Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CONSERVATION AND LAND MANAGEMENT ACT 1984 - SECT 59

59 .         Plans to be referred to other bodies

        (1)         The controlling body may submit the proposed management plan, modified if it thinks fit after considering submissions made under section 58, to any organization or body it thinks appropriate, together with a summary of those submissions.

        (2)         The controlling body shall submit the proposed management plan to the local government of each district within which the land in question is situated and any such local government shall, notwithstanding section 58, be given a reasonable time in which to prepare written submissions on the proposed plan.

        (3)         In the case of a jointly vested nature reserve referred to in section 7(4), the Conservation Commission shall submit the proposed management plan, in accordance with subsection (1), to any associated body.

        (4)         If an organization or body to which the proposed plan is referred under subsection (1) or (3) considers that the controlling body should vary the plan or make any addition to or delete any provision from, the plan, it may within one month after receipt of the proposed plan under subsection (1), in writing, request the controlling body to make the variation, addition or deletion.

        (5)         The Marine Authority shall submit a proposed management plan for a marine park or a marine management area to the Minister for Fisheries and the Minister for Mines.

        (6)         The Conservation Commission shall submit a proposed management plan for State forest or a timber reserve to the Minister for Forest Products.

        (7)         The Conservation Commission shall submit a proposed management plan for land that is or includes a public water catchment area to the Minister (Water Resources).

        (8)         If a proposed management plan is relevant to the functions of the Western Australian Tourism Commission under the Western Australian Tourism Commission Act 1983 , the controlling body shall submit the plan to the Minister administering that Act.

        [Section 59 amended by No. 76 of 1988 s. 10; No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 5 of 1997 s. 25; No. 35 of 2000 s. 26 and 50; No. 38 of 2007 s. 191(6).]