) A House of Parliament is taken to have accepted
a proposed permanent timber production zone
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land revocation order if the order has been laid
on the table of that House and -
(a) it is accepted by that House; or
(b) at the expiration of 5 sitting-days after it
was laid on the table of that House, no
notice has been given of a motion to
disallow it, or, if such notice has been
given, the notice has been withdrawn or
the motion has been negatived; or
(c) if any notice of a motion to disallow it is
given during that period of 5 sitting-days,
the notice is, after the expiration of that
period, withdrawn or the motion is
negatived.
(8) If the proposed permanent timber production
zone land revocation order is accepted by both
Houses of Parliament, the land specified in the
order ceases to be permanent timber production
zone land and becomes Crown land for the
purposes of the Crown Lands Act 1976.
(9) A revocation order under this section is not
required in respect of any permanent timber
production zone land, that is not Crown land,
that is sold, or otherwise disposed of, by the
Forestry corporation.
(10) Any permanent timber production zone land,
that is not Crown land, that is sold, or otherwise
disposed of, by the Forestry corporation ceases
to be, or form part of, permanent timber
production zone land on its sale or disposition.
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12. Land purchased, &c., by Forestry corporation
becomes permanent timber production zone land
(1) Any land purchased or acquired by the Forestry
corporation becomes permanent timber
production zone land.
(2) In this section -
land does not include houses, buildings or
similar structures on land.
13. Access to permanent timber production zone land
(1) The Forest Manager must perform its functions
and exercise its powers so as to allow access to
permanent timber production zone land for such
purposes as are not incompatible with the
management of permanent timber production
zone land under this Act.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents the Forest
Manager from exercising its powers under
sections 21, 22 and 23.
14. Forest Manager may charge fee
The Forest Manager may, with the approval of
the Minister, charge a person or a class of
persons a fee for the right to access permanent
timber production zone land or use a forest road
for any purpose.
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Part 5 - Wood Production Policy s. 15
PART 5 - WOOD PRODUCTION POLICY
15. Sustainable management of Tasmania's forests
The Forest Manager must perform its functions
in a manner that is consistent with the principles
of forest management set out in the Forest
Practices Code, as a contribution to the
sustainable management of Tasmania's forests.
16. Wood production supply
(1) Each year the Forest Manager must make
available -
(a) for the veneer and sawmilling industries,
a minimum aggregate quantity of
eucalypt veneer logs and eucalypt
sawlogs, from permanent timber
production zone land, that meets the
prescribed specifications that are in force
immediately before the commencement
of this Act; and
(b) for a prescribed industry, the prescribed
quantity, prescribed type and prescribed
specification of other prescribed timber.
(2) In subsection (1)(a) -
minimum aggregate quantity means -
(a) 137 000 cubic metres of any
combination of eucalypt veneer
quality 1, eucalypt veneer quality
2, category 1 sawlogs, and
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category 3 sawlogs, as specified
in Schedule 1 to the Forestry
Regulations 2009; or
(b) if another quantity is prescribed,
the prescribed quantity.
(3) The regulations may prescribe the time for
which the quantity, type and specification of
other timber is to be made available and the
source of the other timber.
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PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS
17. Timber classification officers
(1) The Forest Manager may appoint any of its
employees, any person employed by a body
corporate involved in the forest industry, or any
other person whom it regards as being suitably
qualified, to be a timber classification officer for
the purposes of classifying timber and other
forest products on, or harvested from, permanent
timber production zone land.
(2) A person who is not an employee of the Forest
Manager is to be appointed on such terms as the
Forest Manager determines and specifies in the
instrument of appointment.
(3) A person appointed as a timber classification
officer must perform such duties relating to the
classification of timber and other forest products
as the Forest Manager directs.
(4) A person appointed as a timber classification
officer does not incur any personal liability for
an act done or purported or omitted to be done
by the officer acting as such in good faith.
(5) An employee or other person appointed as a
timber classification officer may hold that
appointment and perform the duties of a timber
classification officer in conjunction with any
other office or appointment held by that person.
(6) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
section, a State Service officer or State Service
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employee is not, without the prior approval of
the Head of the State Service Agency in which
the officer or employee is employed -
(a) capable of being appointed as a timber
classification officer; or
(b) entitled to receive any remuneration or
allowances in his or her capacity as a
timber classification officer.
(7) In any proceedings, a certificate purporting to be
signed by a person authorised, in writing, by the
Forest Manager and stating that a person named
in the certificate is, or was at a particular time or
during a particular period, a timber classification
officer is admissible as evidence of the matter
stated in the certificate.
18. Power to construct drains on adjoining land
(1) The Forest Manager may construct or maintain a
drain or watercourse in and through land
adjoining or near a forest road as it considers
necessary.
(2) The Forest Manager must maintain a drain or
watercourse constructed by it under
subsection (1).
(3) The Forest Manager must not enter land for any
purpose specified in subsection (1) or (2)
unless -
(a) the Forest Manager has notified the
owner and occupier of the land, in
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writing, of its intention to enter the land
and the purpose of that entry; and
(b) not less than 14 days have elapsed since
that notice was provided to the owner
and occupier.
(4) The Forest Manager must pay compensation to
the owner and occupier of land entered under
this section for any damage or loss suffered by
reason of the construction or maintenance of a
drain or watercourse by the Forest Manager
under this section.
(5) The compensation payable by the Forest
Manager under this section is to be determined
in the same manner as a disputed claim for
compensation under the Land Acquisition Act
1993.
(6) For the purposes of subsection (4) -
land means -
(a) land other than Crown land; or
(b) land that is owned or occupied by
a Government Business
Enterprise; or
(c) land that is owned by any other
person or body.
19. Constructing forest roads, &c.
The Forest Manager may construct and maintain
forest roads, works and other facilities -
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(a) in permanent timber production zone
land; or
(b) for access to permanent timber
production zone land.
