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Conservation Act 1987

Specially protected areas

19: Conservation parks

You could also call this:

"Rules to protect and enjoy conservation parks"

When you visit a conservation park, you want to know it is being looked after. The park is managed to protect its natural and historic resources. It is also managed to let you enjoy the park and have fun.

A committee can be set up to help advise the Minister on how to manage the park. The Governor-General can make rules about how the committee is formed and what it does. These rules can apply to all conservation parks or just some of them.

The rules made under this section are called secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements). These rules help manage conservation parks. They are important for keeping the parks safe and fun for you to visit.

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Part 4Specially protected areas

19Conservation parks

  1. Every conservation park shall so be managed—

  2. that its natural and historic resources are protected; and
    1. subject to paragraph (a), to facilitate public recreation and enjoyment.

      1. Where a committee is constituted by or under regulations made under subsection (3) in respect of any conservation park, it may advise the Minister on the area's management.

      2. The Governor-General may from time to time, by Order in Council, make regulations constituting, or providing for the constitution, appointment, or election, of a committee to advise the Minister on the management of any conservation park or parks, and defining its functions.

      3. Regulations under subsection (3) may be so made as to apply to—

      4. all conservation parks, parks of any class or description, or to any specified conservation park or parks:
        1. all committees constituted by or under regulations made under subsection (3), or to any such committee or committees.

          1. Regulations under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

          Notes
          • Section 19(5): inserted, on , by section 3 of the Secondary Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 7).