5The *Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997* s. 8(3) reads as follows:

5 The *Acts Amendment (Marine Reserves) Act 1997* s. 8(3) reads as follows: (3) To avoid doubt it is declared that section 7(5) of the principal Act [the *Conservation and Land Management Act 1984*], as inserted by subsection (1), applies to marine nature reserves and marine parks which, immediately before the commencement of this Act, were vested in the National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority, whether so vested under the principal Act or under the *Land Act 1933*. 6 The *Wildlife Conservation Act 1950* s. 10 was repealed by the *Acts Amendment (Conservation and Land Management) Act 1984* s. 6.