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National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
47MAReservation of land in state conservation area as national park or nature reserve
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#### 47MA Reservation of land in state conservation area as national park or nature reserve
47MA Reservation of land in state conservation area as national park or nature reserve
> > (1) The Governor may, by notice published in the Gazette, revoke the reservation of any land as a state conservation area or part of a state conservation area and reserve the land as a national park or nature reserve or as part of a national park or nature reserve.
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> > (2) The Governor may take action under subsection (1) only with the concurrence in writing of the Minister administering the [Mining Act 1992](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1992-029).
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> > (3) Land that is the subject of an authority, lease, licence or permit under the [Mining Act 1992](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1992-029), the [Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1991-084), the [Offshore Minerals Act 1999](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1999-042) or the [Petroleum (Offshore) Act 1982](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1982-023) must not be reserved under this section as a national park or nature reserve, or as a part of a national park or nature reserve, during the term of that authority, lease, licence or permit (including any renewal).
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> > (4) A plan of management that applied to land immediately before its reservation as a national park or nature reserve (or as part of a national park or nature reserve) under subsection (1) continues to apply, to the extent to which it applied previously, to the land before that reservation, as a plan of management for the purposes of this Act.
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> > (5) A plan of management to which subsection (4) applies may be amended, altered, cancelled or substituted in accordance with Part 5.
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> **s 47MA:** Ins 2001 No 130, Sch 1 \[30\]. Am 2007 No 27, Sch 1.29; 2010 No 41, Sch 1 \[7\].