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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 30J
Nature reserves
(1) The purpose of reserving land as a nature reserve is to identify, protect
and conserve areas containing outstanding, unique or representative
ecosystems, species, communities or natural phenomena so as to enable those
areas to be managed in accordance with subsection (2).
(2) A nature reserve
is to be managed in accordance with the following principles-- (a) the
conservation of biodiversity, the maintenance of ecosystem function, the
protection of geological and geomorphological features and natural phenomena,
(b) the conservation of places, objects, features and landscapes of cultural
value,
(c) the promotion of public appreciation, enjoyment and understanding
of the nature reserve's natural and cultural values,
(d) provision for
appropriate research and monitoring,
(e) provision for the carrying out of
development in any part of a special area (within the meaning of the
Hunter Water Act 1991 ) in the nature reserve that is permitted under
section 185A having regard to the conservation of the nature reserve's natural
and cultural values.
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