New South Wales Consolidated Acts

THREATENED SPECIES CONSERVATION ACT 1995 - SECT 48

48 Publication of declaration of critical habitat

As soon as practicable after the declaration of critical habitat by the Minister, the Director-General must:

(a) give notice of the declaration to all persons known by the Director-General, following the making of reasonable searches and inquiries, to be affected by the declaration, being:

(i) landholders (including public authorities who are landholders), and

(ii) other public authorities known by the Director-General to exercise relevant functions in relation to the land, in particular, the Valuer-General, and

(iii) if the land is subject to a mortgage, charge or positive covenant-the mortgagee, chargee or person entitled to the benefit of the covenant, and

(b) publish notice of the declaration in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State and, if the declaration is likely to affect a particular area or areas (other than the State as a whole), in a newspaper circulating generally in that area or areas, and

(c) publish notice of the declaration in the Gazette.