ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 346 Content of Proclamation declaring Commonwealth reserve
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 346
Content of Proclamation declaring Commonwealth reserve(1) The Proclamation declaring an area to be a Commonwealth reserve must:
(a) give a name to the reserve; and
(b) state the purposes for which the reserve is declared; and
(c) state the depth of any land included in the reserve; and
(d) state the depth of the seabed that is under any sea included in the reserve; and
(e) assign the reserve to a category (an IUCN category ) prescribed in regulations made for the purposes of this subsection.
Assigning different zones of a reserve to different IUCN categories
(2) A Proclamation may also divide a reserve into zones and assign each zone to an IUCN category.
Assigning leasehold land to IUCN categories
(3) Before the Governor - General makes a Proclamation assigning
a Commonwealth reserve or zone including land or seabed held by the
Commonwealth or the Director under lease to a particular IUCN category, the
Minister must be satisfied that the category to which it is proposed to assign
the reserve or zone is consistent with the terms of the lease.