20. Forest Manager not liable for failure to maintain
forest road
The Forest Manager does not incur any liability
by virtue of its failure to keep a forest road in
repair in respect of pedestrian or vehicular traffic
using that road.
21. Signage
(1) The Forest Manager may erect signs -
(a) on or in respect of forest roads; or
(b) on permanent timber production zone
land -
for the purposes of discharging its
responsibilities or in the interests of safety.
(2) The Forest Manager, wherever practicable, is to
erect signs stating that a particular road is a
forest road.
(3) A person must not, without lawful excuse,
undertake an activity or engage in conduct on a
forest road or other land in permanent timber
production zone land contrary to the directions
of the Forest Manager expressed on a sign
authorised by the Forest Manager.
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Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(4) In any proceedings under subsection (3), a
certificate purporting to be signed by a person
authorised, in writing, by the Forest Manager
stating that at a particular time a sign was
authorised by the Forest Manager for the
purposes of this section is admissible as
evidence that, at that time, the sign was so
authorised.
(5) A police officer who reasonably considers that a
person is offending against subsection (3) may
direct that person to leave the forest road or
other land in permanent timber production zone
land.
(6) A person who is given a direction by a police
officer under subsection (5) must comply with
that direction.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
22. Request to leave, &c., permanent timber production
zone land
(1) In this section -
authorised officer means a person appointed
as an authorised officer under
subsection (2).
(2) The Forest Manager may appoint any of its
employees to be an authorised officer for the
purpose of this section.
(3) An authorised officer may request a person -
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(a) not to enter permanent timber production
zone land or a forest road; or
(b) to leave permanent timber production
zone land or a forest road; or
(c) to cease to undertake an activity
conducted, or to cease to engage in
conduct, on that land or road -
if the authorised officer is of the opinion that the
entry or presence of that person, or the activity
conducted, or the conduct engaged in, by that
person on the land or road is preventing, has
prevented or is about to prevent the Forest
Manager from effectively or efficiently
performing its functions.
(4) An authorised officer may prohibit a person
from entering, or remaining in, an area of
permanent timber production zone land -
(a) that has been declared under section 68
of the Fire Service Act 1979 to be an area
of extreme fire hazard; or
(b) that is an area in respect of which another
person has a right of exclusive
possession; or
(c) in the interests of a person's safety.
(5) A person who fails to comply with a request
from an authorised officer under subsection (3)
or (4) is guilty of an offence.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
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(6) A person must not, without lawful excuse,
undertake an activity or engage in conduct on
permanent timber production zone land or a
forest road contrary to the directions of a police
officer.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(7) In any proceedings under subsection (5), a
certificate purporting to be signed by a person
authorised, in writing, by the Forest Manager
stating that at a particular time a person was an
authorised officer is admissible as evidence that,
the person was, at that time, an authorised
officer.
23. Closure of forest roads
(1) In this section -
artificial barricade includes a gate or chain;
prescribed sign means a sign that clearly
indicates that the forest road, or the
section of forest road, in respect of which
it is erected is closed to all traffic or to a
class of traffic;
traffic means pedestrian or vehicular traffic.
(2) The Forest Manager may close a forest road or
any section of forest road either permanently or
temporarily to all traffic, or to a class of traffic,
if the Forest Manager considers that the closure
is necessary or expedient -
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(a) for the purposes of discharging its
responsibilities; or
(b) in the interests of safety.
(3) The closure may be effected by means of -
(a) a prescribed sign; or
(b) a prescribed sign in conjunction with an
artificial barricade; or
(c) a prescribed sign in conjunction with an
earthen barricade; or
(d) a prescribed sign in conjunction with a
trench -
or by any combination of those means.
(4) A person must not -
(a) drive or use a vehicle on; or
(b) be on or otherwise use -
a forest road or a section of forest road that has
been closed in accordance with this section or in
contravention of the regulations.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(5) In any proceedings under subsection (4), a
certificate purporting to be signed by a person
authorised, in writing, by the Forest Manager
and stating that, at a particular time, a forest road
or a section of forest road was closed to all
traffic, or to a class of traffic, and that the
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closure was effected in accordance with this
section, is admissible as evidence that, at that
particular time, the forest road or section of
forest road was so closed.
24. Conversion of forest roads to public roads
(1) In this section -
forest road means a forest road that is made
up of land that has the status of
permanent timber production zone land
under this Act.
(2) The power that the Governor may exercise under
section 7 of the Roads and Jetties Act 1935, in
respect of a road or any specified portion of a
road within the meaning of that Act, may also,
with the consent of the Forest Manager, be
exercised in respect of a forest road or any
specified portion of a forest road in all respects
as if the forest road were a road within the
meaning of that Act.
(3) If, pursuant to subsection (2), the Governor by
proclamation declares any forest road or any
specified portion of a forest road to be a State
highway or subsidiary road for the purposes of
Part II of the Roads and Jetties Act 1935, the
land comprising that forest road or specified part
of that forest road ceases, by virtue of the
proclamation, to be permanent timber production
zone land on the date on which the proclamation
takes effect.
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(4) The power that a council may exercise under
section 12 of the Local Government (Highways)
Act 1982 in respect of a road, or other way
within its municipal area that is not a highway,
may also, with the consent of the Forest
Manager, be exercised in respect of a forest road
in all respects as if that forest road were a road
or way within the meaning of that section of that
Act.
(5) If, pursuant to subsection (4), a council by
resolution declares that a forest road within its
municipal area is to become, as specified in the
resolution, a highway maintainable by the
council or a particular kind of highway so
maintainable, the land comprising that forest
road ceases, by virtue of the resolution, to be
permanent timber production zone land on the
date on which the resolution is published in the
Gazette in accordance with section 12(4) of the
Local Government (Highways) Act 1982.
(6) This section has effect notwithstanding any other
enactment.
25. Exemption of certain vehicles from laws specifying
vehicle mass, weight or dimension limits
(1) In this section -
combination has the same meaning as in the
Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999;
vehicle has the same meaning as in the
Vehicle and Traffic Act 1999.
