Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014

After section 11 of the Principal Act, the following sections are inserted in Part 4:

Exchange of land On advice from the Minister administering the Crown Lands Act 1976 under section 6(7) of the Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014, the Minister, by order published in the Gazette (a land exchange order), must – declare Crown land specified in that order to be permanent timber production zone land for the purposes of this Act; and declare that any other area of land specified in the order ceases to be, or form part of, permanent timber production zone land. A land exchange order is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953. The Minister must cause a land exchange order and the advice referred to in subsection (1) and the information obtained under section 6(2) and (4) of the Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014 to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 5 sitting-days after the land exchange order is made. A proposed land exchange 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 land exchange 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 15 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that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it, or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or if any notice of a motion to disallow it is given during that period of 15 sitting-days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived. If the proposed land exchange order is accepted by both Houses of Parliament – land specified in the order to be permanent timber production zone becomes permanent timber production zone land and ceases to be future potential production forest land; and land specified in the order to cease to be, or form part of, permanent timber production zone land, ceases to be permanent timber production zone land and becomes – Crown land for the purposes of the Crown Lands Act 1976; and future potential production forest land. Conversion of future potential production forest land to permanent timber production zone land On receipt of advice from the Minister administering the Crown Lands Act 1976 under section 7(7) of the Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014, the Minister, by order published in the Gazette (a land conversion order), must declare Crown land specified in that order to be permanent timber production zone land for the purposes of this Act. A land conversion order is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the Rules Publication Act 1953. The Minister must cause a land conversion order and the advice referred to in subsection (1) together with the information obtained under section 7(2) and (4) of the Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014 to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 5 sitting-days after the land conversion order is made. A proposed land conversion 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 land conversion 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 15 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 15 sitting-days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived. If the proposed land conversion order is accepted by both Houses of Parliament, land specified in the order to be permanent timber production zone land becomes permanent timber production zone land and ceases to be future potential production forest land.

The amendments effected by this Part have been incorporated into the authorised version of the Forest Management Act 2013.