3—Forest reserves and native forest reserves
(1) The Governor may,
by proclamation—
(a)
declare any Crown lands to be a forest reserve; or
(b) for
purposes relating to the conservation, development and management of land
supporting native flora and fauna, declare a forest reserve, or part of a
forest reserve, to be a native forest reserve; or
(c)
assign a name to a forest reserve, or native forest reserve.
(2) A proclamation
declaring a forest reserve or part of a forest reserve to be a
native forest reserve must contain a statement of the purposes for which the
native forest reserve is established.
(3) The Governor may,
by subsequent proclamation, vary or revoke a proclamation under
subsection (1).
(4) If, by virtue of a
proclamation under this section, land that constitutes the whole or a part of
a native forest reserve ceases to be such a reserve or to be within such a
reserve, the Minister must cause a copy of the proclamation and a statement of
the reasons for making the proclamation to be laid before both Houses of
Parliament.
(5) A proclamation to
which subsection (4) applies does not have effect—
(a)
until fourteen sitting days of each House of Parliament have elapsed after a
copy of the proclamation is laid before each House; and
(b) if,
within those fourteen sitting days a motion for disallowance of the
proclamation is moved in either House of Parliament—unless and until
that motion is defeated or withdrawn, or lapses.
(6) Land that ceases
to be native forest reserve does not, by reason only of that fact, cease to be
forest reserve, but if land ceases to be forest reserve it will (if it was
formerly native forest reserve) cease also to be native forest reserve.