Forest Practices Act 1985

Where – the Authority grants an application made under section 5 and no appeal is lodged in accordance with section 9 in respect of the granting of that application; or the Authority grants an application made under section 5, and an appeal is lodged in accordance with section 9 in respect of the granting of that application and the Tribunal dismisses the appeal; or the Authority refuses to grant an application made under section 5, and an appeal is lodged in accordance with section 9 in respect of that refusal, and the Tribunal, under the Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020, quashes the decision of the Authority and directs the Authority to grant the application – the Authority may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare the land to which the application relates as a private timber reserve.

The Authority is to cause a copy of a notice under subsection (1) to be sent to the local authority exercising jurisdiction over the land to which the notice relates and any local authority exercising jurisdiction over any land adjacent to that land.

A notice under subsection (1) is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953.