Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) Land ceases to be
State forest only by virtue of an Act or in the manner provided for in
subsection (3) or section 10A.
(2) The purpose, or
combination of purposes, notified in respect of a State forest under
section 60(3)(a) or 60A cannot be amended except by virtue of an Act or in the
manner provided for in section 10A.
(3) The Minister,
after consultation with the Commission and the Minister for Forest Products,
may by order —
(a)
amend a State forest for the purpose of correcting one or more unsurveyed
boundaries of the State forest in such a manner that the area of the State
forest, 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 State
forest for the purpose of public utility works or roads; or
(c)
redescribe locations or lots, or adjust the areas of locations or lots, in a
State forest if the external boundaries of the State forest remain unchanged;
or
(d)
amalgamate 2 or more State forests which have similar purposes notified under
section 60(3)(a) or 60A.
(4) The Minister must,
not less than 30 days before acting under subsection (3) or section 10A in
relation to a State forest, advertise the intention to so act —
(a) in a
newspaper circulating throughout the State; or
(b) on
the Department’s website.
(5) On the making of
an order under subsection (3)(a) or (b) excising land from a State forest, the
excised land ceases to be State forest and becomes Crown land within the
meaning of the Land Administration Act 1997 .
[Section 9 inserted: No. 28 of 2015 s. 12.]