7Adjustment of description of land transferred to national park estate

7 Adjustment of description of land transferred to national park estate

7 Adjustment of description of land transferred to national park estate

(1) The description of any land in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 (a relevant Schedule) may be adjusted in accordance with this section.

(2) A description of land may be adjusted from time to time:

(a) to alter the boundaries of the land for the purposes of the effective management of national park estate land and State forest land, including adjustments to enable boundaries to follow distinctive land features, to provide access to land or to rationalise the boundaries of similar areas of land, or

(b) to adjust the boundary of any land adjoining a public road, including adjustments to enable the boundary to follow the formed path of the road or to provide an appropriate setback from the carriageway of the road, or

(c) to include, remove or change a description of any easement or restriction to which the land is subject, or

(d) to provide a more detailed description of the boundaries of the land.

(3) Any adjustment of a description of land may include adding to a relevant Schedule a description of the land removed by the adjustment from the description of land in another relevant Schedule.

(4) An adjustment of the description of land is to be made by the Environment Agency Head by a notice published on the NSW legislation website that amends a relevant Schedule.

(5) A notice under this section may be published only with the approval of:

(a) the NPW Minister, and

(b) to the extent that the notice relates to a State forest—the Minister administering the Forestry Act 2012, and

(c) to the extent that the notice applies to Crown land or a Crown road—the Minister administering the Crown Land Management Act 2016, and

(d) to the extent that the notice applies to a classified road—the Minister administering the provisions of the Roads Act 1993 relating to classified roads.