National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
72APlans of management for combined areas and areas adjoining State borders
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72A Plans of management for combined areas and areas adjoining State borders
72A Plans of management for combined areas and areas adjoining State borders
(1) A single plan of management may be prepared under this Part for a combination of contiguous or related areas for which separate plans of management may be prepared under this Part or under the Wilderness Act 1987.
(2) With the consent or on the request of the Minister, the Secretary may, together with the relevant authority of another State or a Territory, cause a joint plan of management to be prepared for an area comprising an area within that other State or Territory and an area for which a plan of management may be prepared under this Part or under the Wilderness Act 1987.
(3) The provisions of this Act or the Wilderness Act 1987 with respect to a plan of management for a particular area apply to—
(a) a single plan of management referred to in subsection (1), or
(b) a joint plan of management referred to in subsection (2),
in so far as any such plan relates to any such area.
(4) A plan of management prepared in accordance with this section may include provisions relating to any or all of the following types of land—
(a) land reserved under Part 4,
(b) land reserved under Part 4A,
(c) land acquired or occupied or proposed to be acquired or occupied under Part 11.
s 72A: Ins 1989 No 84, Sch 1 (3). Am 2010 No 38, Sch 1 [30].