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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 55

55 Declaration of World Heritage management area

(1) On approval of a management plan for an area that is proposed to become a World Heritage management area, the Governor in Council must, by regulation, declare the area to which the plan relates to be a World Heritage management area.

(2) The regulation must--

(a) describe the area for which the declaration is made; and
(b) specify such other particulars as are prescribed.

(3) The regulation may define the extent of the area by reference to--

(a) a specified depth below the surface of land; or
(b) a specified height above the surface of land.

(4) To allay any doubt, a World Heritage management area may include an area that is, or is part of, a protected area dedicated or declared under any provision of this Act.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to revoke the dedication or declaration of a protected area, or a part of a protected area, included in a World Heritage management area.



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