NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 111 Chief executive to prepare management statement

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 111

111 Chief executive to prepare management statement

(1) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after—

(a) the dedication of—

(i) a national park (scientific); or

(ii) a national park; or

(iii) a national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land); or

(iv) a conservation park; or

(v) a resources reserve; or

(b) the declaration of—

(i) a nature refuge, under section 49 ; or

(ii) a coordinated conservation area; or

(iii) an indigenous joint management area;

prepare a management statement for the area.

(2) However, the chief executive is not required to prepare a management statement for the area (the
"newly dedicated protected area" ) if—

(a) the area is dedicated or declared as a protected area in connection with any of the following changes to a protected area (an
"existing protected area" ) for which a management statement (an
"existing management statement" ) or management plan (an
"existing management plan" ) is in force—

(i) renaming the existing protected area;

(ii) changing the class of the existing protected area;

(iii) adding an area to the existing protected area;

(iv) removing an area from the existing protected area;

(v) amalgamating the existing protected area with another protected area;

(vi) dividing the existing protected area into 2 or more separate protected areas; and

(b) any of the following applies—

(i) the regulation dedicating or declaring the newly dedicated protected area declares that the existing management statement or existing management plan applies to the newly dedicated protected area;

(ii) if there is an existing management statement in effect for the existing protected area—the chief executive amends the existing management statement to apply to the newly dedicated protected area; or

(iii) if there is an existing management plan in effect for the existing protected area—the Minister amends the existing management plan to apply to the newly dedicated protected area.

(3) Also, the chief executive is not required to prepare a management statement for the area if the Minister notifies the chief executive that the Minister is preparing a management plan for the area.

(4) If—

(a) on or after the dedication or declaration of a protected area, the area is included in an aggregation of protected areas assigned a name under section 64 ; and

(b) a management statement is required to be prepared for the area under this section;

the chief executive may prepare a management statement for the aggregation of areas instead of a statement for the area (whether or not statements have been prepared for other areas included in the aggregation of areas).

(5) If the chief executive decides to prepare a management statement for an amalgamated area or aggregation of areas, this part applies to the preparation and approval of the statement.

(6) The chief executive may after the declaration of a nature refuge, other than under section 49 , prepare a management statement for the area of the refuge if the landholder of the area agrees.

(7) A management statement for a national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land) or an indigenous joint management area must—

(a) be prepared jointly with the indigenous landholder for the protected area; and

(b) be consistent with any indigenous land use agreement, and the indigenous management agreement, for the protected area.

(8) A management statement for an area may be combined with a management statement for another area dedicated or declared under this Act.