New South Wales Consolidated Acts

FORESTRY REVOCATION AND NATIONAL PARKS RESERVATION ACT 1983 - SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 4 – Ancillary provisions

(Section 6)

1 Revocation of State forests

Section 3 has effect notwithstanding the provisions of the Forestry Act 1916 .

2 Reservation of lands as national parks

(1) The lands reserved as national parks by section 5 (1) and (2) shall, for the purposes of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (other than section 35 of that Act), be deemed to have been so reserved by proclamation made under section 33 (2) of that Act.

(2) The land reserved as parts of national parks by section 5 (3) and (4) shall, for the purposes of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 , (other than section 35 of that Act), be deemed to have been so reserved by proclamation made under section 33 (3) of that Act.

(3) A reference in the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (other than in section 35 of that Act), to the publication of a proclamation under section 33 (2) or (3) of that Act shall, in relation to a reservation referred to in section 5, be deemed to be a reference to the enactment of this Act.

3 Names of national parks

A name assigned to a national park by section 5 (1) or (2) shall be deemed to have been assigned to that park by a proclamation referred to in section 36 (a) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 .

4 Existing leases under the Forestry Act 1916

Section 42 (2) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 , applies to and in respect of a lease under the Forestry Act 1916 , being a lease:

(a) affecting any of the lands described in Schedule 1 or 2, and

(b) current and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act,

5 Administration of existing leases etc

(1) In this clause, "existing interest" means a lease, licence, permit or occupancy current and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act.

(2) The administration of matters relating to existing interests, to the extent that those interests affect any of the lands described in Schedules 1 and 2, is vested in the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 .

(3) For the purposes of subclause (2), the Minister administering the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 , shall have:

(a) in respect of existing interests under the Forestry Act 1916 -the powers of the Minister administering that Act, and

(b) in respect of existing interests under the Crown Lands Consolidation Act 1913 -the powers of the Minister administering that Act.

6 Saving

A revocation effected by this Act does not affect anything done or omitted to be done before the commencement of this Act.