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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 72
Preparation of plans of management
72 Preparation of plans of management
(1) The Secretary-- (a) shall cause a plan of management to be prepared for
each national park and historic site in existence on the commencement day, as
soon as practicable after that day, unless a plan of management was adopted
with respect thereto under the Act of 1967,
(b) shall cause a
plan of management to be prepared for each nature reserve in existence on the
commencement day, as soon as practicable after that day, unless a scheme of
operations was approved with respect thereto under the Fauna Protection Act
1948 ,
(c) shall cause a plan of management to be prepared for each
historic site, nature reserve, karst conservation reserve or national park
reserved after the commencement day, as soon as practicable after the
reservation,
(d) may from time to time cause a plan of management to be
prepared for any Aboriginal area or wildlife refuge, and
(e) may from time to
time, after consulting with the owner, cause a plan of management to be
prepared for a conservation area.
(1A) The Secretary is to cause a
plan of management to be prepared for each state conservation area, and for
each regional park (other than a park that is under the care, control and
management of a local council), as soon as practicable after the reservation
of the land concerned.
(1B) If a local council is nominated by the Minister
to have the care, control and management of a regional park, the council is to
cause a plan of management to be prepared for the regional park as soon as
practicable after the reservation of the land concerned.
(1BA) The
responsible authority is to seek the advice of the appropriate
regional advisory committee in the preparation of a plan of management, other
than a plan of management prepared for lands reserved under Part 4A or lands
within Zone 1, 2 or 3 of the Community Conservation Area under the
Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 . Note : The
responsible authority is to consult with the relevant Community Conservation
Advisory Committee established under the
Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area Act 2005 in the preparation
of a plan of management for lands within Zone 1, 2 or 3 of the Brigalow and
Nandewar Community Conservation Area.
(1C) A plan of management for lands
reserved or dedicated under Part 4A is to be prepared by the
board of management for the lands concerned in consultation with the
Secretary.
(1D) If a part or parts only of lands listed in Schedule 14 are
reserved or dedicated under Part 4A-- (a) the Secretary may prepare a separate
plan of management for the part or parts of the lands that are not so reserved
or dedicated in accordance with this Part, or
(b) the Secretary and the
board of management may agree that the plan of management prepared for the
lands reserved or dedicated under Part 4A should extend and apply to the lands
that are not so reserved or dedicated in which event the provisions of this
Part applying to the preparation of plans of management by boards of
management apply to the plan.
(1E) Subsections (1C) and (1D) do not require a
plan of management to be prepared if an existing plan of management is in
force when the lands are reserved or dedicated under Part 4A. However, any
such existing plan, in so far as it relates to lands reserved or dedicated
under Part 4A, must be reviewed by the board of management for the lands
concerned within 2 years after the lands are so reserved or dedicated and may
be amended, altered or cancelled in accordance with this section.
(1F)
Without limiting subsection (1) (c), in the case of lands for which a
plan of management is not in force when the lands are reserved or dedicated
under Part 4A, a plan of management is to be prepared by the
board of management for the lands within 5 years after that reservation or
dedication.
(5) This section does not apply to or in respect of a
wildlife refuge or conservation area that is comprised wholly or partly of
lands within a State forest.
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