NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 204 Deciding application for lease etc. for a protected area of an old class

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 204

204 Deciding application for lease etc. for a protected area of an old class

(1) This section applies to an application for a lease, agreement, licence, permit or other authority (the
"relevant authority" ) that—

(a) was made, but not decided, under this Act before the commencement; and

(b) is for a protected area of an old class that, under this subdivision, is changed to a protected area of another class (the
"new class" ).

(2) The application is to be decided, as an application for the relevant authority for a protected area of the old class, under the unamended Act, as if the amendment Act had not been enacted.

(3) If the application is granted, the chief executive must give or grant to the applicant the relevant authority for the area as a protected area of the new class.

(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that subsection (3) applies even if the carrying out of the activities under the relevant authority is not consistent with the management principles for protected areas of the new class.

(5) However, the grounds on which the chief executive may refuse an application to renew the relevant authority include the ground that the carrying out of the activities under the authority is not consistent with the management principles for protected areas of the new class.