Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 1975 No. 12, 1975 - SECT 19

19. (1) The Director may-

   (a)  formulate and implement; and

   (b)  co-operate with a State or an authority of a State in formulating and
        implementing, programs for the purposes of the protection,
        conservation, management and control of wildlife.

(2) A program formulated under sub-section (1) shall be based upon, among
other matters-

   (a)  an examination of the habitat of the wildlife to which the program
        relates;

   (b)  an evaluation of the extent to which parks and reserves (including
        parks and reserves established under a law of a State or Territory)
        assist in the conservation of the wildlife to which the program
        relates;

   (c)  an assessment and analysis of the population of the wildlife to which
        the program relates; and

   (d)  consideration of the obligations of Australia under agreements between
        Australia and other countries relating to the protection and
        conservation of wildlife, and shall provide for the review, at
        appropriate intervals, of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a),
        (b), (c) and (d).

(3) This section is not intended to exclude or limit the concurrent operation
of any law of a State.

(4) A program shall not be implemented by the Director under this section
until it has been approved by the Minister.