New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SYDNEY OLYMPIC PARK AUTHORITY ACT 2001 - SECT 34

34 Preparation of plan of management

(1) The Authority, in accordance with any directions of the Minister, must prepare or ensure the preparation of a plan of management for the Millennium Parklands.

(2) The plan of management is to contain a detailed written scheme of the operations proposed to be undertaken in respect of the Millennium Parklands.

(3) The plan of management may incorporate a plan of management prepared by the Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife under Part 5 (Plans of management) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 in relation to the Newington Nature Reserve.

(4) Sections 36-36N of the Local Government Act 1993 (other than sections 36 (1) and (2), 36A (2), 36A (3) (d) and (5), 36B (3), (4) (d) and (6), 36C (2) and (5) and 36D (2), (3) (d) and (5) of that Act) apply to and in respect of the Millennium Parklands as if:

(a) the Millennium Parklands were community land within the meaning of that Act, and

(b) the Authority were a council within the meaning of that Act, and

(c) section 36 (4) of that Act included “contaminated land” as a category.

(5) A plan of management, and a report that includes a summary of public submissions and responses by the Authority, must be available for public inspection at, and purchase from, the office of the Authority during ordinary office hours.

(6) The Authority must ensure that the plan of management includes, after consultation with the Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife, a proposal that land adjoining the Newington Nature Reserve is to be managed as a buffer to that reserve.