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Queensland
NATURE CONSERVATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1994
Queensland
NATURE CONSERVATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1994
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Amendment of s 5 (How object is to be achieved) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
4 Amendment of s 7 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
5 Replacement of ss 16 and 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Management principles of National Parks (Scientific) . . . . . . . . . . 9
17 Management principles of National Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
6 Amendment of s 31 (Trustees of protected areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7 Replacement of s 34 (Creation of interests in protected areas) . . . . . . . . . 10
34. Leases etc. over protected areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
34A Chief executive's powers about permitted uses in National
Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
34B Chief executive's powers to grant authorities for new
National Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
34C Chief executive's powers to renew existing authorities for
National Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
8 Amendment of s 35 (Special leases may be granted under Land
Act 1962) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
9 Insertion of new s 35A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
35A Creation of interests in protected areas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
10 Insertion of new s 47A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
47A Liability of State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
11 Amendment of s 57 (Restriction on taking etc. of cultural and
natural resources of protected areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12 Amendment of s 61 (Cancellation of licences etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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13 Replacement of s 62 (Compensation when protected area declared) . . . . . 15
62 Compensation when protected area declared . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
14 Replacement of s 65 (Unlawful use of certain words) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
65 Unlawful use of certain words . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
15 Insertion of new ss 79A and 79B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
79A Property in newly protected animals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
79B Preservation of existing property rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
16 Amendment of s 81 (Restriction on taking etc. protected animals) . . . . . . 18
17 Amendment of s 82 (Restriction on taking etc. protected plants) . . . . . . . . 18
18 Insertion of new s 82A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
82A Restriction on using threatened or rare plants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
19 Amendment of s 100 (Compensation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
20 Insertion of new s 101A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
101A Meaning of "land-holder" in Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
21 Amendment of s 102 (When plans must or may be prepared) . . . . . . . . . . . 20
22 Amendment of s 103 (When Minister may require plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
23 Amendment of s 106 (Notice of preparation of draft plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
24 Replacement of s 107 (Preparation of final plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
107 Submissions to be considered when preparing final plans . . . . . . . . 22
107A Final management plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
107B Final conservation plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
25 Amendment of s 108 (Approval of final plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
26 Insertion of new s 108A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
108A Conservation plans are statutory instruments made under
this Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
27 Replacement of s 111 (Plan replaces interim or declared
management intent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
111 Plan replaces interim or declared management intent . . . . . . . . . . . 24
28 Replacement of s 112 (Plans prevail over planning schemes) . . . . . . . . . . 24
112 Conservation plans and regulations prevail over planning
schemes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
112A Local governments' decisions to be consistent with plans . . . . . . . . 24
29 Amendment of s 114 (Review of plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
3
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30 Replacement of s 115 (Compensation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
115 Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
31 Amendment of s 116 (Appointment of conservation officers) . . . . . . . . . . . 26
32 Insertion of new s 117A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
117A Minister may inquire into suitability of proposed appointees . . . . . 27
33 Amendment of s 122 (Records to be maintained by Registrar) . . . . . . . . . . 27
34 Amendment of s 124 (Confidentiality of information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
35 Insertion of new s 129A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
129A Immunity from prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
36 Amendment of s 130 (Power to stop and search vehicles etc.) . . . . . . . . . . 29
37 Replacement of s 137 (Conservation officer may require name
and address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
137 Conservation officer may require name and address . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
38 Replacement of s 138 (Power to require answers to questions) . . . . . . . . . 30
138 Power to require information from certain persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
39 Insertion of new s 141A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
141A Court may order compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
40 Insertion of new s 146A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
146A Executive officers must ensure corporation complies with Act . . . . 32
41 Replacement of s 148 (Proceedings for offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
148 Indictable and summary offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
148A Proceedings for indictable offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
148B Limitation on who may summarily hear indictable offence
proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
148C Limitation on time for starting summary proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . 34
42 Replacement of s 156 (Orders in council to be tabled and
disallowable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
156 Application of Statutory Instruments Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
43 Amendment of s 157 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
44 Insertion of new s 164A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
164A Management plans may be prepared for existing National Parks . . 35
45 Replacement of s 165 (Agreements etc. in relation to National Parks) . . . 36
165 Agreements etc. about existing National Parks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
4
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46 Insertion of new s 166A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
