12Permitted areas, declaring etc.

12. Permitted areas, declaring etc.

(1) Following the publication of proposals by the Committee and consideration of any submissions relating thereto in the manner required by section 18, the Minister may, with the consent of the Governor, by notice published in the Government Gazette declare any land, other than private land, to be a permitted area for the purposes of this Act, and may in like manner but subject to section 18(3) vary or cancel any such declaration, and subject to the provisions of this Act effect shall be given to any such declaration.

(2) A declaration as to a permitted area made under this section shall take effect on the date of the publication in the Government Gazette of the notice referred to in subsection (1) or such later date as may be specified in that notice.