Western Australian Current Acts

CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1984 - SECT 13AA

13AA .         Minister’s powers to change Class A marine reserve

        (1)         In this section —

        Class A marine reserve means a marine nature reserve, a marine park or marine management area, classified under section 13(4) as of Class A.

        (2)         The Minister, after consultation with the Commission, may by order published in the Gazette —

            (a)         amend a Class A marine reserve for the purpose of correcting one or more re-surveyed or previously unsurveyed boundaries of the marine area; or

            (b)         excise 5% or one hectare, whichever is the less, of the area of a Class A marine reserve for the purpose of public utility works.

        (2A)         If a Class A marine reserve that is proposed to be the subject of an order under subsection (2) is vested jointly with the Commission and an Aboriginal body corporate under section 8AA(4A) or (5A), consultation under subsection (2) must include consultation with the Aboriginal body corporate.

        (3)         The Minister must, not less than 30 days before acting under subsection (2), advertise the intention to so act —

            (a)         in a newspaper circulating throughout the State; or

            (b)         on the Department’s website.

        [Section 13AA inserted: No. 28 of 2015 s. 15; amended: No. 27 of 2022 s. 8.]