166A Fauna refuges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
47 Insertion of new s 169A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
169A Newly prohibited animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
48 Insertion of new ss 171173 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
171 References to conservation plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
172 Numbering and renumbering of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
173 Expiry of Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
OTHER AMENDMENTS
1994
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Nature Conservation Act 1992
s1 7 s4
Nature Conservation Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
1. This Act may be cited as the Nature Conservation Amendment Act 3
1994. 4
amended 5
Act
2. This Act amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 6
of s 5 (How object is to be achieved) 7
Amendment
3. Section 5-- 8
insert-- 9
`(f) Recognition of interest of Aborigines and Torres Strait 10
Islanders in nature and their cooperative involvement in its 11
conservation 12
· the recognition of the interest of Aborigines and Torres Strait 13
Islanders in protected areas and native wildlife; 14
· the cooperative involvement of Aborigines and Torres Strait 15
Islanders in the conservation of nature; 16
(g) Cooperative involvement of land-holders 17
· the cooperative involvement of land-holders in the 18
conservation of nature.'. 19
of s 7 (Definitions) 20
Amendment
4.(1) Section 7 (definitions "Aboriginal people", "Aboriginal 21
tradition", "Aborigine", "chief executive", "conservation plan", 22
"Island custom", "management plan", "native wildlife", "Torres 23
Strait Islander", wild by nature", and "wildlife")-- 24
omit. 25
s4 8 s4
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(2) Section 7-- 1
insert-- 2
` "appliance" means anything used or capable of being used for taking, or 3
facilitating the taking of, wildlife or a cultural or natural resource, and 4
includes-- 5
(a) a weapon within the meaning of the Weapons Act 1990; and 6
(b) an explosive within the meaning of the Explosives Act 1952; and 7
(c) a trap, snare, net or birdlime; and 8
(d) a decoy; and 9
(e) poison; and 10
(f) a torch or other artificial light; and 11
(g) a shovel, hoe, pick, mattock, saw, axe, knife or other implement; 12
"conservation plan" means a conservation plan approved under Part 7; 13
"conviction" includes a plea of guilty or a finding of guilt by a court even 14
though a conviction is not recorded; 15
"fee" includes tax; 16
"management plan" means a management plan approved under Part 7; 17
"native wildlife" means any taxon or species of wildlife indigenous to 18
Australia; 19
"official name" of trustees of a protected area means Trustees of (name of 20
the area); 21
"procaryote" means a unicellular organism lacking a true nucleus, and 22
includes bacteria and cyanobacteria; 23
"protista" means a unicellular organism other than a procaryote; 24
"wild by nature", in relation to wildlife, means derived because of natural 25
ecological and biological processes and not because of manipulation by 26
humans; 27
"wildlife" means any taxon or species of an animal, plant, protista, 28
procaryote or virus;'. 29
(3) Section 7, definition "indigenous to Australia", paragraph (a)-- 30
s5 9 s5
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omit, insert-- 1
`(a) wildlife that was not originally introduced to Australia by human 2
intervention (other than wildlife introduced before the year 1600); 3
or'. 4
(4) Section 7, definition "indigenous to Queensland", paragraph (a)-- 5
insert-- 6
`(a) wildlife that was not originally introduced to Queensland by 7
human intervention (other than wildlife introduced before the year 8
1600); or'. 9
of ss 16 and 17 10
Replacement
5.(1) Sections 16 and 17-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
principles of National Parks (Scientific) 13
`Management
`16.(1) A National Park (Scientific) is to be managed to-- 14
(a) protect the area's exceptional scientific values and, in particular-- 15
(i) to ensure that the processes of nature continue unaffected in 16
the area; and 17
(ii) to protect the area's biological diversity to the greatest 18
possible extent; and 19
(b) allow controlled scientific study and monitoring of the area's 20
natural resources. 21
`(2) However, if threatened wildlife is a significant natural resource for 22
the area, management of the area may include-- 23
(a) manipulation of the wildlife's habitat; and 24
(b) the control of threatening processes relating to the wildlife, 25
including threatening processes caused by other wildlife. 26
principles of National Parks 27
`Management
`17.(1) A National Park is to be managed to-- 28
s6 10 s7
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(a) provide, to the greatest possible extent, for the permanent 1
preservation of the area's natural condition and the protection of 2
the area's cultural resources and values; and 3
(b) present the area's cultural and natural resources and their values; 4
and 5
(c) ensure that the only use of the area is nature-based and 6
ecologically sustainable. 7
`(2) The management principle mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is the 8
cardinal principle for the management of National Parks.'. 9
of s 31 (Trustees of protected areas) 10
Amendment
6. Section 31(6) and (7)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(6) Trustees may, in their official name-- 13
(a) sue or be sued; and 14
(b) take action for removal of trespassers or protection of property 15
under their management. 16
`(7) For the purpose of any legal proceeding, trustees are taken to be the 17
owners of property under their management.'. 18
of s 34 (Creation of interests in protected areas) 19
Replacement
7. Section 34-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
etc. over protected areas 22
`Leases
`34.(1) A lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority over, or in 23
relation to, land in a protected area (other than a licence, permit or other 24
authority issued or given under a regulation) may be granted, made, issued 25
or given only-- 26
(a) by-- 27
(i) if the area is a National Park (Scientific) or National 28
Park--the chief executive under this Act; or 29
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(ii) if the area is a Conservation Park or Resources Reserve--the 1
chief executive or trustees of the area with the consent of the 2
chief executive; or 3
(b) under another Act by-- 4
(i) the Governor in Council; or 5
(ii) someone else with the consent of the Minister or chief 6
executive. 7
`(2) A lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority mentioned in 8
subsection (1) must be consistent with-- 9
(a) the management principles for the area; and 10
(b) the management plan for the area. 11
executive's powers about permitted uses in National Parks 12
`Chief
`34A.(1) The chief executive may grant, make, issue or give a lease, 13
agreement, licence, permit or other authority over, or in relation to, land in a 14
National Park if-- 15
(a) the use under the authority is a permitted use for the area under a 16
regulation; and 17
(b) the chief executive is satisfied-- 18
(i) the cardinal principle for the management of National Parks 19
will be observed to the greatest possible extent; and 20
(ii) the use will be in the public interest; and 21
(iii) the use is ecologically sustainable; and 22
(iv) there is no reasonably practicable alternative to the use. 23
`(2) Subsection (1) has effect despite sections 15 (Management of 24
