Section 1 - KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1992 - KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1992 | Zoe
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
REGULATIONS 1992
As in force at 11 February 1998
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1
3 Establishment of Committee ............................................................ 1
4 Composition of Committee .............................................................. 1
5 Resignation of members .................................................................. 2
6 Termination of appointment and appointment of new members ...... 2
7 Chairman ......................................................................................... 3
8 Calling of meetings, procedure, &c. ................................................. 3
9 Functions and powers of Committee ............................................... 4
10 Members shall not disclose information ........................................... 5
ENDNOTES
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
As in force at 11 February 1998
KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
REGULATIONS 1992
Regulations under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act
1976
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Keep River National Park
Local Management Committee Regulations 1992.
2 Interpretation
In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
Chairman means the Chairman of the Committee.
Committee means the Keep River National Park Local
Management Committee established by regulation 3.
member means a member of the Committee.
Park means the area declared to be a park under section 12 of the
Act by notice dated 15 April 1981 and published in Gazette No. G17
of 1 May 1981.
3 Establishment of Committee
There is established by these Regulations a committee to be known
as the Keep River National Park Local Management Committee.
4 Composition of Committee
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the Committee is to consist of
7 members appointed by the Minister, of whom:
(a) 2 are to be employees within the meaning of the Public Sector
Employment and Management Act 1993;
(b) one is to be an Aboriginal nominated by Murranwong-
Gadgerong families with an interest in living areas in the Park;
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(c) one is to be an Aboriginal appointed from Aboriginal groups
with an interest in the Park but not proposing to live in the
Park; and
(d) 3 are to be persons with an interest in the Park.
(2) A person who is a member of the Legislative Assembly or of either
House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth is not eligible to be
appointed or to hold office as a member.
(3) As soon as practicable after an appointment under
subregulation (1) has been made, the Minister shall cause notice of
the appointment to be published in the Gazette.
(4) Subject to regulations 5 and 6, a member holds office for 3 years
but is eligible for reappointment.
(5) The performance of a function or the exercise of a power of the
Committee is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy
in the office of a member.
5 Resignation of members
A member appointed under regulation 4(1) may resign office by
writing signed by or with the authority of the member, delivered to
the Minister.
6 Termination of appointment and appointment of new members
(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after:
(a) receiving the resignation of a member;
(b) becoming aware of a member's inability to continue as a
member because of illness or for any other reason; or
(c) being satisfied that a member has contravened regulation 10,
terminate the appointment of the person as a member.
(2) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after:
(a) becoming aware of the death of a member; or
(b) terminating the appointment of a person as a member under
subregulation (1),
appoint another person, with the same qualification for membership
as the person in whose place the person is appointed, to be a
member.
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7 Chairman
(1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the establishment of
the Committee, or at any time when the office of Chairman is
vacant, convene a meeting of the Committee for the purpose of
electing a member as the Chairman.
(2) The Minister shall appoint a member to preside at the meeting
referred to in subregulation (1).
(3) Where the Minister convenes a meeting under subregulation (1),
the Committee shall elect a member to be Chairman.
(4) Where a member is elected as Chairman at a meeting referred to in
subregulation (1), the member shall preside at the meeting in place
of the member appointed under subregulation (2).
(5) Subject to subregulation (6), the Chairman holds office, provided he
or she remains a member, for 3 years and is eligible for re-election.
(6) The Committee may at any time, by resolution, remove the
Chairman from office and elect another member as Chairman.
8 Calling of meetings, procedure, &c.
(1) The Chairman shall call such meetings of the Committee as are
necessary for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its
functions, but the number of meetings shall be not less than one in
each calendar year.
(2) At any time:
(a) the Minister may direct; or
(b) not less than 3 members may request,
the Chairman to call a meeting of the Committee and the Chairman
shall call a meeting accordingly.
(3) At a meeting of the Committee:
(a) the Chairman, if present, shall preside or, if the Chairman is
not present, the members present shall elect one of their
number to preside;
(b) subject to subregulation (4), 3 members, of whom one only
may be a member appointed under regulation 4(1)(b),
constitute a quorum;
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(c) questions arising shall be determined by a majority of the
votes of the members present and, in the event of an equality
of votes, the person presiding shall have a casting vote as well
as a deliberative vote; and
(d) subject to these Regulations, the Committee shall determine
the procedures to be followed at or in connection with the
meeting.
(4) A member may, in writing under the member's hand or with the
member's authority, give to another member a general authority to
vote for the first-mentioned member at a meeting of the Committee
and the member given the authority may vote for the first-
mentioned member at the meeting and shall, for the purposes of
subregulation (3)(b), be counted towards a quorum as though he or
she were also the first-mentioned member, but the authorised
member shall not vote on behalf of more than one member and
may be counted in place of one member only with the same
qualification.
(5) The Committee shall cause records of the Committee's meetings to
be kept and, as soon as practicable after each meeting, shall cause
a copy of the minutes of the meeting to be given to each member
and to the Minister.
(6) A member may require the Committee to admit to a meeting of the
Committee such persons as the member considers necessary to
advise the member on matters being considered at the meeting and
may require the Committee to allow such persons, or any of them,
to address the meeting on the member's behalf, and the Committee
shall admit those persons and allow them to address the meeting
accordingly.
(7) A person admitted under subregulation (6) to a meeting of the
Committee shall not vote on a matter at the meeting.
9 Functions and powers of Committee
(1) The Committee is, in the performance of its functions and the
exercise of its powers, subject to the Act and to the plan of
management for the Park.
(2) The functions of the Committee are to advise the Commission on
issues relevant to the management of the Park, including but not
limited to:
(a) the planning and development of works and facilities in the
Park;
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(b) the formulation of commercial and tourist programs and
development in the Park;
(c) the protection of the Park against damage, including safety
measures and fire control in the Park;
(d) the development of staff training programs for persons
employed in the Park;
(e) the development of programs for the protection, conservation
and management of native flora and fauna, and the
environment generally, in the Park and for the elimination of
feral animals and weeds from the Park;
(f) the promotion of a knowledge and understanding of and
respect for Aboriginal traditional languages, culture, customs
and skills, and the protection and recording of sites and areas
of spiritual or other significance to Aboriginals in the Park; and
(h) the determination of guidelines for sporting activities, camping
and the establishment of camping sites, if any, and for the
control of vehicular traffic and the use of boats in the Park.
(3) The Committee has power to do all things that are necessary or
convenient to be done for or in connection with, or incidental to the
performance of, its functions.
10 Members shall not disclose information
A member shall not disclose information obtained in the course of
the member's duties as a member unless the disclosure is made in
the course of those duties.
ENDNOTES
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ENDNOTES
1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations (SL No. 42, 1992)
Notified 12 August 1992
Commenced 12 August 1992
Amendments of Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations
(SL No. 2, 1998)
Notified 11 February 1998
Commenced 11 February 1998
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1 and 4.
4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS
r 4 amd No. 2, 1998, r 2
r 6 amd No. 2, 1998, r 3
r 9 amd No. 2, 1998, r 4