Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The purpose of this part is to assist the dedication of areas within State forests, timber reserves, Land Act reserves or unallocated State land as protected areas.
(2) The purpose is achieved primarily by providing for forest reserve dedications as an interim measure to assist the dedication of the areas as protected areas.
(3) It is Parliament's intention that, subject to any revocation under this part, each area of land dedicated as a forest reserve will become a protected area as soon as practicable after its dedication.