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Forest Management Act 2013
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### 11A Exchange of land
> [*\[Section 11A Inserted by No. 12 of 2014, s. 19, Applied:22 Oct 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-10-22/act-2014-012#GS19@EN)
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> > (1) On advice from the Minister administering the [Crown Lands Act 1976](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1976-028) under section 6(7) of the [Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2014-999) , the Minister, by order published in the *Gazette* (a ***land exchange order***), must –
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> > > > (a) declare Crown land specified in that order to be permanent timber production zone land for the purposes of this Act; and
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> > > > (b) declare that any other area of land specified in the order ceases to be, or form part of, permanent timber production zone land.
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> > (2) A land exchange 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) The Minister must cause a land exchange order and the advice referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS11A@Gs1@EN) and the information obtained under section 6(2) and (4) of the [Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest Industry) Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2014-999) to be laid before each House of Parliament within the first 5 sitting-days after the land exchange order is made.
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> > (4) A proposed land exchange order is of no effect unless it has been accepted by both Houses of Parliament.
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> > (5) A House of Parliament is taken to have accepted a proposed land exchange 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 15 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that House, no notice has been given of a motion to disallow it, or, if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or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 15 sitting-days, the notice is, after the expiration of that period, withdrawn or the motion is negatived.
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> > (6) If the proposed land exchange order is accepted by both Houses of Parliament –
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> > > > (a) [*\[Section 11A Subsection (6) amended by No. 17 of 1996, Applied:22 Oct 2014\]*](/view/html/inforce/2014-10-22/act-1996-017#AT@EN) land specified in the order to be permanent timber production zone land becomes permanent timber production zone land and ceases to be future potential production forest land; and
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> > > > (b) land specified in the order to cease to be, or form part of, permanent timber production zone land, ceases to be permanent timber production zone land and becomes –
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> > > > > > (i) Crown land for the purposes of the [Crown Lands Act 1976](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1976-028) ; and
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> > > > > > (ii) future potential production forest land.