NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 27

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1972 - SECT 27

27—Constitution of national parks by statute

        (1)         The areas declared in Schedule 3 to be national parks are constituted national parks.

        (2)         The names assigned in Schedule 3 to the national parks constituted under subsection (1) are, subject to this Division, the names of those national parks.

        (3)         The Governor may, by proclamation—

            (a)         abolish a national park constituted under this section; or

            (b)         alter the boundaries of a national park constituted under this section; or

            (c)         alter the name assigned to a national park under this section.

        (4)         A proclamation must not be made under subsection (3)(a) or (b) by virtue of which any land ceases to be, or ceases to be included in, a national park except in pursuance of a resolution passed by both Houses of Parliament.

        (5)         Notice of a motion for a resolution under subsection (4) must be given at least 14 sitting days before the motion is passed.

        (6)         A proclamation must not be made under subsection (3)(b) or (c) in relation to a national park constituted of Aboriginal-owned land except with the agreement of the registered proprietor of the land.