protected areas) and 34(2) (Leases etc. over protected areas). 25
executive's powers to grant authorities for new National Parks 26
`Chief
`34B.(1) If, immediately before the dedication of an area as National 27
Park, the area or part of it was being used in a way that is inconsistent with 28
the management principles for National Parks (the "previous use"), the 29
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chief executive may grant, make, issue or give a lease, agreement, licence, 1
permit or other authority over or in relation to the area or part of it to allow 2
the continued use of the area or part after the areas dedication. 3
`(2) The authority may only be granted, made, issued or given-- 4
(a) if the previous use was stock grazing or the location of beehives 5
under-- 6
(i) a stock grazing permit or apiary permit under the Forestry 7
Act 1959; or 8
(ii) a special lease under the Land Act 1962; 9
for a term not longer than the term that would have been the 10
unexpired term of the permit or lease if the area had not been 11
dedicated; or 12
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply--for a term not longer than 13
3 years after the dedication of the area. 14
`(3) The authority must not be renewed beyond the end of the term 15
mentioned in subsection (2). 16
`(4) This section has effect despite sections 15 (Management of protected 17
areas) and 34(2) (Leases etc. over protected areas). 18
executive's powers to renew existing authorities for National 19
`Chief
Parks 20
`34C.(1) In this section-- 21
"authority" means a lease, agreement, permit or other authority (other than 22
an authority permitting stock grazing or the location of beehives)-- 23
(a) granted, made, issued or given under the former Act or the Land 24
Act 1962 over, or in relation to, a National Park under the former 25
Act; and 26
(b) in force immediately before the repeal of the former Act; and 27
(c) continued in force under this Act; 28
"former Act" means the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1975. 29
`(2) The chief executive may renew, or consent to the renewal of, an 30
authority for the National Park if the use of the area under the authority is a 31
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permitted use for the area under a regulation. 1
`(3) The authority may only be renewed for-- 2
(a) if no management plan is in force for the area when the renewal is 3
granted--not longer than 10 years; or 4
(b) if a management plan is in force for the area when the renewal is 5
granted--the term authorised under the plan. 6
`(4) The authority may be renewed subject to the conditions the chief 7
executive considers appropriate. 8
`(5) This section has effect despite sections 15 (Management of protected 9
areas) and 34(2) (Leases etc. over protected areas).'. 10
of s 35 (Special leases may be granted under Land Act 11
Amendment
1962) 12
8. Section 35(2)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(2) The special lease must-- 15
(a) be consistent with-- 16
(i) the management principles for the area; and 17
(ii) the management plan for the area; and 18
(b) be granted only with the consent of, and subject to the conditions 19
decided by, the chief executive.'. 20
of new s 35A 21
Insertion
9. After section 35-- 22
insert-- 23
of interests in protected areas 24
`Creation
`35A. Despite any other Act, an interest in land in a protected area may 25
be created only in accordance with this Act.'. 26
s 10 14 s 11
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of new s 47A 1
Insertion
10. After section 47-- 2
insert-- 3
of State 4
`Liability
`47A.(1) In this section-- 5
"private land" means land other than Crown land. 6
`(2) The State is not legally liable for an act or omission merely 7
because-- 8
(a) a conservation agreement has been entered into under section 41 9
(Conservation agreements) for private land; or 10
(b) private land has been declared under section 42 (Declaration of 11
protected area) or 45 (Compulsory declaration of Nature Refuge) 12
as, or as part of, a protected area.'. 13
of s 57 (Restriction on taking etc. of cultural and natural 14
Amendment
resources of protected areas) 15
11.(1) Section 57(1)(c) and (d)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(c) a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority granted, 18
made, issued or given-- 19
(i) by the chief executive under section 34 (Leases etc. over 20
protected areas); or 21
(ii) under the Forestry Act 1959 or Mineral Resources Act 22
1989; or 23
(iii) under another Act by the Governor in Council, or someone 24
else with the consent of the Minister or chief executive; or 25
(d) a licence, permit or other authority issued or given under a 26
regulation; or 27
(e) an exemption under a regulation.'. 28
(2) Section 57-- 29
s 12 15 s 13
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insert-- 1
`(4) Despite subsection (1) and section 15 (Management of protected 2
areas), a person may take fish (other than for a commercial purpose) in a 3
National Park prescribed by regulation subject to the conditions prescribed 4
by regulation. 5
`(5) Subsection (4) and this subsection expire on 31 December 1999.'. 6
of s 61 (Cancellation of licences etc.) 7
Amendment
12.(1) Section 61(1), `conservation plan'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`regulation giving effect to a management plan'. 10
(2) Section 61(2), `approval of the conservation plan'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`making of the regulation'. 13
(3) Section 61(4), `of approval of the conservation plan'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the regulation commences'. 16
of s 62 (Compensation when protected area declared) 17
Replacement
13. Section 62-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
when protected area declared 20
`Compensation
`62.(1) This section applies if-- 21
(a) a Nature Refuge is declared under section 45 (Compulsory 22
declaration of Nature Refuge); or 23
(b) a regulation giving effect to a management plan for a World 24
Heritage Management Area or International Agreement Area 25
commences. 26
`(2) If a land-holder's interest in land is injuriously affected by a 27
restriction or prohibition imposed under the declaration or regulation on the 28
s 13 16 s 13
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land-holder's existing use of the land, the land-holder is entitled to be paid 1
by the State the reasonable compensation because of the restriction or 2
prohibition that is agreed between the State and the land-holder or, failing 3
agreement, decided by the Land Court. 4
`(3) The land-holder's interest in the land is not injuriously affected if the 5
restriction or prohibition under the declaration or regulation is the same, or 6
to the same effect, as a provision of another law applying to the land 7
immediately before the commencement of the declaration or regulation. 8
`(4) Compensation is not payable if compensation has already been paid 9
for-- 10
(a) the restriction or prohibition; or 11
(b) a restriction or prohibition to the same effect. 12
`(5) A claim for compensation must-- 13
(a) be made in a form approved by the chief executive; and 14
(b) be made to the chief executive within 6 months after the 15
declaration of the protected area or the commencement of the 16
regulation, or the longer period the chief executive or Land Court 17
in special circumstances allows. 18
`(6) In making a determination, the Land Court must have regard to the 19
following matters-- 20
(a) the capacity of the land to sustain the existing use; 21
(b) any change in the value of the land because of the declaration or 22
regulation; 23
