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Forest Practices Act 1985
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### 10 Declaration of land as private timber reserve
> *\[Section 10 Amended by No. 29 of 1994, s. 35 and Sched. 1 \]*[*\[Section 10 Amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 36, Applied:01 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-01/act-2004-055#GS36@Hpd@EN) [*\[Section 10 Amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 36, Applied:01 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-01/act-2004-055#GS36@Hpa@EN) [*\[Section 10 Amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 36, Applied:01 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-01/act-2004-055#GS36@Hpb@EN) [*\[Section 10 Amended by No. 55 of 2004, s. 36, Applied:01 Jul 2005\]*](/view/html/inforce/2005-07-01/act-2004-055#GS36@Hpc@EN) [*\[Section 10 Amended by No. 18 of 2021, s. 95, Applied:05 Nov 2021\]*](/view/html/inforce/2021-11-05/act-2021-018#GS95@EN) [*\[Section 10 Substituted by No. 19 of 2024, s. 9, Applied:02 Oct 2024\]*](/view/html/inforce/2024-10-02/act-2024-019#GS9@EN)
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> > (1) Where –
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> > > > (a) the Authority grants an application made under [section 5](#GS5@EN) and no appeal is lodged in accordance with [section 9](#GS9@EN) in respect of the granting of that application; or
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> > > > (b) the Authority grants an application made under [section 5](#GS5@EN) , and an appeal is lodged in accordance with [section 9](#GS9@EN) in respect of the granting of that application and the Tribunal dismisses the appeal; or
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> > > > (c) the Authority refuses to grant an application made under [section 5](#GS5@EN) , and an appeal is lodged in accordance with [section 9](#GS9@EN) in respect of that refusal, and the Tribunal, under the [Tasmanian Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2020](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2020-024) , quashes the decision of the Authority and directs the Authority to grant the application –
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> > the Authority may, by notice published in the *Gazette*, declare the land to which the application relates as a private timber reserve.
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> > (2) The Authority is to cause a copy of a notice under [subsection (1)](#GS11@Gs1@EN) to be sent to the local authority exercising jurisdiction over the land to which the notice relates and any local authority exercising jurisdiction over any land adjacent to that land.
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> > (3) A notice under [subsection (1)](#GS11@Gs1@EN) is not a statutory rule within the meaning of the [Rules Publication Act 1953](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1953-050) .