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Explanatory note
This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.
(a)
to abolish the status of certain lands as flora reserve under the
Forestry Act 1916, and
(b)
to revoke the dedication of certain lands as State forest (including
parts of national forests) under the Forestry Act 1916, and
(c)
to revoke the dedication of certain lands as nature reserve under the
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.
Once the provisions of the Bill have come into force, the lands affected by
the Bill will be available for addition to national parks.
Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on a day or
days to be proclaimed.
Clause 3 abolishes the flora reserves known as Dome Mountain, Murray
Scrub, Bundagen and Bumberry and part of the flora reserve known as
Tooloom Scrub.
Clause 4 revokes the dedication, as State forest, of parts of the State forests
known as Bumberry, Beaury, Nullum, Pine Creek, Toonumbar and
Richmond Range.
Clause 5 revokes the dedication of the nature reserves known as
Cudmirrah, Pantoneys Crown, Curumbenya and Gurumbi.
Schedule 1
Notices setting apart areas of State forest
as flora reserve
This Schedule specifies the notices, setting apart areas of State forest as flora
reserve, that are to be revoked by the proposed Act.
Schedule 2
Areas currently dedicated as State forest
This Schedule specifies the areas whose dedication as State forest is revoked
by the proposed Act. The areas include areas declared to be national forest.
Schedule 3
Areas currently dedicated as nature reserve
This Schedule specifies the areas whose dedication as nature reserve is
revoked by the proposed Act.
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