(c) any change in the profitability of the land because of the 24
declaration or regulation; 25
(d) any conservation agreement with the land-holder. 26
`(7) Subsection (6) does not limit the matters to which the Land Court 27
may have regard in making a determination. 28
`(8) Subsection (2) does not apply to land-- 29
(a) if-- 30
(i) a regulation giving effect to a management plan for a Nature 31
Refuge is in force; and 32
s 14 17 s 14
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(ii) the Nature Refuge is declared to be included in a World 1
Heritage Management Area or International Agreement 2
Area; and 3
(iii) the regulation continues to apply to the Nature Refuge after 4
declaration; and 5
(iv) the land-holder receives, or is entitled to receive, 6
compensation under this section in relation to the land 7
because of the declaration of the Nature Refuge; or 8
(b) if-- 9
(i) an area is identified in a conservation plan as, or including, a 10
critical habitat or an area of major interest; and 11
(ii) the area is declared to be a protected area; and 12
(iii) the regulation making the declaration declares that the plan 13
continues to apply to the area after declaration; and 14
(iv) the land-holder receives, or is entitled to receive, 15
compensation under section 115 (Compensation) in relation 16
to the land because of the approval of the plan. 17
`(9) In this section-- 18
"existing use" of land includes a lawful use made of the land immediately 19
before the commencement of the declaration or regulation that restricts 20
or prohibits the use.'. 21
of s 65 (Unlawful use of certain words) 22
Replacement
14. Section 65-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
use of certain words 25
`Unlawful
`65.(1) A person must not use words about an area that is not a protected 26
area in a way that is likely to cause someone else reasonably to believe the 27
area is a protected area. 28
`(2) A person must not use words about a protected area in a way that is 29
likely to cause someone else reasonably to believe the area is a protected 30
area of a different class. 31
s 15 18 s 17
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Maximum penalty--50 penalty units.'. 1
of new ss 79A and 79B 2
Insertion
15. After section 79-- 3
insert-- 4
in newly protected animals 5
`Property
`79A.(1) In this section-- 6
"commencing day" means the day on which this Division commences; 7
"declaration day" for an animal means the day on which the animal 8
becomes a newly protected animal; 9
"newly protected animal" means a protected animal that, immediately 10
before the commencing day, was not fauna under the Fauna 11
Conservation Act 1974. 12
`(2) If a person is keeping a newly protected animal at the beginning of 13
the declaration day, the animal and its progeny do not become the property 14
of the State merely because of the animal becoming a protected animal. 15
of existing property rights 16
`Preservation
`79B. Sections 78 (Property in protected animals) and 79 (Property in 17
protected plants) do not affect property rights a person (other than the State) 18
has in native wildlife immediately before the wildlife becomes protected 19
wildlife.'. 20
of s 81 (Restriction on taking etc. protected animals) 21
Amendment
16. Section 81(1)-- 22
insert-- 23
`(c) an exemption under a regulation.'. 24
of s 82 (Restriction on taking etc. protected plants) 25
Amendment
17. Section 82(1)-- 26
s 18 19 s 20
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insert-- 1
`(c) an exemption under a regulation.'. 2
of new s 82A 3
Insertion
18. After section 82-- 4
insert-- 5
on using threatened or rare plants 6
`Restriction
`82A. Subject to section 85 (Aborigines' and Torres Strait Islanders' 7
rights to take etc. protected wildlife), a person must not use a protected plant 8
that is threatened or rare wildlife other than under-- 9
(a) a licence, permit or other authority issued under a regulation; or 10
(b) an exemption under a regulation. 11
Maximum penalty--1 000 penalty units.'. 12
of s 100 (Compensation) 13
Amendment
19. Section 100(2)(b)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(b) be made to the chief executive within 6 months after the making 16
of the order or the longer period the chief executive or the Land 17
Court in special circumstances allows.'. 18
of new s 101A 19
Insertion
20. Before section 102, in Part 7-- 20
insert-- 21
of "land-holder" in Part 22
`Meaning
`101A. In this section-- 23
"land-holder" includes a person having an interest in land.'. 24
s 21 20 s 21
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of s 102 (When plans must or may be prepared) 1
Amendment
21.(1) Section 102, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Management plans'. 4
(2) Section 102(2)(a)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(a) the dedication or declaration is a dedication or declaration of a 7
change in the class of a protected area; and'. 8
(3) Section 102(3) and (4)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(3) Subsection (1) does not apply if-- 11
(a) on the dedication or declaration of a protected area (the "new 12
area"), the new area is amalgamated with another protected area 13
for which a management plan is in force; and 14
(b) the regulation dedicating or declaring the new area declares that 15
the management plan applies to the amalgamated area. 16
`(4) If-- 17
(a) on or after the dedication or declaration of a protected area (the 18
"new area"), the new area is amalgamated with another protected 19
area (the "original area") for which a management plan is in 20
force; and 21
(b) a management plan is required to be prepared for the new area 22
under this section; 23
the Minister may prepare a management plan for the amalgamated area or a 24
management plan amending the plan for the original area to apply the plan 25
to the new area. 26
`(5) If-- 27
(a) on or after the dedication or declaration of a protected area, the 28
area is included in an aggregation of protected areas assigned a 29
name under section 59 (Naming of protected areas); and 30
s 22 21 s 22
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(b) a management plan is required to be prepared for the area under 1
this section; 2
the Minister may prepare a management plan for the aggregation of areas 3
instead of a plan for the area (whether or not plans have been prepared for 4
other areas included in the aggregation of areas). 5
`(6) If the Minister decides to prepare a management plan for an 6
amalgamated area or aggregation of areas, this Part applies to the 7
preparation and approval of the plan with any necessary changes and any 8
changes prescribed by regulation.'. 9
of s 103 (When Minister may require plan) 10
Amendment
22.(1) Section 103, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Conservation plans'. 13
(2) Section 103(1) to (3)-- 14
renumber as section 103(2), (3) and (4) respectively. 15
(3) Section 103-- 16
insert-- 17
`103.(1) The Minister may prepare a conservation plan for any native 18
wildlife, class of wildlife, native wildlife habitat or area that is, in the 19
Minister's opinion, an area of major interest.'. 20
(4) Section 103(3) (as renumbered), `(1)'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(2)'. 23
(5) Section 103(4) (as renumbered), `(1)'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(2)'. 26
(6) Section 103-- 27
insert-- 28
s 25 22 s 26
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`(5) A conservation plan may make provision for any matter for which a 1
regulation may be made under this Act.'. 2
of s 106 (Notice of preparation of draft plan) 3
Amendment
23.(1) Section 106(2)(c), `the prescribed'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`the appropriate fee'. 6
