sec.40Dedication of national park as national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land)

### sec.40 Dedication of national park as national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land) This section applies to land in a national park (the national park land ) if— it is not in the Cape York Peninsula region, North Stradbroke Island Region or on Moreton Island; and it becomes Aboriginal land or Torres Strait Islander land. On approval of the management statement or management plan for the national park land under section 113A or 118 , the Governor in Council must, by regulation, dedicate the national park land as national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land). Despite any other Act, a regulation under this section takes effect on the delivery of the deed of grant over the national park land to the Indigenous landholder for the land. s 40 amd 1994 No. 42 s 2 sch ; 2007 No. 48 s 48 ; 2011 No. 11 s 43 ; 2011 No. 26 s 113 ; 2013 No. 55 s 33 ; 2021 No. 11 s 13 ; 2024 No. 17 s 192 sch 1 pt 3 (sec.40-ssec.1) This section applies to land in a national park (the national park land ) if— it is not in the Cape York Peninsula region, North Stradbroke Island Region or on Moreton Island; and it becomes Aboriginal land or Torres Strait Islander land. (sec.40-ssec.2) On approval of the management statement or management plan for the national park land under section 113A or 118 , the Governor in Council must, by regulation, dedicate the national park land as national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land). (sec.40-ssec.3) Despite any other Act, a regulation under this section takes effect on the delivery of the deed of grant over the national park land to the Indigenous landholder for the land. - (a) it is not in the Cape York Peninsula region, North Stradbroke Island Region or on Moreton Island; and - (b) it becomes Aboriginal land or Torres Strait Islander land.