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WILDERNESS ACT 1987 - SECT 15
Proposals by statutory authorities affecting certain wilderness areas
15 Proposals by statutory authorities affecting certain wilderness areas
(1) A statutory authority shall not carry out development in a wilderness area
subject to a wilderness protection agreement or a conservation agreement
unless: (a) it has given written notice of the proposed development to the
Minister, any other party to the agreement, any statutory authority on behalf
of which the agreement was entered into and, in the case of a
conservation agreement, any successor in title to the owner who entered into
the conservation agreement, and
(b) it has received written notice from the
Minister consenting to the development.
(2) The Minister may consent to the
development only if: (a) the Minister is of the opinion that the proposed
development will not adversely affect the area, and
(b) in the case of an
area subject to a wilderness protection agreement--the Minister responsible
for the statutory authority which entered into the agreement, or on behalf of
which the agreement was entered into, has consented to the development.
(3)
In subsection (1),
"statutory authority" includes an authorised network operator under the
Electricity Network Assets (Authorised Transactions) Act 2015 but does not
include the Soil Conservation Service or a statutory authority carrying out
development in accordance with the terms of a wilderness protection agreement.
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