(2) Section 106(2)(d), `authorities, interested groups and persons'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`governments, interested groups and persons, including Aborigines and 9
Torres Strait Islanders,'. 10
(3) Section 106-- 11
insert-- 12
`(3) The fee for the purchase of a copy of a draft plan is the amount 13
that-- 14
(a) the chief executive considers to be reasonable; and 15
(b) is not more than the reasonable cost of preparing the plan.'. 16
of s 107 (Preparation of final plan) 17
Replacement
24.(1) Section 107-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
to be considered when preparing final plans 20
`Submissions
`107. When preparing a final management or conservation plan, the 21
Minister must consider all submissions properly made to the Minister. 22
management plans 23
`Final
`107A.(1) A final management plan for a protected area must-- 24
(a) be consistent with the management principles for the class of the 25
area and, if the area is a Nature Refuge, Coordinated Conservation 26
s 25 23 s 26
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Area or Wilderness Area, any conservation agreement or 1
covenant for the area; and 2
(b) specify management outcomes for the protection, presentation 3
and use of the area and the policies, guidelines and actions to 4
achieve the outcomes. 5
`(2) A final management plan for a protected area may divide the area 6
into management zones. 7
conservation plans 8
`Final
`107B.(1) A final conservation plan for wildlife must be consistent with 9
the management principles for the class of wildlife. 10
`(2) A final conservation plan for wildlife, or a class of wildlife, may 11
provide for the State to be divided into wildlife districts.'. 12
of s 108 (Approval of final plan) 13
Amendment
25.(1) Section 108(1) and (2)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`108.(1) The Governor in Council may approve a final management or 16
conservation plan prepared by the Minister. 17
`(2) A conservation plan must be approved by, and set out in, a 18
regulation.'. 19
(2) Section 108(3)(b)-- 20
omit. 21
of new s 108A 22
Insertion
26. After section 108-- 23
insert-- 24
plans are statutory instruments made under this Act 25
`Conservation
`108A. For the purposes of the Statutory Instruments Act 1992, a 26
conservation plan is a statutory instrument made by the Minister under this 27
Act.'. 28
s 27 24 s 28
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of s 111 (Plan replaces interim or declared management 1
Replacement
intent) 2
27. Section 111-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
replaces interim or declared management intent 5
`Plan
`111.(1) A management plan for a Coordinated Conservation Area or 6
Wilderness Area replaces the interim or declared management intent for the 7
area. 8
`(2) A conservation plan for wildlife, or a class of wildlife, replaces the 9
declared management intent for the wildlife, or class of wildlife, unless the 10
plan declares that this subsection does not apply to the plan.'. 11
of s 112 (Plans prevail over planning schemes) 12
Replacement
28. Section 112-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
plans and regulations prevail over planning schemes 15
`Conservation
`112. If there is any conflict between a conservation plan, or regulation 16
giving effect to a management plan, and a planning scheme (whether made 17
before or after the plan or regulation), the plan or regulation prevails over 18
the planning scheme. 19
governments' decisions to be consistent with plans 20
`Local
`112A.(1) This section applies to land in-- 21
(a) a protected area for which a regulation is in force giving effect to a 22
management plan for the area; or 23
(b) an area identified under a conservation plan as, or including, a 24
critical habitat or an area of major interest. 25
`(2) A local government must not issue or give any approval, consent, 26
permit or other authority for a development on the land that is inconsistent 27
with the regulation or plan.'. 28
s 29 25 s 30
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of s 114 (Review of plans) 1
Amendment
29.(1) Section 114(1), after `each'-- 2
insert-- 3
`management and'. 4
(2) Section 114(2)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(2) The procedures applying to the preparation and approval of plans 7
under this Part apply to the review of plans with any necessary changes and 8
any changes prescribed by regulation.'. 9
of s 115 (Compensation) 10
Replacement
30. Section 115-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
13
`Compensation
`115.(1) This section applies if-- 14
(a) a regulation is made approving a conservation plan for an area 15
identified under the plan as, or including, a critical habitat or an 16
area of major interest; and 17
(b) a land-holder's interest in land in the area is injuriously affected 18
by a restriction or prohibition imposed under the plan on the 19
land-holder's existing use of the land. 20
`(2) The land-holder is entitled to be paid by the State the reasonable 21
compensation because of the restriction or prohibition that is agreed 22
between the State and the land-holder or, failing agreement, decided by the 23
Land Court. 24
`(3) The land-holder's interest in the land is not injuriously affected if the 25
restriction or prohibition under the conservation plan is the same, or to the 26
same effect, as a provision of another law applying to the land immediately 27
before the commencement of the plan. 28
`(4) Compensation is not payable if compensation has already been paid 29
for-- 30
s 31 26 s 31
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(a) the restriction or prohibition; or 1
(b) a restriction or prohibition to the same effect. 2
`(5) A claim for compensation must-- 3
(a) be made in a form approved by the chief executive; and 4
(b) be made to the chief executive within 6 months after the approval 5
of the conservation plan or the longer period the chief executive or 6
Land Court in special circumstances allows. 7
`(6) In making a determination, the Land Court must have regard to the 8
following matters-- 9
(a) the capacity of the land to sustain the existing use; 10
(b) any change in the value of the land because of the approval of the 11
conservation plan; 12
(c) any change in the profitability of the land because of the approval 13
of the conservation plan; 14
(d) any conservation agreement with the land-holder. 15
`(7) Subsection (6) does not limit the matters to which the Land Court 16
may have regard in making a determination. 17
`(8) In this section-- 18
"existing use" of land includes a lawful use made of the land immediately 19
before the commencement of the conservation plan that restricts or 20
prohibits the use.'. 21
of s 116 (Appointment of conservation officers) 22
Amendment
31. Section 116(4)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(4) A police officer-- 25
(a) is, without further appointment, a conservation officer; and 26
(b) has the same powers as a conservation officer.'. 27
s 32 27 s 33
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of new s 117A 1
Insertion
32. After section 117-- 2
insert-- 3
may inquire into suitability of proposed appointees 4
`Minister
`117A.(1) Before appointing a person as a conservation officer or 5
honorary protector, the Minister may inquire into the suitability of the 6
person. 7
`(2) The Minister may obtain a report from the Commissioner of the 8
Police Service about the criminal history of the person. 9
`(3) The report must include reference to, or disclosure of, convictions 10
mentioned in section 6 of the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) 11
