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10Reservation of Crown land as permanent timber production zone land
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### 10 Reservation of Crown land as permanent timber production zone land
> > (1) The Minister, by order published in the *Gazette* (a ***permanent timber production zone land order***), may declare Crown land specified in that order to be permanent timber production zone land for the purposes of this Act.
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> > (1A) [*\[Section 10 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 12 of 2014, s. 17, Applied:22 Oct 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-10-22/act-2014-012#GS17@EN) [Subsection (1)](#GS10@Gs1@EN) does not apply to Crown land that is future potential production forest land.
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> > (2) A permanent timber production zone land order is not a statutory rule for the purposes of the [Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1953-050) .
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> > (3) Before making a permanent timber production zone land order, the Minister must have obtained advice from the Forest Manager that the land proposed to be specified in the order is required for the supply of forest products.
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> > (4) The Minister must cause a permanent timber production zone land order and the advice referred to in [subsection (3)](#GS10@Gs3@EN) to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 5 sitting-days after the permanent timber production zone land order is made.
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> > (5) A proposed permanent timber production zone land order is of no effect unless it has been accepted by both Houses of Parliament.
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> > (6) A House of Parliament is taken to have accepted a proposed permanent timber production zone land order if the order has been laid on the table of that House and –
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> > > > (a) it is accepted by that House; or
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> > > > (b) at the expiration of 5 sitting-days after it was laid on the table of that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it, or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or
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> > > > (c) if any notice of a motion to disallow it is given during that period of 5 sitting-days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived.
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> > (7) If the proposed permanent timber production zone land order is accepted by both Houses of Parliament, the land specified in the order becomes permanent timber production zone land.