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(2) Except as otherwise provided by the regulations,
a law of Tasmania does not apply in respect of
the use of a vehicle, or combination, on a forest
road if the law would otherwise operate to
prohibit or restrict the use on a forest road of a
vehicle, or combination, that exceeds a certain
mass, weight or dimension (whether inclusive or
exclusive of its load).
26. Easements over Crown land in permanent timber
production zone land
(1) The Forest Manager may, on behalf of the
Crown, grant easements over Crown land in
permanent timber production zone land for such
purposes and upon such terms and conditions as
the Forest Manager determines.
(2) An easement granted under subsection (1) is
registrable under the Land Titles Act 1980.
27. Land Acquisition Act 1993 applies to Forestry
corporation
The Land Acquisition Act 1993 applies to the
Forestry corporation and for that purpose the
Forestry corporation is taken to be an acquiring
authority under that Act.
28. Alternative to prosecution for certain offences
(1) If -
(a) the Forest Manager is satisfied that a
person has committed an offence
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involving a forest product but that in the
circumstances the offence does not merit
prosecution; and
(b) the person pays or agrees to pay the
Forest Manager an amount not exceeding
3 times the commercial value of the
forest product as reasonably determined
by the Forest Manager -
the Forest Manager may accept such payment or
agreement to pay and, if so, it must waive or, if
applicable, discontinue the proceedings for the
offence.
(2) In a case to which subsection (1) applies, the
Forest Manager may allow the person to take,
remove or retain the whole or any part of the
forest product.
(3) If the whole or any part of an amount that a
person has agreed to pay the Forest Manager
under subsection (1) is not paid by such date or
within such period as that person and the Forest
Manager have agreed for the purpose, the Forest
Manager may recover the unpaid amount as a
debt due to the Forest Manager in a court of
competent jurisdiction.
29. Fire protection
(1) A person who is engaged in any forest
operations in an area of permanent timber
production zone land must -
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(a) take reasonable measures to protect the
area from fire; and
(b) promptly check and suppress any fire
that may occur in the area.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prohibits a person
from carrying out reasonable and controlled
burning-off operations with the written approval
of the Forest Manager as part of any forest
operations or for the purposes of land
management or fire safety.
(3) A person who is engaged in any forest
operations in an area of permanent timber
production zone land must, if requested to do so
by a police officer or an employee of the Forest
Manager, provide reasonable assistance to the
Forest Manager in taking action to check and
suppress any fire that is threatening, or likely to
threaten, the area.
Penalty: Fine not exceeding 20 penalty units.
(4) The Forest Manager must reimburse a person for
the reasonable costs incurred by that person in
complying with a request under subsection (3).
30. Person may not make certain claims
No person -
(a) has any claim against the Crown or the
Forest Manager including, without
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limitation, a claim for breach of
confidence; or
(b) is entitled to claim that the Forest
Manager has breached any contract; or
(c) is entitled to terminate a contract or claim
any other remedy -
arising out of anything that the Forest Manager
is required to do under section 58 of the
Government Business Enterprises Act 1995.
31. Vicarious liability
(1) In this section -
employee includes a contractor, whether
independent or otherwise.
(2) If an offence against this Act is committed by an
agent or employee, the principal or employer is
also guilty of an offence and liable to the same
penalty as is provided for the first-mentioned
offence unless it is proved that the principal or
employer could not by the exercise of reasonable
diligence have prevented the agent or employee
from committing the offence.
32. Transfer of assets, &c.
(1) The Treasurer may, by notice of transfer
published in the Gazette, transfer any assets,
rights or liabilities of the Forestry corporation to
another person or body.
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(2) Section 10A(1), (3) and (4) and Schedule 1A of
the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995
apply to the transfer referred to in subsection (1)
as if references to the transferor were references
to the Forestry corporation and references to the
transferee were references to the person or body
referred to in subsection (1).
33. Recognition of service with Forestry corporation
(1) In this section -
continuous employment has the same
meaning as in the Long Service Leave
Act 1976 or the Long Service Leave
(State Employees) Act 1994, as the case
may be.
(2) If a person who is employed by the Forestry
corporation resigns after the commencement of
this Act and is appointed under the State Service
Act 2000 to a position in the responsible
Department in relation to the National Parks and
Reserves Management Act 2002, that person's
period of service with the Forestry corporation is
taken to be continuous employment with the
State Service -
(a) for the purposes of calculating the long
service leave which that person will be
entitled to, or eligible for, under the Long
Service Leave (State Employees) Act
1994; and
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(b) for the purposes of calculating any
redundancy payment if the employee is
made redundant from the State Service.
(3) If the Long Service Leave Act 1976 applies to a
person referred to in subsection (2), that person
may elect in writing, on the day on which that
person gives notice of his or her resignation, to
not be paid in accordance with section 12(4) of
that Act.
(4) If the Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act
1994 applies to a person referred to in
subsection (2), that person may elect in writing,
on the day on which that person gives notice of
his or her resignation, to not be paid the
allowance specified in section 20(2) of that Act.
(5) On appointment under the State Service Act
2000, a person referred to in subsection (2) is
entitled, subject to subsection (11), to the
amount of long service leave that the person
would have been entitled to, or been eligible for,
on that person's date of resignation if -
(a) the person had not resigned from the
Forestry corporation; and
(b) the person has not received any payment
in respect of that long service leave.
(6) For the purposes of calculating the long service
leave entitlement under the Long Service Leave
(State Employees) Act 1994 of a person referred
to in subsection (2), the amount of long service
leave to which that person is entitled is to be no
more than the combined amount of -
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(a) the long service leave under
subsection (5); and
(b) the amount of long service leave to
which that person is entitled under the
Long Service Leave (State Employees)
Act 1994 on and from the date on which
that person is appointed under the State
Service Act 2000 but excluding that
person's period of service with the
Forestry corporation.
