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NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES MANAGEMENT ACT 2002 - SECT 27 Contents of management plans

NATIONAL PARKS AND RESERVES MANAGEMENT ACT 2002 - SECT 27

Contents of management plans

(1)  A management plan for any reserved land –
(a) may indicate the manner in which the powers of the managing authority under this Act are to be exercised in relation to that land, or any part of that land; and
(b) may prohibit or restrict, in relation to that land or any part of that land, the exercise of those powers; and
(c) if the land is a private sanctuary or private nature reserve, may specify the cases and the circumstances in which the owner of the land is bound by the regulations; and
(d) is to specify the purposes for which that land was reserved; and
(e) if the management plan relates to particular land of a single class, is to specify any or all of the management objectives which apply to land of that class as the objectives for which the land is to be managed; and
(f) if the management plan relates to particular land of a single class, is to specify the reasons for which any management objectives for that class of reserved land –
(i) have been specified in the management plan as the objectives for which that land is to be managed; and
(ii) have not been specified in the management plan as the objectives for which that land is to be managed; and
(g) if the management plan relates to more than one class of reserved land, is to specify any or all of the management objectives for each class of reserved land as the objectives for which the land in that class is to be managed; and
(h) if the management plan relates to more than one class of reserved land, is to specify the reasons for which any management objectives for any of those classes –
(i) have been specified in the management plan as the objectives for which the land in that class is to be managed; and
(ii) have not been specified in the management plan as the objectives for which the land in that class is to be managed; and
(i) may specify any condition that applies to the application of any management objective specified in the management plan; and
(j) is to specify the manner in which the management objectives specified in the management plan are to be achieved; and
(k) may contain any other provisions that are authorised by this Act to be contained in that plan.
(2)  A management plan for any land within a national park, State reserve, nature reserve, game reserve or historic site may make provision for the use or development of that land otherwise than under the powers conferred by this Act and for that purpose may authorise the exercise in relation to that land, subject to any restrictions specified in the plan, of any statutory power.
(3)  Any provisions in a management plan giving an authority referred to in subsection (2) are of no effect unless the inclusion of those provisions in that plan is approved by each House of Parliament.
(4)  For the purposes of this section, a House of Parliament is taken to have approved the inclusion of provisions in a management plan giving an authority referred to in subsection (2) if a copy of the plan with the provisions clearly indicated has been laid on the table of that House and –
(a) the inclusion is approved by that House; or
(b) at the expiration of 5 sitting days after the plan was laid on the table of that House –
(i) no notice has been given of a motion to disallow the inclusion; or
(ii) if such notice has been given, the notice has been withdrawn or the motion has been negatived; or
(c) if a notice of a motion to disallow the inclusion has been given but not withdrawn or negatived during that period of 5 sitting days, the notice is withdrawn or the motion is negatived after the expiration of that period.
(5)  Notice of approval under subsection (3) of the inclusion in a management plan of provisions referred to in subsection (2) are to be published in the Gazette by the Clerk of the House which has granted approval as soon as practicable.
(6)  A management plan for any land within a conservation area, nature recreation area, regional reserve, private nature reserve or private sanctuary may prohibit or restrict the exercise in relation to that land of any statutory powers.
(7)  Any restriction imposed by a management plan under this section on the exercise of a statutory power may be a restriction specifying the conditions subject to which it may be exercised, or the circumstances in which it may or may not be exercised.
(8)  Any condition imposed by a management plan under this section on the exercise of a statutory power may be a condition requiring the carrying out, or designed to facilitate or promote the carrying out, of works and other operations during or after the exercise of that power, or requiring the entering into of contracts or the making of any other arrangements designed to secure the carrying out of those works or operations.