Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A controlling body
shall, in the preparation of proposed management plans for any land, have the
objective of achieving or promoting the purpose for which the land is vested
in it, or for which the care, control and management of the land are placed
with it, and in particular management plans shall be designed —
(a) in
the case of indigenous State forests or timber reserves, to achieve the
purpose, or combination of purposes, provided for in the proposed management
plan under section 55(1a);
(b) in
the case of State forest or timber reserves planted with exotic species, to
achieve the optimum yield in production consistent with the satisfaction of
long-term social and economic needs;
(c) in
the case of national parks and conservation parks, to fulfil so much of the
demand for recreation by members of the public as is consistent with the
proper maintenance and restoration of the natural environment, the protection
of indigenous flora and fauna and the preservation of any feature of
archaeological, historic or scientific interest;
(d) in
the case of nature reserves to maintain and restore the natural environment,
and to protect, care for, and promote the study of, indigenous flora and
fauna, and to preserve any feature of archaeological, historic or scientific
interest;
(da) in
the case of marine nature reserves, marine parks and marine management areas
reserved under section 13, to achieve the purposes set out in
sections 13A(1), 13B(1) and 13C(1) respectively;
(db) in
the case of marine nature reserves, marine parks and marine management areas
reserved under the Acts referred to in section 6(6)(b) and (c), to
achieve, or to promote as far as possible, the purposes set out in
sections 13A(1), 13B(1) and 13C(1) respectively; and
(e) in
the case of other land referred to in section 5(1)(g) or (h), to
achieve the purpose for which the land was vested in, or for which the care,
control and management of the land were placed with, the controlling body.
[Section 56 amended by No. 76 of 1988
s. 9; No. 20 of 1991 s. 28; No. 5 of 1997 s. 24;
No. 31 of 1997 s. 15(15); No. 24 of 2000 s. 8(6).]