(7) On appointment under the State Service Act
2000, a person referred to in subsection (2), who
is not entitled to long service leave in accordance
with section 8(2)(a)(i) of the Long Service Leave
Act 1976, is entitled to long service leave if the
combined period of continuous employment
with the Forestry corporation and continuous
employment in the State Service is 10 years.
(8) For the purposes of calculating the long service
leave entitlement of a person referred to in
subsection (7), the amount of long service leave
to which that person is entitled is to be no more
than the combined amount of -
(a) 0.866 weeks of long service leave for
each year of continuous employment
with the Forestry corporation; and
(b) 6.5 days of long service leave for each
year of continuous employment in the
State Service.
(9) On appointment under the State Service Act
2000, a person referred to in subsection (2), who
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is not entitled to long service leave in accordance
with section 8(2)(a)(ii) of the Long Service
Leave Act 1976, is entitled to long service leave
for the period of that person's continuous
employment with the Forestry corporation.
(10) Subject to subsection (11), for the purposes of
calculating the long service leave entitlement of
a person referred to in subsection (9), the amount
of long service leave to which that person is
entitled is to be no more than the amount of
0.866 weeks of long service leave for each year
of continuous employment with the Forestry
corporation.
(11) If a person referred to in subsection (2) has taken
or exhausted the long service leave to which that
person is entitled as a result of his or her
employment with the Forestry corporation, the
amount of long service leave taken or exhausted
by that person is to be deducted from any
amount of long service leave to which the person
is, or becomes, entitled, or for which that person
is, or becomes, eligible, on or after that person's
appointment under the State Service Act 2000.
(12) Subsections (2), (5), (7) and (9) do not apply if
the period from the date of the person's
resignation from the Forestry corporation to the
date of commencement of the person's
appointment under the State Service Act 2000
exceeds 3 months.
(13) Subsection (5) does not apply to a person
referred to in subsection (2) if that person has
received payment in respect of his or her full
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entitlement to long service leave accrued in
respect of his or her employment with the
Forestry corporation.
34. Superannuation entitlements not affected
(1) Nothing in this Act affects the superannuation
entitlements of a person referred to in
section 33(2) that were in existence immediately
before the date on which that person resigned
from his or her employment with the Forestry
corporation.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the period from
the date of the person's resignation from the
Forestry corporation to the date of
commencement of the person's appointment
under the State Service Act 2000 exceeds 3
months.
35. Regulations
(1) The Governor may make regulations for the
purposes of this Act.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1),
the regulations may prescribe the day on which
sections 33 and 34 cease to have effect.
(3) The regulations may -
(a) be of general or limited application; and
(b) apply differently according to specified
matters, limitations or restrictions,
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whether as to time, location,
circumstance or otherwise; and
(c) authorise any matter to be determined,
applied or regulated by the Forest
Manager or by a person or class of
persons authorised by the Forest
Manager.
(4) The regulations may -
(a) provide that a contravention of, or a
failure to comply with, any of the
regulations is an offence; and
(b) in respect of such an offence, provide for
the imposition of a fine not exceeding 20
penalty units and, in the case of a
continuing offence, a further fine not
exceeding 2 penalty units for each day
during which the offence continues.
36. Administration of Act
Until provision is made in relation to this Act by
order under section 4 of the Administrative
Arrangements Act 1990 -
(a) the administration of this Act is assigned
to the Minister for Energy and
Resources; and
(b) the department responsible to that
Minister in relation to the administration
of this Act is the Department of
Infrastructure, Energy and Resources.
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37. Savings and transitional provisions relating to
continuation of Forestry corporation
Schedule 1 has effect.
38. Savings and transitional provisions relating to State
forest becoming permanent timber production zone
land
Schedule 2 has effect.
39. Certain forest reserves declared to be reserved land
under Nature Conservation Act 2002
Schedule 3 has effect.
40. Legislation repealed
The legislation specified in Schedule 4 is
repealed.
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SCHEDULE 1 - SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL
PROVISIONS RELATING TO CONTINUATION OF
FORESTRY CORPORATION
Section 37
1. Interpretation
In this Schedule -
commencement day means the day on which
this Act commences.
2. Transfer of property
For the avoidance of doubt, any estate or interest
in land or other property and all rights,
obligations and liabilities of the Forestry
corporation that are subsisting immediately
before the commencement day are, on that day,
taken to vest in the Forestry corporation
continued under this Act.
3. Acts, &c., done by or to Forestry corporation
For the avoidance of doubt, all acts, matters and
things done or omitted to be done by, or done or
suffered in relation to, the Forestry corporation
before the commencement day have, on and after
that day, the same force and effect as if they had
been done or omitted to be done by, or done or
suffered in relation to, the Forestry corporation
continued under this Act.
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4. Continuation of proceedings
For the avoidance of doubt, all legal or other
proceedings that might, before the
commencement day, have been continued or
instituted by or against the Forestry corporation
may, on and after that day, be continued or
instituted by or against the Forestry corporation
continued under this Act.
5. Contracts, agreements, &c.
(1) For the avoidance of doubt, any contract,
agreement, arrangement or undertaking entered
into by the Forestry corporation in relation to
land other than land referred to in Schedule 3 is,
if not executed, discharged or otherwise
terminated by the commencement day, taken to
be a contract, agreement, arrangement or
undertaking entered into with the Forestry
corporation continued under this Act.
(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to any contract,
agreement, arrangement or undertaking referred
to in clause 4 of Schedule 3.
6. Leases, licence, &c.
(1) For the avoidance of doubt, any lease, licence,
permit, easement or other authority granted by
the Forestry corporation is, if not surrendered,
released, discharged or otherwise terminated by
the commencement day, taken to be a lease,
licence, permit, easement or other authority
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granted by the Forestry corporation continued
under this Act.
(2) Subclause (1) does not apply to any lease,
licence, permit, easement or other authority
referred to in clause 3 of Schedule 3.
