NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 214 Deciding application for relevant authorities

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 214

214 Deciding application for relevant authorities

(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 division, 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—

(a) under this Act as in force before the commencement; and

(b) as if the Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2016 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.