ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS ACT 1991 - SECT 5 Objectives

ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS ACT 1991 - SECT 5

The following are the objectives of this Act—

        (a)     to conserve, protect and improve the botanic gardens and managed land and their collections of living plants;

        (b)     to conserve and enhance the State botanical collection and National Herbarium;

        (c)     to provide for the use of the State botanical collection or plants or plant specimens at the botanic gardens or managed land for scientific or reference purposes, consistent with accepted international practice;

        (d)     to increase public knowledge and awareness of plants and plant communities;

S. 5(e) amended by No. 86/2003 s. 4(a).

        (e)     to provide for the use of the botanic gardens for education, public enjoyment and tourism;

S. 5(f) inserted by No. 86/2003 s. 4(b).

        (f)     to provide for—

              (i)     the carrying out of and contribution to research into biodiversity; and

              (ii)     the conservation of biodiversity.

Part 2—The Royal Botanic Gardens Board

Division 1—Establishment and membership