New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WILDERNESS ACT 1987 - SECT 12

12 Purpose and content of agreements

(1) A wilderness protection agreement may contain terms, binding on a statutory authority and, if the statutory authority is a Government Department or an Administrative Office, on the Crown:

(a) restricting the use of the area,

(b) requiring the statutory authority or Crown to refrain from or not to permit specified activities in the area,

(c) requiring the statutory authority or a person representing the Crown to carry out specified activities or to do specified things,

(d) requiring the statutory authority or Crown to permit access to the area by specified persons,

(e) without affecting the generality of paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), prohibiting, except where necessary for health or safety or essential management reasons or in emergencies, access to the area by motor vehicles, motor boats or other forms of transport,

(f) requiring the statutory authority or Crown to contribute towards costs incurred which relate to the area or the carrying out of functions under the agreement,

(g) specifying the manner in which any money provided to the statutory authority or Crown under the agreement shall be applied,

(h) requiring the statutory authority or Crown to repay money paid to it under the agreement if a specified breach of the agreement occurs, or

(i) providing for any other matter relating to the protection of the area, including the implementation of any plan of management for the area.

(2) A wilderness protection agreement may contain terms, binding on the Minister:

(a) requiring the Minister to provide financial assistance,

(b) requiring the Minister to provide technical advice,

(c) requiring the Minister to provide other assistance,

(d) requiring the Minister to carry out specified activities or do specified things, or

(e) providing for any other matter relating to the protection of the area, including the implementation of any plan of management for the area.

(3) The terms of a wilderness protection agreement shall not be inconsistent with the principles set out in section 9 for the management of wilderness areas.