NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 71AN
Boards of management
NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 71AN
Boards of management
71AN Boards of management
(1) There is to be a board of management for each area of Schedule 14 lands
and ALR Act lands leased and reserved under this Part. A board of management
is to be established as soon as practicable after the lands are leased and
reserved.
(a) the majority are to be Aboriginal owners of the lands concerned
nominated by themselves or by another Aboriginal owner of the lands with the
consent of the nominee, and
(b) one is to be a person appointed from nominees
of a Local Aboriginal LandCouncil or Councils in whose area or areas the
whole or part of the lands are located, and
(c) one is to be a person
appointed to represent the local council or councils (if any) whose area or
areas comprise, or adjoin, the lands, and
(e)
one is to be a person appointed from a panel of persons nominated by a group
concerned in the conservation of the region in which the lands are located to
represent conservation interests, and
(f) one is to be a person appointed on
the nomination of owners, lessees and occupiers of land adjoining or in the
vicinity of the lands to represent those owners, lessees and occupiers.
(4)
The Minister, in appointing Aboriginal owners under subsection (3) (a), is to
have regard to such matters as the gender of the nominees and their cultural
affiliations and family groupings in an endeavour to ensure that a
representative group of members is appointed.
(5) A matter or thing done or
omitted to be done by a board of management, a member of a board of management
or a person acting under the direction of a board of management does not, if
the matter or thing was done or omitted to be done in good faith for the
purpose of executing this Act (or any regulation under this Act), subject the
member or the person so acting personally to any action, liability, claim or
demand.
(6) However, any such liability attaches instead to the Crown.
(6A)
Schedule 14A contains provisions with respect to the constitution and
procedure of boards of management.
(7) Subject to this Act (including
Schedule 14A), the regulations may make provision with respect to the
constitution and procedure of a board of management including the declaration
of pecuniary interests by members.