7. Chief executive officer
The person holding office as chief executive
officer under the repealed Act immediately
before the commencement day continues to hold
that office on and after that day on the same
terms and conditions applicable to that office
immediately before the commencement day.
8. Forestry rights
For the avoidance of doubt, any forestry right,
within the meaning of section 22A of the
repealed Act, in existence under that Act
immediately before the commencement day
continues in existence on and from that day.
9. Employees
A person employed by the Forestry corporation
immediately before the commencement day
continues to be employed on and after that day
by the Forestry corporation continued under this
Act, on the same terms and conditions applicable
to the position held by that person immediately
before the commencement day.
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10. Timber classification officers
A person holding office as a timber classification
officer immediately before the commencement
day is taken to have been appointed as a timber
classification officer under this Act on the same
terms applicable to that office immediately
before the commencement day.
11. Joint ventures
(1) An arrangement entered into under section 24 of
the repealed Act and in force immediately before
the commencement day continues in force on
and after that day, as if it had been made by the
Forestry corporation continued under this Act,
on the same terms and conditions that related to
that arrangement immediately before the
commencement day.
(2) Notwithstanding subclause (1), an arrangement
referred to in that subclause may not be extended
for any period after the term specified in the
agreement relating to the arrangement except
with the written approval of the Minister and the
Treasurer.
12. Sign
Any signs erected under section 25 of the
repealed Act are taken to have been erected
under section 21 of this Act.
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13. Closed forest roads
Any forest road closed under section 26 of the
repealed Act is taken to have been closed under
section 23 of this Act.
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SCHEDULE 2 - SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL
PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATE FOREST
BECOMING PERMANENT TIMBER PRODUCTION
ZONE LAND
Section 38
1. Certain State forest becomes permanent timber
production zone land
(1) Except as provided in subclause (2), land that
was State forest under the repealed Act
immediately before the commencement of this
Act, but was not dedicated as a forest reserve
under the repealed Act, becomes permanent
timber production zone land under this Act.
(2) Land that was State forest under the repealed Act
immediately before the commencement of this
Act and was dedicated as a forest reserve, under
the repealed Act, specified in column 1, and
indicated by heavy black lines in the relevant
CPR Plan listed in column 2, comprising the
area specified in column 3, of the table set out at
the end of this Schedule, becomes permanent
timber production zone land.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha)
Brookerana Forest Reserve (part) 9642 30
Dalgarth Forest Reserve 2274 17
Griffin Forest Reserve 3933 17
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha)
Hollybank Forest Reserve 2272 135
Hopetoun Forest Reserve 2296 20
Jean Brook Forest Reserve 2278 12
Lawrence Rivulet Forest Reserve 4369 14
Oldina Forest Reserve 2273 11
Springfield Forest Reserve 3935 34
Tahune Forest Reserve 2270 103
Upper Natone Forest Reserve 2275 3
Wes Beckett Forest Reserve 2289 29
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SCHEDULE 3 - CERTAIN FOREST RESERVES
DECLARED TO BE RESERVED LAND UNDER
NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2002
Section 39
1. Interpretation
In column 4 of the table set out at the end of this
Schedule -
CA means a conservation area within the
meaning of the Nature Conservation Act
2002;
RR means a regional reserve within the
meaning of the Nature Conservation Act
2002.
2. Certain forest reserves declared to be reserved land
under Nature Conservation Act 2002
(1) Land that was State forest under the repealed Act
immediately before the commencement of this
Act and was dedicated as a forest reserve, under
the repealed Act, specified in column 1 in the
table set out at the end of this Schedule, and
indicated by heavy black lines in the relevant
CPR Plan listed in column 2 of that table,
comprising the area specified in column 3 of that
table -
(a) ceases to be dedicated as a forest reserve;
and
(b) ceases to be dedicated as State forest; and
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(c) is declared to be reserved land in the
class of regional reserve or conservation
area, within the meaning of the Nature
Conservation Act 2002, as specified in
column 4 of that table and is taken to
have been so declared under section 11
of the Nature Conservation Act 2002.
(2) Land declared as reserved land under
subclause (1)(c) is given the name listed in
column 5 of the table set out at the end of this
Schedule and is taken to have been so named
under section 19 of the Nature Conservation Act
2002.
3. Continuation of leases and licences, &c., in relation
to land referred to in this Schedule
(1) Any lease, licence, permit, easement or other
authority in existence and entered into before the
commencement of this Act in relation to land
specified in column 1 of the table set out at the
end of this Schedule, and identified by the CPR
Plan listed in column 2 of that table, remains in
force until it expires or is surrendered, released,
discharged or terminated.
(2) Any lease, licence, permit, easement or other
authority referred to in subclause (1) is to be
administered by the responsible Department in
relation to the National Parks and Reserves
Management Act 2002.
(3) Any lease, licence or temporary licence granted
by the Crown Lands Act 1976, and in existence
immediately before the commencement of this
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Act, continues to have effect as if this Act had
not been enacted.
(4) Any contract for the sale of Crown land entered
into by the Minister under the Crown Lands Act
1976 and not discharged or otherwise terminated
before the commencement of this Act continues
to have effect as if this Act had not been enacted.
4. Continuation of contracts, agreements, &c.
(1) Any contract, agreement, arrangement or
undertaking entered into by the Forestry
corporation, and in existence immediately before
the commencement of this Act, in relation to
land specified in column 1 of the table set out at
the end of this Schedule, and identified in the
CPR Plan listed in column 2 of that table,
remains in force until it expires or is
surrendered, released, discharged or terminated.
(2) Any contract, agreement, arrangement or
undertaking referred to in subclause (1) is taken
to have been entered into with the Crown.
5. Continuation of management plans
A management plan under the National Parks
and Reserves Management Act 2002 in existence
immediately before the commencement of this
Act in relation to any land referred to in clause 2
continues as if it were a management plan for a
class of reserve under the Nature Conservation
Act 2002.
