New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FORESTRY AND NATIONAL PARK ESTATE ACT 1998

- As at 17 June 2009
- Act 163 of 1998

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Notes

   PART 2 - LAND TRANSFERS TO NATIONAL PARK ESTATE AND ABORIGINAL OWNERSHIP

   5.      Revocation of dedication of certain lands as State forest and of reservation of associated flora reserves
   6.      Reservation or dedication of former State forest as national park, nature reserve or historic site
   7.      Reservation or dedication of Crown lands as national park or nature reserve
   8.      Setting apart of areas in State forest as flora reserves
   9.      Dedication as Crown reserves under Crown Lands Act 1989 of certain former State forests
   10.     Vesting in NPW Minister of certain former State forests subject to existing leases
   11.     Adjustment of description of land transferred to national park estate
   12.     Transfer of former State forest and Crown lands to ownership of Local Aboriginal Land Councils
   13.     Land transfers-ancillary and special provisions

   PART 3 - FOREST AGREEMENTS

   14.     Making of agreements
   15.     Requirement for NRC forest assessment before agreement made
   16.     Contents of agreement
   17.     Public consultation on making agreement
   18.     Amendment or termination of agreement
   19.     Public consultation on amendment or revocation of agreement
   20.     Review of agreements and related integrated forestry operations approvals
   21.     Annual Parliamentary reports and tabling of documents by Minister
   22.     Public notice and public availability of agreements, assessment documents, approvals and reports
   23.     Committees of advice-forest landscape management

   PART 4 - INTEGRATED FORESTRY OPERATIONS APPROVALS

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   24.     Forestry operations to which Part applies
   25.     Purpose of integrated forestry operations approvals

           Division 2 - Approvals generally

   26.     Granting of approvals
   27.     Approvals to be granted jointly by relevant Ministers
   28.     Forest agreement prerequisite for approval
   29.     Terms of approval
   30.     Duration of approval
   31.     Revocation, suspension or amendment of approval
   32.     Civil enforcement of certain conditions of approval

           Division 3 - Terms of relevant licences under integrated approval

   33.     Licences to which Division applies
   34.     Approval may set out terms of relevant licence
   35.     Enforcement of relevant licence

           Division 4 - Application of other legislation

   36.     Application of Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979
   37.     Application of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
   38.     Application of Local Government Act orders
   39.     Application of wilderness legislation
   40.     Application of statutory provisions relating to proceedings by third parties

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   41.     Act to bind Crown
   42.     Regulations
           43-47. (Repealed)
   48.     Savings, transitional and other provisions
   49.     Review of Act
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3
           SCHEDULE 4
           SCHEDULE 5
           SCHEDULE 6
           SCHEDULE 7
           Schedule 12 (Repealed)
           SCHEDULE 13