Part 1National parks
Establishment, exclusion of land from, and definition of parks
14Wilderness areas
The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority made in accordance with a conservation management strategy or management plan, by notice in the Gazette, set apart any area of a park as a wilderness area, and may in like manner revoke any such setting apart.
Subject to this section, while any area is set apart as a wilderness area,—
- its indigenous natural resources shall be preserved:
- no building or machinery shall be erected on the area:
- no building, machinery, or apparatus shall be constructed or maintained on the area:
- no animals, vehicles, or motorised vessels (including hovercraft and jet boats) shall be allowed to be taken into or used in the area and no helicopter or other motorised aircraft shall land or take off or hover for the purpose of embarking or disembarking passengers or goods in a wilderness area:
- no roads, tracks, or trails shall be constructed in the area.
The Minister may authorise any person to liberate any species of indigenous animal in a wilderness area where—
- the Minister is satisfied that there is sufficient evidence that the species was previously present in the area; and
- the proposed liberation is not inconsistent with any general policy statement, conservation management strategy, or management plan having effect in relation to the area.
Subject to subsection (3), if—
- the doing of anything in a wilderness area is in conformity with the conservation management strategy or management plan for the area; and
- the Minister is satisfied that its doing is necessary or desirable for the preservation of the area's indigenous natural resources,—
If satisfied that the undertaking of any scientific test or study in a wilderness area is necessary or desirable for the preservation of indigenous natural resources, the Minister may authorise it.
Nothing in subsection (2) prevents the doing of anything necessary for any person's protection or because of some emergency involving any person's property.
Notes
- Section 14: replaced, on , by section 5(1) of the National Parks Amendment Act 1994 (1994 No 112).