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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 30K
Aboriginal areas
30K Aboriginal areas
(1) The purpose of reserving land as an Aboriginal area is to identify,
protect and conserve areas associated with a person, event or historical
theme, or containing a building, place, object, feature or landscape-- (a) of
natural or cultural significance to Aboriginal people, or
(b) of importance
in improving public understanding of Aboriginal culture and its development
and transitions,
so as to enable those areas to be managed in accordance with
subsection (2).
(2) An Aboriginal area is to be managed in accordance with
the following principles-- (a) the conservation of natural values, buildings,
places, objects, features and landscapes of cultural value to
Aboriginal people in accordance with the cultural values of the
Aboriginal people to whose heritage the buildings, places, objects, features
or landscapes belong,
(b) the conservation of natural or other cultural
values,
(c) allowing the use of the Aboriginal area by Aboriginal people for
cultural purposes,
(d) the promotion of public understanding and appreciation
of the Aboriginal area's natural and cultural values and significance where
appropriate,
(e) provision for appropriate research and monitoring, in
accordance with the cultural values of the Aboriginal people,
(f) 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 Aboriginal area that is
permitted under section 185A having regard to the conservation of the
Aboriginal area's natural and cultural values,
(g) provision for sustainable
visitor or tourist use and enjoyment that is compatible with the
Aboriginal area's natural and cultural values and the cultural values of the
Aboriginal people,
(h) provision for sustainable use (including
adaptive reuse) of any buildings or structures or modified natural areas
having regard to the Aboriginal area's natural and cultural values and the
cultural values of the Aboriginal people.
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