(1) Where the Governor
considers that any land is required for the purpose of, or incidental to, a
State forest, timber reserve, national park, conservation park, nature reserve
or marine reserve, the Governor may authorise the Land Administration Minister
to —
(a) take
the land compulsorily under and subject to Part 9 of that Act;
(b)
purchase the land or acquire it by way of exchange for Crown land.
(2) Where land is
acquired under this section for the purpose of a State forest or timber
reserve, the Governor shall, by order published in the Gazette , declare the
land to be set apart as a State forest or timber reserve, as the case may be.
(3) Subject to
subsection (2), nothing in this section shall limit the operation of
section 243 of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 .
[Section 15 amended: No. 20 of 1991 s. 12; No. 5
of 1997 s. 12; No. 31 of 1997 s. 15(6); No. 28 of 2006 s. 184.]
[ 16-16B. Deleted: No. 36 of 2011 s. 10.]