Act 1986.'. 12
of s 122 (Records to be maintained by Registrar) 13
Amendment
33.(1) Section 122, `conservation agreement' -- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`registrable conservation agreement'. 16
(2) Section 122(1)(c) and (d)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(c) a regulation giving effect to a management plan for a World 19
Heritage Management Area or International Agreement Area 20
commences; or'. 21
(3) Section 122(1), after `declaration made'-- 22
insert-- 23
`, the regulation has commenced'. 24
(4) Section 122(2)(a)-- 25
insert-- 26
`(iia)the subject of a management plan and the regulation giving 27
effect to it; or'. 28
(5) Section 122(2)(b)-- 29
s 34 28 s 34
Nature Conservation Amendment
insert-- 1
`(iia)the management plan for the area and regulation; or'. 2
(6) Section 122(3), words from `of the conservation' -- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`of-- 5
(a) the registrable conservation agreement; or 6
(b) the conservation covenant; or 7
(c) the management plan and regulation; or 8
(d) the conservation plan.'. 9
(7) Section 122(4)-- 10
insert-- 11
`(ba)a regulation giving effect to a management plan is repealed; or'. 12
(8) Section 122(4), words from `that the agreement' -- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`of the termination, revocation, repeal or removal.'. 15
(9) Section 122(6)-- 16
insert-- 17
` "registrable conservation agreement" means a conservation agreement 18
expressed to be binding on the land-holder's successor's in title and 19
other persons who have an interest in the land the subject of the 20
agreement;'. 21
of s 124 (Confidentiality of information) 22
Amendment
34. Section 124(2)(b)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(b) information obtained under section 117A (Minister may inquire 25
into suitability of proposed appointees) or 123 (Chief executive 26
may inquire into applications).'. 27
s 35 29 s 37
Nature Conservation Amendment
of new s 129A 1
Insertion
35. Section 129A-- 2
insert-- 3
from prosecution 4
`Immunity
`129A.(1) A conservation officer is not liable to be prosecuted for an 5
offence against this Act for anything done or omitted to be done-- 6
(a) under the direction of the Minister or chief executive; or 7
(b) in the exercise of a power or performance of a function conferred 8
or imposed on the officer under this Act. 9
`(2) A person acting under the direction of the Minister, chief executive 10
or a conservation officer is not liable to be prosecuted for an offence against 11
this Act for anything done or omitted to be done under the direction.'. 12
of s 130 (Power to stop and search vehicles etc.) 13
Amendment
36. Section 130(6)(b)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(b) to bring the vehicle, boat or aircraft to a specified place and 16
remain in control of the vehicle, boat or aircraft at the place for a 17
reasonable time to enable the officer to exercise the officer's 18
powers in relation to the vehicle, boat or aircraft.'. 19
of s 137 (Conservation officer may require name and 20
Replacement
address) 21
37. Section 137-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
officer may require name and address 24
`Conservation
`137.(1) This section applies if a conservation officer-- 25
(a) finds a person committing an offence against this Act; or 26
(b) finds a person in circumstances that lead the officer to suspect, on 27
reasonable grounds, that the person has just committed an offence 28
against this Act; or 29
s 38 30 s 38
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(c) has information that leads the officer to suspect, on reasonable 1
grounds, that a person has just committed an offence against this 2
Act; or 3
(d) believes, on reasonable grounds, that the name and address of a 4
person is required for the administration or enforcement of this 5
Act. 6
`(2) The conservation officer may require the person to state the person's 7
name and address. 8
`(3) When making the requirement, the conservation officer must warn 9
the person it is an offence to fail to state the person's name and address, 10
unless the person has a reasonable excuse. 11
`(4) The conservation officer may require the person to give evidence of 12
the correctness of the person's name or address if the officer suspects, on 13
reasonable grounds, that the name or address given is false. 14
`(5) A person must comply with a conservation officer's requirement 15
under subsection (2) or (4), unless the person has a reasonable excuse for 16
not complying with the requirement. 17
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 18
`(6) The person does not commit an offence against this section if-- 19
(a) the conservation officer required the person to state the person's 20
name and address on suspicion of the person having committed 21
an offence against this Act; and 22
(b) the person is not proved to have committed the offence.'. 23
of s 138 (Power to require answers to questions) 24
Replacement
38. Section 138-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
to require information from certain persons 27
`Power
`138.(1) This section applies if a conservation officer suspects, on 28
reasonable grounds, that-- 29
(a) an offence against this Act has happened; and 30
(b) a person may be able to give information about the offence. 31
s 39 31 s 39
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`(2) The conservation officer may require the person to give information 1
about the offence. 2
`(3) When making the requirement, the conservation officer must warn 3
the person it is an offence to fail to give the information, unless the person 4
has a reasonable excuse. 5
`(4) The person must comply with the requirement, unless the person 6
has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it. 7
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 8
`(5) It is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to give information if 9
giving the information might tend to incriminate the person. 10
`(6) The person does not commit an offence against this section if the 11
information sought by the conservation officer is not in fact relevant to the 12
offence.'. 13
of new s 141A 14
Insertion
39. After section 141-- 15
insert-- 16
may order compensation 17
`Court
`141A.(1) A person may claim compensation from the State if the 18
person incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise 19
of a power under this Part, including, for example, in complying with a 20
requirement made of the person under this Part. 21
`(2) Payment of compensation may be claimed and ordered in a 22
proceeding for-- 23
(a) compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or 24
(b) an offence against this Act brought against the person making the 25
claim for compensation. 26
`(3) A court may order the payment of compensation for the loss or 27
expense only if it is satisfied it is just to make the order in the circumstances 28
of the particular case.'. 29
s 40 32 s 41
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of new s 146A 1
Insertion
40. After section 146-- 2
insert-- 3
officers must ensure corporation complies with Act 4
`Executive
`146A.(1) The executive officers of a corporation must ensure that the 5
corporation complies with this Act. 6
`(2) If a corporation commits an offence against a provision of this Act, 7
each of the executive officers of the corporation also commit an offence, 8
namely, the offence of failing to ensure that the corporation complies with 9
this Act. 10
Maximum penalty--the penalty for the contravention of the provision by an 11
individual. 12
`(3) Evidence that the corporation has committed an offence against this 13
