254Resource protection area—declaration

254 Resource protection area—declaration (1) The Minister may declare an area in a reserve to be a resource protection area (a resource protection area declaration). (2) A resource protection area declaration must— (a) state the purpose of the declaration, including a description of the environmental harm that the declaration is intended to reduce; and (b) identify the area to be declared as a resource protection area. (3) In deciding whether to make a resource protection area declaration, the Minister must consider— (a) the purpose for which the area was reserved in the territory plan under the Planning Act 2023, section 385 (Reserved areas of public land); and

Resource protection areas Part 10.1 (b) the planning and development management objectives for the area; and Note Planning and development management objectives—see the (c) for an area in a reserve that the conservator has assigned to an IUCN category—the IUCN reserve management objectives identified for the reserve. Note IUCN category—see s 171. (4) In deciding whether to make a resource protection area declaration, the Minister must consult— (b) the custodian of the area. (5) A resource protection area declaration is a disallowable instrument. environmental harm—see the Environment Protection Act 1997,