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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 73A
Public exhibition and consultation for plans of management
73A Public exhibition and consultation for plans of management
(1) When a plan of management is prepared, the responsible authority must give
notice of the preparation of the plan in accordance with the regulations.
(2)
The notice must include-- (a) the address of the place at which copies of the
plan of management may be inspected, and
(b) the address to which
representations may be forwarded, and
(c) the period within which
representations may be made, being a period of not less than 60 days from the
date on which the notice is made public (the
"representation period" ).
(3) The period between 20 December and 10 January,
inclusive, is excluded from the calculation of days in a
representation period. Note--: See also the Interpretation Act 1987 , section
36(2) if the last day of a representation period is a Saturday or Sunday or
public holiday.
(4) The Council may, by written notice given to the Secretary
before the end of the representation period, request that a draft
plan of management be referred to the Council if the Council considers the
draft plan raises issues of State-wide significance about the management of
land under this Act.
(5) If the Council makes a request under subsection
(4)-- (a) the Secretary must refer the plan of management and all
representations received during the representation period to the Council, and
(b) the Council must consider the draft plan and the representations and
provide advice within 28 days after the end of the representation period to--
(i) for land reserved or dedicated under Part 4A--the responsible authority,
or
(ii) otherwise--to the Minister.
(6) The responsible authority for a
plan of management for a national park, historic site,
state conservation area, regional park, nature reserve,
karst conservation reserve, Aboriginal area or land reserved or dedicated
under Part 4A must provide to the appropriate regional advisory committee--
(a) the plan of management on the day the responsible authority gives notice
of the preparation of the plan under subsection (1), and
(b) all
representations received during the representation period.
(7) The
responsible authority for a plan of management must also provide the
plan of management to the Karst Management Advisory Committee constituted by
this Act if the plan of management relates to land that contains significant
karst environments.
(8) The Karst Management Advisory Committee must provide
advice to the appropriate regional advisory committee within 14 days after the
end of the representation period.
(9) The appropriate
regional advisory committee must-- (a) consider the plan of management and
representations, and
(b) provide advice that the committee considers
appropriate, including advice provided by the Karst Management
Advisory Committee-- (i) for land reserved or dedicated under Part 4A--to the
responsible authority within 28 days after the end of the
representation period, or
(ii) otherwise--to the Minister within 28 days
after the end of the representation period, or a longer period that the
Minister determines.
(10) This section does not apply in relation to a
plan of management for land within Zone 1, 2 or 3 of the Community
Conservation Area under the Brigalow and Nandewar Community Conservation Area
Act 2005 .
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