New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 69K

69K Exhibition of proposed agreements

(1) When a draft conservation agreement between the Minister and a statutory authority or another Minister, or which applies to Crown lands or lands of the Crown, has been prepared, the Minister must, before entering into the agreement:

(a) give public notice, in a form and manner determined by the Director-General, of the places at which, the dates on which, and the times during which, the draft agreement may be inspected by the public, and

(b) publicly exhibit the draft agreement at the places, on the dates and during the times set out in the notice, and

(c) specify, in the notice, the period during which submissions concerning the draft agreement may be made to the Minister.

(2) The Minister must cause a copy of the draft conservation agreement to be forwarded to the Council.

(3) Any person may, during the period referred to in subsection (1) (c), make written submissions to the Minister about the draft agreement.

(4) The Minister must, before entering into the agreement, consider any submissions made under subsection (3) or by the Council.

(5) This section does not apply to land leased by a person (other than a statutory authority or a Minister) if the lease is made under the Crown Lands Act 1989 , the Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act 1989 or the Western Lands Act 1901 .

(6) This section applies to a draft amendment to a conservation agreement in the same way as it applies to a draft conservation agreement.