Victorian Consolidated Legislation

National Parks Act 1975 - SECT 4

Objects of Act

4. Objects of Act

The objects of this Act are-

   (a)  to make provision, in respect of national parks, State parks, marine
        national parks and marine sanctuaries-

   (i)  for the preservation and protection of the natural environment
        including wilderness areas and remote and natural areas in those
        parks;

   (ii) for the protection and preservation of indigenous flora and fauna and
        of features of scenic or archaeological, ecological, geological,
        historic or other scientific interest in those parks; and

   (iii) for the study of ecology, geology, botany, zoology and other sciences
        relating to the conservation of the natural environment in those
        parks; and

   (iv) for the responsible management of the land in those parks;

   (aa) to make further provision in respect of designated water supply
        catchment areas in national parks-

   (i)  for the protection of those areas; and

   (ii) for the maintenance of the water quality and otherwise for the
        protection of the water resources in those areas; and

   (iii) for the restriction of human activity in those areas for the purposes
        of subparagraphs (i) and (ii);

   (ab) to make provision in respect of wilderness parks-

   (i)  for the protection, enhancement and management of those parks as
        wilderness so as to maximise the extent to which those parks are
        undisturbed by the influences of the European settlement of Australia;
        and

   (ii) for the protection, preservation and evolution of the natural
        environment including indigenous flora and fauna and of features of
        ecological, geological, scenic, archaeological and other scientific
        significance; and

   (iii) for the use and enjoyment of those parks by the public for
        inspiration, solitude and appropriate self-reliant recreation; and

   (iv) for the study of ecology, geology, botany, zoology archaeology and
        other sciences relating to the environment in those parks;

   (b)  in respect of parks described in Schedule Three-

   (i)  to make provision, insofar as is appropriate to each such park, for
        the protection and preservation of indigenous flora and fauna and of
        features of scenic or archaeological, ecological, historic or other
        scientific interest; and

   (ii) subject to such provision as is made under subparagraph (i), to make
        provision for the public to observe, experience or otherwise become
        acquainted in those parks with the countryside and rural skills
        activities and pursuits and for carrying on, in those parks and for
        those purposes, agricultural, horticultural, or other agrarian
        projects and botanical, biological, ecological, geological,
        zoological, or other scientific studies or projects; and

   (c)  to make provision in accordance with the foregoing for the use of
        parks by the public for the purposes of enjoyment, recreation or
        education and for the encouragement and control of that use.