National Park Estate (Land Transfers) Act 1998 (NSW)

National Park Estate (Land Transfers) Act 1998 No 163

An Act to transfer certain State forest and other Crown land to the national park estate or Aboriginal ownership; and for other purposes.

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Name of Act This Act is the National Park Estate (Land Transfers) Act 1998.

2 Commencement (1) This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by proclamation, except as provided by this section. (2) The following provisions commence on the date of assent to this Act: (a) section 44 and Schedule 9, (b) section 48 and Schedule 13. (3) Parts 1 and 2 and Schedules 1–7 commence on 1 January 1999.

3 Definitions In this Act: national park estate means: (a) land declared as a wilderness area under the Wilderness Act 1987 or the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or (b) land reserved or dedicated under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974, or (c) land dedicated or set apart as a flora reserve under the Forestry Act 1916, or (d) land dedicated or reserved for a similar public purpose under the Crown Land Management Act 2016. State forest means land dedicated under the Forestry Act 1916 (or under the former Forestry Act 1909) as a State forest, being a dedication that is in force.

Note— The Interpretation Act 1987 contains definitions and other provisions that affect the interpretation and application of this Act.

4 Notes Notes included in this Act are explanatory notes and do not form part of this Act.

Part 2 Land transfers to national park estate and Aboriginal ownership

5 Revocation of dedication of certain lands as State forest and of reservation of associated flora reserves (1) The dedication as State forest of the following lands is revoked: (a) lands described in Schedule 1, (b) lands described in Schedule 4, (c) lands described in Schedule 5, (d) lands described in Part 1 of Schedule 6. (2) Any notices under section 25A of the Forestry Act 1916 that set apart, as flora reserves, areas of State forests whose dedication is revoked by subsection (1) are also revoked by this Act, but only to the extent to which they relate to flora reserves or parts of flora reserves situated within the lands referred to in that subsection. (3) Any notifications under section 19A of the Forestry Act 1916 that declare, as national forests, areas of State forests whose dedication is revoked by subsection (1) are also revoked by this Act, but only to the extent to which they relate to national forests or parts of national forests situated within the lands referred to in that subsection.