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6. Mineral Resources Development Act 1995 applies
The Mineral Resources Development Act 1995
does not apply to the surface, or within 15
metres below the surface, of any land identified
with the word "No" in column 6 of the table set
out at the end of this Schedule.
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Alma Tier Forest Reserve 5096 287 CA Alma Tier No
Conservation
Area
Andersons Creek Forest 4391 317 RR Andersons Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Apslawn Forest Reserve 4432 2,866 RR Apslawn Regional
Reserve
Arm River Forest Reserve 2302 127 RR Arm River
Regional Reserve
Arthur River Forest 4376, 6870 3,678 RR Arthur River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Arve Loop Forest Reserve 4363 944 CA Arve Loop
Conservation
Area
Avenue River Forest 4433 4,306 RR Avenue River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Badger River Forest 2906 316 RR Badger River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Balfour Track Forest 4055 322 RR Balfour Track
Reserve Regional Reserve
Bells Marsh Forest Reserve 4434 441 RR Bells Marsh
Regional Reserve
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Big Sassy Creek Forest 2916 189 CA Big Sassy Creek
Reserve Conservation
Area
Big Tree Forest Reserve 7198 112 CA Big Tree
Conservation
Area
Black Creek Forest 2893 311 RR Black Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Black Jack Hill Forest 2879 662 RR Black Jack Hill
Reserve Regional Reserve
Blue Tier Forest Reserve 4435, 6872 5,305 RR Blue Tier
Regional Reserve
Boco Creek Forest Reserve 4377 923 RR Boco Creek
Regional Reserve
Bond Tier Forest Reserve 2877 1,814 RR Bond Tier
Regional Reserve
Bonneys Tier Forest 2932 363 RR Bonneys Tier
Reserve Regional Reserve
Borradaile Forest Reserve 2924 255 RR Borradaile
Regional Reserve
Boyd Forest Reserve 2298 10 CA Boyd
Conservation
Area
Break O'Day Forest 4436 331 RR Break O'Day
Reserve Regional Reserve
Bridgenorth Forest Reserve 4392 41 CA Bridgenorth
Conservation
Area
Brookerana Forest Reserve 9643 28 CA Brookerana No
(part) Conservation
Area
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Brown Mountain Forest 2919 654 CA Brown Mountain
Reserve Conservation
Area
Brushy Rivulet Forest 2909 593 CA Brushy Rivulet
Reserve Conservation
Area
Burns Peak Forest Reserve 4378 952 RR Burns Peak
Regional Reserve
Buxton River Forest 4438 3,616 CA Buxton River
Reserve Conservation
Area
Caroline Creek Forest 2894 212 RR Caroline Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Christmas Hills Forest 2937 344 CA Christmas Hills
Reserve Conservation
Area
Coppermine Creek Forest 2931 685 RR Coppermine
Reserve Creek Regional
Reserve
Crayfish Creek Forest 4399 313 RR Crayfish Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Cygnet River Forest 4663 4,311 RR Cygnet River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Deep Gully Forest Reserve 4379, 6874 3,397 RR Deep Gully
Regional Reserve
Den Hill Forest Reserve 2925 947 CA Den Hill
Conservation
Area
Den Ranges Forest Reserve 4407 404 RR Den Ranges
Regional Reserve
Denison Ridge Forest 2929 148 CA Denison Ridge
Reserve Conservation
Area
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Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6
Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Derby Forest Reserve 4408 200 RR Derby Regional
Reserve
Dial Range Forest Reserve 4380 2,522 RR Dial Range
Regional Reserve
Dickies Ridge Forest 4437 621 RR Dickies Ridge
Reserve Regional Reserve
Dip Falls Forest Reserve 1350 34 RR Dip Falls No
Regional Reserve
Dip River Forest Reserve 2933 2,746 RR Dip River
Regional Reserve
Dismal Range Forest 4409 199 CA Dismal Range
Reserve Conservation
Area
Dismal Swamp Forest 5095 310 RR Dismal Swamp No
Reserve Regional Reserve
Doctors Peak Forest 2881 3,038 RR Doctors Peak
Reserve Regional Reserve
Dogs Head Hill Forest 4393 1,508 RR Dogs Head Hill
Reserve Regional Reserve
Dove River Forest Reserve 4394 2,415 RR Dove River
Regional Reserve
Drys Bluff Forest Reserve 2291 691 CA Drys Bluff No
Conservation
Area
Duck River Forest Reserve 2895 464 RR Duck River
Regional Reserve
Eastern Tiers Forest 4439, 6876 4,917 CA Eastern Tiers
Reserve Conservation
Area
Emu Ground Forest 3574 919 RR Emu Ground
Reserve Regional Reserve
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Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Emu River Forest Reserve 4381 584 RR Emu River
Regional Reserve
Esperance River Forest 2305 149 CA Esperance River
Reserve Conservation
Area
Evercreech Forest Reserve 2276 52 RR Evercreech
Regional Reserve
Fisher Tier Forest Reserve 4410 269 CA Fisher Tier
Conservation
Area
Fletchers Hill West Forest 2951 57 CA Fletchers Hill
Reserve West
Conservation
Area
Flowerdale River Forest 4382 292 RR Flowerdale River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Fords Pinnacle Forest 2952 95 RR Fords Pinnacle
Reserve Regional Reserve
Franklin Rivulet Forest 2954 321 CA Franklin Rivulet
Reserve Conservation
Area
Frome Forest Reserve 4411 930 RR Frome Regional
Reserve
German Town Forest 4440 935 RR German Town
Reserve Regional Reserve
Hardings Falls Forest 4441, 6878 1,938 RR Hardings Falls
Reserve Regional Reserve
Hatfield River Forest 4383, 6879 1,518 RR Hatfield River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Henty Forest Reserve 2907 105 RR Henty Regional
