Tasmanian Consolidated Acts

THREATENED SPECIES PROTECTION ACT 1995 - SECT 62

Until provision is made in relation to this Act by order under section 4 of the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 –

(a) the administration of this Act is assigned to the Minister for Environment and Land Management; and

(b) the Department responsible to the Minister for Environment and Land Management in relation to the administration of this Act is the Department of Environment and Land Management.

SCHEDULE 1 - Objectives

Section 4

PART 1 - Objectives of the Resource Management and Planning System of Tasmania

1. The objectives of the resource management and planning system of Tasmania are –

(a) to promote the sustainable development of natural and physical resources and the maintenance of ecological processes and genetic diversity; and

(b) to provide for the fair, orderly and sustainable use and development of air, land and water; and

(c) to encourage public involvement in resource management and planning; and

(d) to facilitate economic development in accordance with the objectives set out in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c); and

(e) to promote the sharing of responsibility for resource management and planning between the different spheres of Government, the community and industry in Tasmania.

2. In clause 1(a), "sustainable development" means managing the use, development and protection of natural and physical resources in a way, or at a rate, which enables people and communities to provide for their social, economic and cultural well-being and for their health and safety while –

(a) sustaining the potential of natural and physical resources to meet the reasonably foreseeable needs of future generations; and

(b) safeguarding the life-supporting capacity of air, water, soil and ecosystems; and

(c) avoiding, remedying or mitigating any adverse effects of activities on the environment.

PART 2 - Objectives of the Threatened Species Protection System Established by this Act

3. The objectives of the threatened species protection system established by this Act are, in support of the objectives specified in Part 1 of this Schedule –

(a) to ensure that all native flora and fauna in Tasmania can survive, flourish and retain their potential for evolutionary development in the wild; and

(b) to ensure that the genetic diversity of native flora and fauna is maintained; and

(c) to educate the community in the conservation of native flora and fauna; and

(d) to encourage co-operative management of native flora and fauna including the making of co-operative agreements for land management under this Act; and

(e) to assist landholders to enable native flora and fauna to be conserved; and

(f) to encourage the conserving of native flora and fauna through co-operative community endeavours.