Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts27. Plans of management
(1) As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act and from time to time as the occasion requires, the Board shall cause to be prepared a plan of management for the sanctuary and/or marine park.
(2) A plan of management prepared in pursuance of subsection (1) shall set out a detailed description of the manner in which it is proposed that the sanctuary and/or marine park shall be managed and shall include -
(a) a general description of all existing or proposed buildings, structures, facilities or other developments on the sanctuary and/or marine park; and
(b) a detailed description of the operations for the exploration for or recovery of minerals, or excavation, works or other operations, that may be carried out on the sanctuary.
(3) Where the plan of management provides for operations for the exploration for or recovery of minerals, or for excavation or other works, the plan shall set out the conditions, if any, that are to be applicable to those activities.
(4) In the preparation of the plan of management, regard shall be had to -
(a) the protection of areas and things of significance to Aboriginals;
(b) the limitations, if any, imposed by Aboriginal tradition on the use of any part of the sanctuary and/or marine park;
(c) existing, proposed and desirable living, commercial and recreational areas for the group or members of the group;
(d) the regulation of the appropriate use, appreciation and enjoyment of the sanctuary and/or marine park;
(e) the preservation of the sanctuary and/or marine park in its natural condition and the protection of its special features, including objects and sites of spiritual, biological, historical, palaeontological, archaeological, geological and geographical interest, whether or not of importance in Aboriginal tradition;
(f) the protection, conservation and management of native flora and fauna within the sanctuary and/or marine park and the natural environment generally;
(g) the protection of the sanctuary and/or marine park against damage;
(h) the employment and training of Aboriginals;
(j) the functions of the Commission under other laws of the Territory; and
(k) any advice provided by the Minister in relation to the marine park.
(5) When the Board has prepared a plan of management for the sanctuary and/or marine park it shall, subject to subsections (6), (7) and (8), forward it to the Minister for tabling in the Legislative Assembly.
(6) Before forwarding a plan of management to the Minister the Board shall forward it to the Land Council and seek the Land Council's written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) to the Board forwarding it to the Minister.
(7) The Land Council shall, within 90 days after receiving the plan of management under subsection (6), in writing to the Board -
(a) consent to the plan of management being forwarded to the Minister; or
(b) refuse to consent, giving its reasons for so refusing,
and in either case may make such comments on the plan as it thinks fit.
(8) Where the Board is advised under subsection (7) that the Land Council has refused its consent, it shall, within a reasonable time, consider the reasons for the refusal and either -
(a) change the plan of management and seek the Land Council's consent to the plan, as changed, being forwarded to the Minister (in which case this subsection and subsections (6), (7) and (9) shall apply to and in relation to the plan as so changed); or
(b) forward the plan of management to the Minister together with the reasons of the Land Council for its refusal to consent and any comments of the Land Council.
(9) The Minister shall, on the first sitting day of the Legislative Assembly after a plan of management for the sanctuary and/or marine park forwarded under subsection (5) is received by the Minister, cause it, and any reasons of the Land Council for its refusal to consent and any comments, to be tabled in the Legislative Assembly.