Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) The Governor may,
by order published in the Gazette , reserve any Crown land as a timber
reserve.
(2) The area of a
timber reserve reserved by order under subsection (1) cannot be reduced other
than in the manner provided for in subsection (3) or under section 17.
(3) The Minister,
after consultation with the Commission and the Minister for Forest Products,
may by order —
(a)
amend a timber reserve for the purpose of correcting one or more unsurveyed
boundaries of the reserve in such a manner that the area of the land, if
reduced at all, is reduced by not more than 5%; or
(b)
excise 5% or 5 hectares, whichever is the less, of the area of the timber
reserve for the purpose of public utility works or roads; or
(c)
redescribe locations or lots, or adjust the areas of locations or lots, in the
timber reserve if the external boundaries of the land remain unchanged; or
(d)
amalgamate 2 or more timber reserves.
(4) The Minister must,
not less than 30 days before acting under subsection (3) in relation to a
timber reserve, advertise the intention to so act —
(a) in a
newspaper circulating throughout the State; or
(b) on
the Department’s website.
[Section 10 inserted: No. 28 of 2015 s. 13.]