Forestry Revocation and National Park Reservation Act 1996 (NSW)

Forestry Revocation and National Park Reservation Act 1996 No 131

An Act to revoke the dedication of certain lands as State forest (including national forest) and the status of certain lands as flora reserve; to reserve lands as, or as parts of, national parks and to dedicate lands as, or as parts of, nature reserves; and for other purposes.

1 Name of Act This Act is the Forestry Revocation and National Park Reservation Act 1996.

2 Commencement This Act commences on 1 January 1997.

3 Revocation of status of certain lands as flora reserve (1) The notices specified in Schedule 1, setting apart areas of State forest as flora reserves, are revoked but only to the extent to which they relate to flora reserves or parts of flora reserves situated within State forests whose dedication is revoked by this Act. (2) Any other notice under section 25A of the Forestry Act 1916 that sets apart, as flora reserve, the whole or any portion of a State forest whose dedication is revoked by this Act is, to the extent to which the notice relates to flora reserve situated within such State forest, also revoked.

4 Revocation of dedication of certain lands as State forest The dedication as State forest of the lands described in Schedule 2 is revoked.

5 Reservation of former State forest as national park (1) This section has effect subject to section 9. (2) The lands described in Part 1 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "Bellinger River National Park". (3) The lands described in Part 2 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "Chaelundi National Park". (4) The lands described in Part 3 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "Dooragan National Park". (5) The lands described in Part 4 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "Dunggir National Park". (6) The lands described in Part 5 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "Fortis Creek National Park". (7) The lands described in Part 6 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "Mount Royal National Park". (8) The lands described in Part 7 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "Nymboi-Binderay National Park". (9) The lands described in Part 8 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "Richmond Range National Park". (10) The lands described in Part 9 of Schedule 2 are reserved as a national park to be known as "South East Forest National Park". (11) The lands described in Part 10 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Barrington Tops National Park. (12) The lands described in Part 11 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Ben Boyd National Park. (13) The lands described in Part 12 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Biamanga National Park. (14) The lands described in Part 13 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Budawang National Park. (15) The lands described in Part 14 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Gibraltar Range National Park. (16) The lands described in Part 15 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Guy Fawkes River National Park. (17) The lands described in Part 16 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Mimosa Rocks National Park. (18) The lands described in Part 17 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Morton National Park. (19) The lands described in Part 18 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of New England National Park. (20) The lands described in Part 19 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Nymboida National Park. (21) The lands described in Part 20 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Oxley Wild Rivers National Park. (22) The lands described in Part 21 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Wadbilliga National Park. (23) The lands described in Part 22 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Washpool National Park. (24) The lands described in Part 23 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Werrikimbe National Park. (25) The lands described in Part 24 of Schedule 2 are reserved as part of Willi Willi National Park.