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### 11 Declaration of Crown land as reserved land
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> > > ***Crown land*** does not include Crown land that is also –
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> > > > > (a) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (1) amended by No. 50 of 2013, Sched. 1, Applied:11 Dec 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-12-11/act-2013-050#JS1@Ja23@GC1@EN) permanent timber production zone land within the meaning of the [Forest Management Act 2013](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-2013-049) ; or
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> > > > > (b) a public reserve.
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> > (2) If the Governor is of the opinion that any Crown land should be set aside for a conservation purpose, the Governor, by proclamation, may –
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> > > > (a) declare that land to be reserved land in one of the following classes:
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> > > > > > (i) national park;
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> > > > > > (ii) State reserve;
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> > > > > > (iii) nature reserve;
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> > > > > > (iv) game reserve;
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> > > > > > (v) conservation area;
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> > > > > > (vi) nature recreation area;
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> > > > > > (vii) regional reserve;
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> > > > > > (viii) historic site; and
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (2) amended by No. 7 of 2013, s. 31, Applied:03 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-03/act-2013-007#GS31@Hpa@EN) give a name to that reserved land; and
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> > > > (c) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (2) amended by No. 7 of 2013, s. 31, Applied:03 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-03/act-2013-007#GS31@Hpb@EN) identify whether the reserve is being declared for the additional purpose of removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by all or any of the following means:
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> > > > > > (i) sequesting carbon in trees in native forest;
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> > > > > > (ii) avoiding emissions of greenhouse gas attributable to changed forest management practices including the clearing or harvesting of native forest.
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> > (2A) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (2A) inserted by No. 7 of 2013, s. 31, Applied:03 Jun 2013\]*](/view/html/inforce/2013-06-03/act-2013-007#GS31@Hpc@EN) For the purposes of [subsection (2)(c)](#GS11@Gs2@Hpc@EN) –
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> > > ***greenhouse gas*** has the same meaning as in the *Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011* of the Commonwealth;
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> > > ***native forest*** has the same meaning as in the *Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011* of the Commonwealth.
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> > (3) Any name given to reserved land under [subsection (2)](#GS11@Gs2@EN) is to –
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> > > > (a) include the name of the class of that reserved land; and
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> > > > (b) [*\[Section 11 Subsection (3) amended by No. 1 of 2020, Sched. 3, Applied:01 Jul 2020\]*](/view/html/inforce/2020-07-01/act-2020-001#JS3@Ja3@GC2@EN) be given on the recommendation of the Minister after consultation with the Registrar of Place Names.
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> > (4) A proclamation under [subsection (2)](#GS11@Gs2@EN) may only be made declaring land to be reserved land in a class if the land satisfies the criteria relating to that class set out in [section 16](#GS16@EN) .
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> > (5) Subject to any proclamation made under [section 21](#GS21@EN) , any area of reserved land in a class referred to in [subsection (2)(a)](#GS11@Gs2@Hpa@EN) remains reserved land of that class despite any subsequent disposition of the land or any other dealing in that land.