Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Forests Act 1958 - SECT 58

Proclamation of protected forests

58. Proclamation of protected forests



(1) The Minister may at any time proclaim any unoccupied Crown land to be a
protected forest and may at any time alter or revoke any such proclamation.

(2) Such proclamation or alteration or revocation shall have no force or
effect until published in the Government Gazette.

(3) All forest produce in a protected forest shall, subject to any leases or
licences of any land therein granted under any Act relating to Crown lands, be
under the control and management of the Secretary. In every other respect
except as otherwise provided all Crown land within a protected forest shall be
subject to the control of the Minister in accordance with the Land Act 1958.

			(4)    (a)	Any specified area of a protected forest may by Order of the Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister be placed under the administration control and management of the Secretary for a specified period.




   (b)  During such period the Secretary shall have the control and management
        of and be responsible for the forest produce in such specified area.



   (c)  In every other respect except as otherwise provided all Crown land
        within such area shall be subject to the control of the Minister
        administering the Land Act 1958.

   (d)  The Governor in Council on the recommendation of the Minister may at
        any time revoke either wholly or partly any Order made under this
        subsection.

(5) In this section and any corresponding previous enactment and in any
proclamation or declaration made under this section or any corresponding
previous enactment any reference to unoccupied Crown land shall be deemed to
include and always to have included a reference to Crown lands in respect of
which any grazing licence or an agricultural licence has or had been granted
pursuant to Division eight of Part I of the Land Act 1958 or any corresponding
previous enactment.

(6) Nothing in this section prevents an allocation order under the
Sustainable Forests (Timber) Act 2004 being made in respect of a protected
forest.