Part 1National parks
Establishment, exclusion of land from, and definition of parks
14ASpecial provisions relating to wilderness areas under Reserves Act 1977 or Conservation Act 1987
This section applies where land set apart as or declared to be a wilderness area under the Reserves Act 1977 or the Conservation Act 1987 is constituted as a park.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, where this section applies, the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, declare that the wilderness area shall continue to be set apart as a wilderness area as if the land had been set apart as a wilderness area under section 14.
A declaration under subsection (2) shall have effect according to its tenor subject to the following provisions:
- the Director-General (in preparing the first management plan for the area) and the Board (in considering that plan) and the Authority (before approving that plan) shall consider whether or not the area should continue to be a wilderness area and whether or not any boundary adjustments should be made to the area:
- the Authority shall make a recommendation on the matter to the Minister:
- after receipt of a recommendation under paragraph (b), the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, make such further declarations or provisions with respect to the status of the area as a wilderness area as he or she considers appropriate; and that notice shall have effect according to its tenor.
Notes
- Section 14A: inserted, on , by section 3 of the National Parks Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 4).