Forest Management Act 2013

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.

Subsection (1) does not apply to permanent timber production zone land that is the subject of advice from the Minister administering the Crown Lands Act 1976 under section 6(7) of the Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014.

A permanent timber production zone land revocation order is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953.

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 – to meet the annual supply of veneer and sawlog; and to supply logs to the holder of a forestry compensation certificate in accordance with Part 5A.

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.

A proposed permanent timber production zone land revocation order is of no effect unless it has been accepted by both Houses of Parliament.

A House of Parliament is taken to have accepted a proposed permanent timber production zone land revocation order if the order has been laid on the table of that House and – it is accepted by that House; or 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that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it, or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or if any notice of a motion to disallow it is given during that period of 5 sitting-days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived.

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.

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.

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.