(1)  Subject to any orders made under this section, the Director is the managing authority for all reserved land other than –

(a) reserved land that is within a private sanctuary or private nature reserve; or

(b) reserved land that is vested in a public authority.

(2)  The Governor, by order made with the consent of a prescribed body, may declare that body to be the managing authority for any reserved land other than land within a national park or nature reserve.

(3)  The Governor, by order made with the consent of a Conservation Management Trust, may declare that Trust to be the managing authority for any reserved land in a class specified in section 31(2) .

(4)  An order may not be made under subsection (3) declaring a Conservation Management Trust to be the managing authority for any reserved land unless there is a management plan for that land.

(5)  The Governor, by order, may declare the Director to be the managing authority for –

(a) land within a private sanctuary or private nature reserve; or

(b) land vested in a public authority.

(6)  An order may not be made under this section –

(a) in respect of land within a private sanctuary or private nature reserve without the consent of the owner of that land; or

(b) in respect of land vested in a public authority without the consent of the public authority; or

(c) in respect of land within a leased reserve without the consent of the owner of the land.

(7)  An order under this section in respect of any reserved land may make provision with respect to –

(a) the defraying of the expenses incurred under this Act in relation to that land; and

(b) the application of any moneys received under this Act by way of rents, charges or otherwise in respect of the land –

and the provisions of this Act and of any enactment relating to any public authority that is the owner of, or the managing authority for, that land have effect subject to the provisions of the order.

(8)  An order under this section may be revoked or varied by a further order of the Governor.

(9)  The Governor, by order, may declare that, on the day specified in the order, an order under this section by which the Director, a prescribed body or a Conservation Management Trust is declared to be the managing authority for any reserved land ceases to have effect and, on that day, the Director, the prescribed body or the Conservation Management Trust, as the case may be, ceases to be the managing authority for that land.