Reserve
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Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Huntsmans Cap Forest 4442 216 RR Huntsmans Cap
Reserve Regional Reserve
Huskisson River Forest 4384 690 RR Huskisson River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Jackeys Creek Forest 2940 213 CA Jackeys Creek
Reserve Conservation
Area
John Lynch Forest Reserve 4386, 6880 7,231 RR John Lynch
Regional Reserve
Joy Creek Forest Reserve 4412 233 RR Joy Creek
Regional Reserve
Julius River Forest Reserve 2281 84 RR Julius River
Regional Reserve
Kenmere Creek Forest 2945 232 CA Kenmere Creek
Reserve Conservation
Area
Kohls Falls Forest Reserve 4413 145 RR Kohls Falls
Regional Reserve
Lady Binney Forest 4367 379 RR Lady Binney
Reserve Regional Reserve
Lady Nelson Forest 4414 156 RR Lady Nelson
Reserve Regional Reserve
Lake Binney Forest 4368 461 CA Lake Binney
Reserve Conservation
Area
Lake Chisholm Forest 2629 175 RR Lake Chisholm
Reserve Regional Reserve
Lake Pieman Forest 5094 1,008 RR Lake Pieman No
Reserve Regional Reserve
Lanes Tier Forest Reserve 2948 221 CA Lanes Tier
Conservation
Area
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Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Laurel Creek Forest 4385 1,115 RR Laurel Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Lefroy Forest Reserve 4415 3,584 RR Lefroy Regional
Reserve
Liffey Forest Reserve 2133 1,056 CA Liffey No
Conservation
Area
Lizard Hill Forest Reserve 2934 94 RR Lizard Hill
Regional Reserve
Lobster Rivulet Forest 2897 130 RR Lobster Rivulet
Reserve Regional Reserve
Long Hill Forest Reserve 4395 558 CA Long Hill
Conservation
Area
Long Ridge Forest Reserve 2899 169 RR Long Ridge
Regional Reserve
Lost Falls Forest Reserve 2286 486 CA Lost Falls No
Conservation
Area
Lovells Creek Forest 2876 553 RR Lovells Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Lower Marsh Creek Forest 6688 1,091 RR Lower Marsh
Reserve Creek Regional
Reserve
Luncheon Hill Forest 4400 1,031 RR Luncheon Hill
Reserve Regional Reserve
Lutregala Creek Forest 2957 109 RR Lutregala Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mackintosh Forest Reserve 4388 1,029 RR Mackintosh
Regional Reserve
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Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
MacLaines Creek Forest 5123 429 CA MacLaines Creek No
Reserve Conservation
Area
Maggs Mountain Forest 3579 1,112 RR Maggs Mountain
Reserve Regional Reserve
Martins Hill Forest 3707 1,186 RR Martins Hill
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mathinna Falls Forest 2292, 2902 447 RR Mathinna Falls No
Reserve Regional Reserve
Meander Forest Reserve 2132 1,664 CA Meander No
Conservation
Area
Meetus Falls Forest 2290 191 CA Meetus Falls No
Reserve Conservation
Area
Mersey River Forest 4396 633 CA Mersey River
Reserve Conservation
Area
Mersey White Water 2284 241 RR Mersey White
Forest Reserve Water Regional
Reserve
Midday Hill Forest 4416 310 CA Midday Hill
Reserve Conservation
Area
Milkshake Hills Forest 2271 279 RR Milkshake Hills
Reserve Regional Reserve
Millers Bluff Forest 2941 670 CA Millers Bluff
Reserve Conservation
Area
Montagu River Forest 4401 1,014 RR Montagu River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Montagu Swamp Forest 4402 1,582 RR Montagu Swamp
Reserve Regional Reserve
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Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Mount Arthur Forest 4418 881 RR Mount Arthur
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mount Bruny Forest 4364 1,353 CA Mount Bruny
Reserve Conservation
Area
Mount Careless Forest 4397 689 RR Mount Careless
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mount Dromedary Forest 4370 859 CA Mount
Reserve Dromedary
Conservation
Area
Mount Horror Forest 6690 1,116 RR Mount Horror
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mount Kershaw Forest 4387 259 RR Mount Kershaw
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mount Mangana Forest 2927 855 CA Mount Mangana
Reserve Conservation
Area
Mount Maurice Forest 4423, 6881 6,744 RR Mount Maurice
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mount Midway Forest 2930 463 CA Mount Midway
Reserve Conservation
Area
Mount Morrison Forest 4371 747 CA Mount Morrison
Reserve Conservation
Area
Mount Ponsonby Forest 2921 462 CA Mount Ponsonby
Reserve Conservation
Area
Mount Puzzler Forest 4057 404 RR Mount Puzzler
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mount Stronach Forest 4417 1,026 RR Mount Stronach
Reserve Regional Reserve
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Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Mount Thunderbolt Forest 2922 317 CA Mount
Reserve Thunderbolt
Conservation
Area
Mount Victoria Forest 4424 8,269 RR Mount Victoria
Reserve Regional Reserve
Mount Wedge Forest 4056 11 CA Mount Wedge
Reserve Conservation
Area
Nicholas Range Forest 4444 809 RR Nicholas Range
Reserve Regional Reserve
North Esk Forest Reserve 4420 621 RR North Esk
Regional Reserve
North Scottsdale Forest 6689 4,087 RR North Scottsdale
Reserve Regional Reserve
North Styx Forest Reserve 6883 4,224 CA North Styx
Conservation
Area
Nunamara Forest Reserve 4422 287 RR Nunamara
Regional Reserve
Old Park Forest Reserve 4389 1,587 RR Old Park Regional
Reserve
Ouse River Forest Reserve 2926 363 CA Ouse River
