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LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT - SECT 196

196. A Plan of Management includes—

        (a)     a description of the area of public land to which it applies; and

        (b)     the manner in which the relevant management objectives referred to in subsection 195 (1) are to be implemented or promoted in that area.

Preparation

197. (1) The Conservator shall prepare a draft Plan of Management for an area of public land as soon as practicable after the area is identified as such in the Plan.

(2) In preparing a draft Plan of Management, the Conservator shall consider any recommendation submitted by the Authority.

Variations

198. (1) The Conservator may prepare a draft variation of a Plan of Management in the same manner as a draft Plan of Management.

(2) This Subdivision applies to a draft variation of a Plan of Management as if it were a draft Plan of Management.

Environmental Assessments and Inquiries

199. (1) At the written request of the Conservator, or on his or her own motion, at any time before a draft Plan of Management is approved under paragraph 204 (a) the Minister may—

        (a)     direct that an Assessment be made; or

        (b)     establish a panel to conduct an Inquiry;

about any aspect of the draft Plan.

(2) In preparing or revising a draft Plan of Management, the Conservator shall consider any relevant Assessment or the report of any relevant Inquiry.

Public consultation

200. (1) This section applies to a draft Plan of Management for an area of public land where—

        (a)     no corresponding preliminary draft Plan of Management for that area has been notified under section 19; or

        (b)     where such a preliminary draft has been so notified—the first-mentioned draft Plan of Management differs significantly from that preliminary draft.

(2) The Conservator shall make copies of a draft Plan of Management to which this section applies available to an appropriate committee of the Legislative Assembly.

(3) The Conservator shall make copies of a draft Plan of Management to which this section applies available for public inspection during office hours at the places specified in a notice published in the Gazette and in a daily newspaper.

(4) A notice under subsection (3) shall include a statement inviting persons to submit written comments about the draft Plan of Management to the Conservator at a specified address and within a specified period of not less than 21 days from the date of the notice.

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