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Section 16: Management plans

National Terrestrial Biodiversity and National Parks Act · PART IV: NATIONAL PARKS AND OTHER RESERVES

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16. Management plans (1) The Director shall prepare a draft management plan for every area of reserved land and every buffer zone. (2) The draft— (a) shall set out a statement of objectives and proposals for the management of the land or buffer zone; and (b) may designate any area within the reserved land to which the public shall only have access after obtaining a written authorisation from the Director. (3) The Director shall cause a notice to be published in at least 2 daily newspapers, stating where a copy of the draft management plan may be inspected or purchased. (4) Any person may, within 60 days from the publication of a notice under subsection (3), make written representations to the Director in relation to the draft management plan. (5) Following representations made under subsection (4), the Director may make such amendments to the draft management plan as he considers appropriate. (6) The Director shall thereafter submit the draft management plan to the Minister, for his approval. (7) The management plan shall, after having been aprroved by the Minister— (a) be made available for inspection or purchase by any person; N30A – 11 [Issue 8] Native Terrestrial Biodiversity and National Parks Act (b) come into operation on the publication, in the Gazette, of a notice confirming the approval; and (c) be binding in relation to the management and use of the reserved land and any adjoining buffer zone.

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