Act is evidence that each of the executive officers committed the offence of 14
failing to ensure that the corporation complies with this Act. 15
`(4) However, it is a defence for an executive officer to prove that-- 16
(a) the corporation's offence was committed without the officer's 17
knowledge or consent; and 18
(b) the officer took all reasonable steps to ensure that the corporation 19
complied with this Act.'. 20
of s 148 (Proceedings for offences) 21
Replacement
41. Section 148-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
and summary offences 24
`Indictable
`148.(1) An offence against this Act for which the maximum penalty of 25
imprisonment is 2 years or more is an indictable offence. 26
`(2) Any other offence against this Act is a summary offence. 27
s 41 33 s 41
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for indictable offences 1
`Proceedings
`148A.(1) A proceeding for an indictable offence against this Act may be 2
taken, at the election of the prosecution-- 3
(a) by way of summary proceedings under the Justices Act 1886; or 4
(b) on indictment. 5
`(2) A Magistrate must not hear an indictable offence summarily if-- 6
(a) the defendant asks at the start of the hearing that the charge be 7
prosecuted on indictment; or 8
(b) the Magistrate considers that the charge should be prosecuted on 9
indictment. 10
`(3) If subsection (2) applies-- 11
(a) the Magistrate must proceed by way of an examination of 12
witnesses for an indictable offence; and 13
(b) a plea of the person charged at the start of the proceeding must be 14
disregarded; and 15
(c) evidence brought in the proceeding before the Magistrate decided 16
to act under subsection (2) is taken to be evidence in the 17
proceeding for the committal of the person for trial or sentence; 18
and 19
(d) before committing the person for trial or sentence, the Magistrate 20
must make a statement to the person as required by 21
section 104(2)(b) of the Justices Act 1886. 22
`(4) The maximum penalty that may be summarily imposed for an 23
indictable offence is 165 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year. 24
on who may summarily hear indictable offence 25
`Limitation
proceedings 26
`148B.(1) A proceeding must be before a Magistrate if it is a 27
proceeding-- 28
(a) for the summary conviction of a person on a charge for an 29
indictable offence; or 30
s 42 34 s 42
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(b) for an examination of witnesses for a charge for an indictable 1
offence. 2
`(2) However, if a proceeding for an indictable offence is brought before 3
a justice who is not a Magistrate, jurisdiction is limited to taking or making 4
a procedural action or order within the meaning of the Justices of the Peace 5
and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991. 6
on time for starting summary proceedings 7
`Limitation
`148C.(1) A proceeding for an offence against this Act by way of 8
summary proceeding under the Justices Act 1886 must start-- 9
(a) within 1 year after-- 10
(i) the commission of the offence; or 11
(ii) the offence comes to the complainant's knowledge, but not 12
later than 2 years after the commission of the offence; 13
whichever is the later; or 14
(b) if section 147 (Offence committed over a period) applies to the 15
offence--within 1 year after-- 16
(i) the end of the relevant period; or 17
(ii) the offence comes to the complainant's knowledge, but not 18
later than 2 years after the end of the relevant period; 19
whichever is the later.'. 20
of s 156 (Orders in council to be tabled and 21
Replacement
disallowable) 22
42. Section 156-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
of Statutory Instruments Act 25
`Application
`156.(1) Sections 43 (Tabling) and 44 (Disallowance) of the Statutory 26
Instruments Act 1992 do not apply to a regulation mentioned in section 30 27
(Revocation of State Forests and Timber Reserves), 32(2) (Revocation of 28
protected areas) or 51 (Revocation of World Heritage Management Area). 29
s 43 35 s 44
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`(2) Subsection (1) has effect despite section 46 of the Statutory 1
Instruments Act 1992.'. 2
of s 157 (Regulations) 3
Amendment
43.(1) Section 157(2)(b)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(b) the use of land, and activities, in protected areas;'. 6
(2) Section 157(2)(e), `impounding, removal and disposal'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`seizure'. 9
(3) After section 157(2)(e)-- 10
insert-- 11
`(ea) the seizure for the protection of native wildlife of vehicles, boats, 12
aircraft and appliances-- 13
(i) found on land without the land-holder's consent; or 14
(ii) found abandoned on land; 15
(eb) the removal and disposal of seized vehicles, boats, aircraft 16
property and appliances;'. 17
(4) Section 157(2)(m)-- 18
omit. 19
(5) Section 157(3)-- 20
omit. 21
of new s 164A 22
Insertion
44. After section 164-- 23
insert-- 24
plans may be prepared for existing National Parks 25
`Management
`164A.(1) The Minister may, before the commencing day, prepare a 26
management plan for a National Park under the repealed Act. 27
s 45 36 s 46
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`(2) The procedures applying to the preparation and approval of plans 1
under Part 7 apply to the preparation of the plan under this section. 2
`(3) Section 102 (Management plans) does not apply to a protected area 3
dedicated under section 164 (Dedication of existing National Parks) for 4
which a plan is prepared under this section.'. 5
of s 165 (Agreements etc. in relation to National Parks) 6
Replacement
45. Section 165-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
etc. about existing National Parks 9
`Agreements
`165.(1) Every lease, agreement, permit or other authority granted, made, 10
issued or given under section 33 or 35 of the repealed Act and in force 11
immediately before the commencing day continues in force until it expires, 12
or is earlier terminated, under its terms. 13
`(2) The repealed Act (other than the power to extend the authority) 14
continues to apply to the authority as if this Act had not been enacted.'. 15
of new s 166A 16
Insertion
46. After section 166-- 17
insert-- 18
refuges 19
`Fauna
`166A.(1) In this section-- 20
"applicable day" for a fauna refuge means the day-- 21
(a) the refuge is declared as a protected area; or 22
(b) that is 1 year after the commencing day. 23
`(2) This section applies to declarations of fauna refuges under the 24
repealed Act and in force immediately before the commencing day. 25
`(3) Each declaration continues in force, and the repealed Act continues 26
to apply to the fauna refuge, until the applicable day as if this Act had not 27
been enacted. 28
`(4) This section expires 1 year after the commencing day.'. 29
s 47 37 s 48
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of new s 169A 1
Insertion
47. After section 169-- 2
insert-- 3
prohibited animal 4
`Newly
`169A.(1) In this section-- 5
"newly prohibited animal" means a protected animal that, immediately 6
before the commencing day, was not prohibited fauna under the 7
repealed Act. 8
`(2) If a person is keeping a newly prohibited animal at the beginning of 9
the commencing day, the person is taken, for the purposes of section 83 10
(Prohibition on release etc. of international and prohibited wildlife), to be the 11
holder of a licence issued under a regulation permitting the person to keep 12
the animal until the earlier of-- 13
(a) the day the person gets a licence to keep the animal; or 14
(b) 6 months after the commencing day.'. 15
of new ss 171173 16
Insertion
48. After section 170-- 17
