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Fast-track Approvals Act 2024

Fast-track approvals process - Referral of project to fast-track approvals process - Process after Minister receives referral application

19: Report in relation to use of public conservation land

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“Report tells Minister about using public land for projects”

If a project includes public conservation land, the Minister must get a report from the Director-General of Conservation. You need this report for the referral application. The Minister has to read and think about this report.

The report needs to tell you about a few things. First, it explains how people currently use and manage the public conservation land in the project area. This includes both official and unofficial arrangements.

Next, the report talks about any risks or responsibilities the government might face. These are related to certain types of approvals that might be given, like concessions, land exchanges, or access arrangements.

If the referral application had to include special information about the land, the report will give advice about those matters too.

When writing about how the land is used and managed, and about risks to the government, the Director-General of Conservation must talk to everyone who owns, manages, or looks after the land, except for the government itself.

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Referral of project to fast-track approvals process: Process after Minister receives referral application

19Report in relation to use of public conservation land

  1. If a project area includes public conservation land, the Minister must, for the referral application, obtain and consider a report that is prepared by the Director-General of Conservation in accordance with this section.

  2. The report must set out—

  3. the existing arrangements (whether formal or informal) for the administration, access to, or use of public conservation land within the project area; and
    1. advice on the risks to, and potential liabilities of, the Crown that relate to any proposed approvals of the kind described in section 42(4)(e), (f), (l), or (m) (concession, land exchange, or access arrangement); and
      1. if the referral application was required to include information under paragraph (q) or (r) of section 13(4), advice on the matters set out in the applicable paragraph.

        1. The report content required by subsection (2)(a) and (b) must be prepared by the Director-General of Conservation in consultation with every owner, administrator, or manager of the land who is not the Crown.