(b) an area that is an aggregation of areas assigned a name under section 64.
(2) The Minister may prepare a management plan for the area if the Minister is
satisfied it is appropriate in the circumstances having regard to the
following—
(a) the importance of the area’s natural or cultural resources
and values;
(b) any significant or particular threats to the area’s natural
or cultural resources and values;
(c) any significant public interest
concerns for the area’s natural or cultural resources and values;
(d) the
nature of any proposed commercial or recreational uses of, and opportunities
for, the area and the proposed management of those uses.
(3) The Minister may
after the declaration of a nature refuge, other than under section 49,
prepare a management plan for the area of the refuge if the landholder of the
area agrees.
(4) A management plan 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.
