Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Subject to
section 13A(3) and 13B(9) and without limiting section 86, 96,
or 128(1)(h), nothing in this Act shall derogate from the operation of
the Mining Act 1978 , the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Resources
Act 1967 , the Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982 , any other Act
relating to minerals or petroleum, or any Government agreement within the
meaning of the Government Agreements Act 1979 .
(2) The reservation of
land as a State forest or a timber reserve shall not, except as provided in
this Act, affect any permit, lease, or licence from the Crown current and in
force at the time of such reservation.
(3) Notwithstanding
subsection (2), all pastoral leases of land situated within the
boundaries of a State forest shall, at the expiration of 6 months from
the reservation, and by force of this section, be surrendered to the Crown;
but every lessee shall during such period of 6 months have the option to
acquire a forest lease of the land demised by the surrendered lease for the
remainder of the term thereof, at the rent thereby reserved.
(4) Nothing in this
Act shall affect any right conferred by the Land Administration Act 1997
on pastoral lessees to such timber as may be required for domestic purposes,
for the construction of buildings, fences, stockyards, or other improvements
on the land occupied under the lease.
[Section 4 amended by No. 66 of 1992
s. 4; No. 5 of 1997 s. 5; No. 31 of 1997 s. 141;
No. 35 of 2007 s. 92(3).]