insert-- 18
to conservation plans 19
`References
`171. A reference to a conservation plan for a protected area in an Act, 20
statutory instrument or other document enacted, made or entered into before 21
the commencement of this section is a reference to a management plan for 22
the area. 23
and renumbering of Act 24
`Numbering
`172. In the first reprint of the Act produced under the Reprints Act 1992, 25
section 43 (Numbering and renumbering of provisions) of the Reprints Act 26
1992 must be used. 27
s 48 38 s 48
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of Part 1
`Expiry
`173.(1) Divisions 2 and 3, other than section 166A (Fauna refuges), 2
expire at the end of the commencing day. 3
`(2) Division 1 and this Division, other than section 171 (References to 4
conservation plans), expire 1 year after the commencing day.'. 5
6
39
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
THER AMENDMENTS 2
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section 2 3
1. Sections 5(e) (1st mention), 120(2)(d), 121(1)(f) and 157(2)(g), 4
`conservation plans'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`management and conservation plans'. 7
2. Sections 15(1)(b)(iv)(A), 15(1)(c), 37(3), 38(3), 41(6)(l), 49, 50(1), 53, 8
54(1), 60(1)(b),102(1) and(2), 109(1), 125(1)(b), Sch 2 (amendment 2 of 9
Aboriginal Land Act 1992 and amendment 2 of Torres Strait Islander 10
Land Act 1992), `conservation plan'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`management plan'. 13
3. Sections 104106, 107(1) and 113, `conservation plan'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`management or conservation plan'. 16
4. Sections 15(2), 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 36, 37, 38, 42, 45, 46, 50, 51, 54, 55, 17
59, 60, 97 and 102, `order in council'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`regulation'. 20
5. Section 5(c)(iii)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
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SCHEDULE (continued)
`(iii) the management plans;'. 1
6. Sections 5(e) (2nd mention) `conservation'-- 2
omit. 3
7. Section 6, after `persons'-- 4
insert-- 5
`, including Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders'. 6
8. Section 7, definition "natural resources", `animals, plants'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`wildlife'. 9
9. Section 7, definition "protected animal", paragraph (b), after 10
`under a'-- 11
insert-- 12
`regulation or'. 13
10. Section 7, definition "protected plant", paragraph (b), after `under 14
a'-- 15
insert-- 16
`regulation or'. 17
11. Section 15(1)(b)(i)-- 18
omit. 19
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SCHEDULE (continued)
12. Section 15(3)(b) and (c)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(b) the proposed management intent for, and any proposed use of, 3
the area.'. 4
13. Section 20(a), after `conserve'-- 5
insert-- 6
`and present'. 7
14. Section 29(2)-- 8
omit. 9
15. Section 42(2)(b), `order'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`declaration'. 12
16. Section 48(1)-- 13
omit-- 14
`, and any other neighbouring area,'. 15
17. Section 48(2)b), `intent for'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`of'. 18
18. Section 52(2)b), `intent for'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`of'. 21
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SCHEDULE (continued)
19. Section 64(a), after `by the'-- 1
insert-- 2
`dedication or'. 3
20. Section 64(b)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(b) a regulation giving effect to the management plan for the area.'. 6
21. Section 78(1), after `and (5)'-- 7
insert-- 8
`and sections 79A (Property in newly protected animals) and 79B 9
(Preservation of existing property rights)'. 10
22. Section 79(1), after `and (4)'-- 11
insert-- 12
`and section 79B (Preservation of existing property rights)'. 13
23. Section 84(1), `conservation plan for the protected animal'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`regulation or exemption under a regulation'. 16
24. Section 96(1)(b), `authority'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`government'. 19
25. Section 97(2), `order in council'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
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Nature Conservation Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
`Gazette notice'. 1
26. Section 99(3) (2nd mention)-- 2
omit-- 3
`holder'. 4
27. Part 7, heading-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`PART 7--MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION 7
PLANS'. 8
28. Section 104(2)(c), `authorities, interest groups and persons'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`governments, interested groups and persons, including Aborigines and 11
Torres Strait Islanders,'. 12
29. Section 109(1), `ensure that activities in the area are carried out 13
only in accordance with'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`give effect to'. 16
30. Section 110, `50'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`165'. 19
31. Section 120(3), `by order in council'-- 20
omit. 21
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SCHEDULE (continued)
32. Section 125, heading-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Licences to be consistent with management principles, and 3
management intent or plan'. 4
33. Section 129(2), `which'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`whom'. 7
34. Section 129(3), `which'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`whom'. 10
35. Section 130(5)(b)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(b) the person obeys the signal as soon as it is practicable to obey the 13
signal.'. 14
36. Section 132(4), `, a conservation officer'-- 15
omit. 16
37. Section 132(4)(a), `finds a thing that the conservation'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`a conservation officer finds a thing that the'. 19
38. Section 133(6)-- 20
omit. 21
45
Nature Conservation Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
39. Section 145(4)(b), `a regulation'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`this or another Act'. 3
40. Section 149-- 4
omit. 5
41. Section 152, heading-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Photographs and fingerprints of offenders'. 8
42. Section 167-- 9
omit. 10
43. Schedule 2, after amendments of Aboriginal Land Act 1992-- 11
insert-- 12
`ACQUISITION OF LAND ACT 1967 13
`1. Schedule 2 (paragraph (a)), after `Act 1988),'-- 14
`insert-- 15
`protected areas within the meaning of Division 2 of Part 4 of the Nature 16
Conservation Act 1992,'.'. 17
44. Schedule 2, after amendment 1 of amendments of Deer Farming 18
Act 1985-- 19
insert-- 20
46
Nature Conservation Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
`1A. Section 9(4)-- 1
omit. 2
`1B. Section 12(2)-- 3
omit. 4
`1C. Section 13(1)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`13.(1) A person may make the prescribed earmark on deer in the 7
person's possession for the purpose of making it farm deer if it is-- 8
(a) a prescribed species of deer; and 9
(b) the young of a dam that-- 10
(i) is farm deer; and 11
(ii) is owned by the person.'. 12
`1D. Section 15-- 13
omit.'. 14
45. Schedule 2, after amendments of Land Act 1962-- 15
insert-- 16
`LIQUOR ACT 1992 17
`1. Section 173B(1)(a)(ii)-- 18
`omit `an environmental park under the Land Act 1962', 19
`insert-- 20
47
Nature Conservation Amendment
SCHEDULE (continued)
`a Conservation Park or Resources Reserve under the Nature 1
Conservation Act 1992'.'. 2
46. Schedule 2, amendments of Transport Infrastructure (Roads) Act 3
1991-- 4
omit. 5
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