37Shack site determination process not impeded by other laws

37 Shack site determination process not impeded by other laws

(1)  [Section 37 Subsection (1) amended by No. 64 of 2002, Sched. 1, Applied:31 Dec 2002] Nothing in the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 (in this section called the Parks Act) or the Administrative Arrangements Act 1990 prevents the Minister or the Secretary from exercising any power or carrying out any action that, under this Act, the Minister or the Secretary is required or permitted to exercise or carry out in relation to –

(a) a shack site that is subject to the Parks Act; or

(b) a lease or licence granted under the Parks Act.

(2)  In the event of an inconsistency between a provision of this Act and a provision of the Parks Act, being an inconsistency affecting the exercise of a power or the carrying out of an action that the Minister or the Secretary is required or permitted to exercise or carry out during the conversion period for the purposes of this Act, the provision of this Act prevails.

(3)  Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (2) , the Minister and the Secretary must consult the Director of National Parks and Wildlife before exercising a power or carrying out an action under this Act in relation to –

(a) a shack site that is subject to the Parks Act; or

(b) a lease or licence granted under the Parks Act.