Conservation
Area
Oxberry Plains Forest 4426 324 RR Oxberry Plains
Reserve Regional Reserve
Paradise Plains Forest 4425 439 RR Paradise Plains
Reserve Regional Reserve
Parangana Sugarloaf Forest 2911 279 RR Parangana
Reserve Sugarloaf
Regional Reserve
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reserve applies
class
Peaked Hill Forest Reserve 2912 234 RR Peaked Hill
Regional Reserve
Pepper Hill Forest Reserve 4445 432 RR Pepper Hill
Regional Reserve
Pipers River Forest 2903 195 RR Pipers River
Reserve Regional Reserve
Plains Creek Forest 4403 861 CA Plains Creek
Reserve Conservation
Area
Porcupine Hill Forest 2953 207 RR Porcupine Hill
Reserve Regional Reserve
Promised Land Forest 2892 124 RR Promised Land
Reserve Regional Reserve
Prossers Forest Reserve 2884 1,122 RR Prossers Regional
Reserve
Pruana Forest Reserve 2935 3,032 RR Pruana Regional
Reserve
Quamby Bluff Forest 2611 945 CA Quamby Bluff
Reserve Conservation
Area
Rayners Hill Forest 4427 331 RR Rayners Hill
Reserve Regional Reserve
Rebecca Creek Forest 2949 345 CA Rebecca Creek
Reserve Conservation
Area
Reedy Marsh Forest 4398 3,870 CA Reedy Marsh
Reserve Conservation
Area
Remarkable Rock Forest 2947 391 CA Remarkable Rock
Reserve Conservation
Area
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Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Rimons Hill Forest 4365 391 CA Rimons Hill
Reserve Conservation
Area
Ringarooma River Forest 4428 291 RR Ringarooma River
Reserve Regional Reserve
River Hill Forest Reserve 4429 343 CA River Hill
Conservation
Area
Roaring Magg Hill Forest 2914 115 RR Roaring Magg
Reserve Hill Regional
Reserve
Royal George Forest 4446 768 RR Royal George
Reserve Regional Reserve
Sand River Forest Reserve 5097 79 CA Sand River No
Conservation
Area
Sandspit River Forest 2310 232 CA Sandspit River No
Reserve Conservation
Area
Savage River Pipeline 6886 31,025 RR Savage River
Forest Reserve Pipeline Regional
Reserve
Sawmill Creek Forest 4390 873 RR Sawmill Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Sawpit Ridge Forest 2943 1,694 RR Sawpit Ridge
Reserve Regional Reserve
Scamander Forest Reserve 3934 209 RR Scamander
Regional Reserve
Shakespeare Hills Forest 4404 2,157 RR Shakespeare Hills
Reserve Regional Reserve
Shingle Hill Forest Reserve 5098 70 CA Shingle Hill No
Conservation
Area
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Forest reserve name CPR Plan Area (ha) NCA Reserve name MRDA
reserve applies
class
Snaky Creek Forest 6882 1,272 CA Snaky Creek
Reserve Conservation
Area
Snow Hill Forest Reserve 2944 1,324 RR Snow Hill
Regional Reserve
Snowy River Forest 2904 90 RR Snowy River
Reserve Regional Reserve
South Esk Forest Reserve 4430, 6887 1,334 RR South Esk
Regional Reserve
South Weld Forest Reserve 2287 47 RR South Weld
Regional Reserve
Spinning Gum Forest 2923 3 CA Spinning Gum
Reserve Conservation
Area
Staverton Forest Reserve 2891 109 RR Staverton
Regional Reserve
Stringybark Forest Reserve 4056 33 CA Stringybark
Conservation
Area
Styx Tall Trees Forest 6888 337 CA Styx Tall Trees
Reserve Conservation
Area
Sumac Forest Reserve 2890 9,860 RR Sumac Regional
Reserve
Swan River Forest Reserve 4662 3,155 RR Swan River
Regional Reserve
Tanina Bluff Forest 4372 246 CA Tanina Bluff
Reserve Conservation
Area
Tarraleah Forest Reserve 4373 620 CA Tarraleah
Conservation
Area
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reserve applies
class
Teds Flat Forest Reserve 4447 249 RR Teds Flat
Regional Reserve
Teepookana Forest Reserve 2309 615 RR Teepookana
Regional Reserve
Tippogoree Hills Forest 3104 903 CA Tippogoree Hills
Reserve Conservation
Area
Tombstone Creek Forest 4431 486 RR Tombstone Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Tooms Lake Forest 4448, 6889 3,601 CA Tooms Lake
Reserve Conservation
Area
Trowutta Forest Reserve 4405, 6890 2,859 RR Trowutta
Regional Reserve
Tungatinah Forest Reserve 4374 176 CA Tungatinah
Conservation
Area
Virginstow Forest Reserve 2915 453 CA Virginstow
Conservation
Area
Waratah Creek Forest 6873 520 RR Waratah Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Warra Creek Forest 2878 572 RR Warra Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
Warrawee Forest Reserve 2939, 9639 227 CA Warrawee No
Conservation
Area
Wayatinah Forest Reserve 4375 495 CA Wayatinah
Conservation
Area
Weavers Creek Forest 2885 776 RR Weavers Creek
Reserve Regional Reserve
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reserve applies
class
Welcome Swamp Forest 4406 163 RR Welcome Swamp
Reserve Regional Reserve
Wentworth Creek Forest 3635 250 CA Wentworth Creek
Reserve Conservation
Area
Wielangta Forest Reserve 6891 846 CA Wielangta No
Conservation
Area
Wild Bee Forest Reserve 4366 529 CA Wild Bee
Conservation
Area
Winterbrook Falls Forest 2955 555 RR Winterbrook Falls
Reserve Regional Reserve
Yellow Bluff Creek Forest 2918 479 CA Yellow Bluff
Reserve Creek
Conservation
Area
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SCHEDULE 4 - LEGISLATION REPEALED
Section 40
Notice under section 20B of the Forestry Act 1920 (No. 48 of
1920)
Notice under section 20B of the Forestry Act 1920 (No. 49 of
1920)
Forestry Act 1920 (No. 60 of 1920)
Notice under section 20B of the Forestry Act 1920 (No. 203 of
1920)
Forestry Amendment (Miscellaneous) Act 1999 (No. 30 of
1999)
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