NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 91A
Interim protection of areas having significant values
NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 91A
Interim protection of areas having significant values
91A Interim protection of areas having significant values
(1) The Secretary may recommend to the Minister the making of an
interim protection order in respect of an area of land-- (a) which has, in the
Secretary's opinion, natural, scientific or cultural significance, or
(b) on
which the Secretary intends to exercise any of the Secretary's powers,
authorities, duties or functions under this Act or the
Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 relating to fauna, native plants,
threatened species, populations or ecological communities or critical habitat
of endangered species, populations or ecological communities, or
(c) that is
critical habitat or the habitat of a threatened species, population or
ecological community.
(2) After the commencement of Part 11 of the
Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 , a recommendation for the making of an
interim protection order may not be made except in relation to areas of
cultural significance.