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#### 16 Flora reserves
16 Flora reserves
(1916 Act, s 25A(1)–(4))
> > (1) The Governor may, by notice published in the Gazette—
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> > > (a) dedicate, with the concurrence of the Minister administering the [Crown Land Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-058), any Crown land that is not the subject of a tenure from the Crown, or
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> > > (b) set apart the whole or part of a State forest,
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> > as a flora reserve for the preservation of native flora.
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> > (2) Any such dedication of land may be limited so as to exclude any land lying below the surface of the land at a depth greater than a depth specified in the notice dedicating the land.
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> > (3) The setting apart of the whole or a part of a State forest as a flora reserve under this section does not affect the dedication as a State forest of the area so set apart.
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> > (4) Subject to this Act, a notice under this section is not to be revoked wholly or in part otherwise than by Act of Parliament.
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> > (5) Despite subsection (1)(a), Crown land that is the subject of a prescribed Crown tenure and that has an area of more than 2 hectares may be dedicated as a flora reserve in accordance with this section.
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> **s 16:** Am 2017 No 17, Sch 4.33 \[3\].