Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
sec.31Declarations for Aboriginal land protected areas
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sec.31 Declarations for Aboriginal land protected areas
This section applies if the chief executive proposes to declare an Aboriginal land protected area or part of an Aboriginal land protected area to be a restricted access area under section 28 (1) . The chief executive must comply with any consultation requirement under the Indigenous management agreement for the protected area. In this section— consultation requirement , under an Indigenous management agreement for an Aboriginal land protected area, means a requirement under the agreement for the chief executive or department to do any of the following— give the Indigenous landholder for the area a notice about a proposed declaration under section 28 (1) ; allow the landholder to respond to the notice; consider the landholder’s response, if any; seek the landholder’s consent for the declaration; obtain the landholder’s consent for the declaration. (sec.31-ssec.1) This section applies if the chief executive proposes to declare an Aboriginal land protected area or part of an Aboriginal land protected area to be a restricted access area under section 28 (1) . (sec.31-ssec.2) The chief executive must comply with any consultation requirement under the Indigenous management agreement for the protected area. (sec.31-ssec.3) In this section— consultation requirement , under an Indigenous management agreement for an Aboriginal land protected area, means a requirement under the agreement for the chief executive or department to do any of the following— give the Indigenous landholder for the area a notice about a proposed declaration under section 28 (1) ; allow the landholder to respond to the notice; consider the landholder’s response, if any; seek the landholder’s consent for the declaration; obtain the landholder’s consent for the declaration.
- (a) give the Indigenous landholder for the area a notice about a proposed declaration under section 28 (1) ;
- (b) allow the landholder to respond to the notice;
- (c) consider the landholder’s response, if any;
- (d) seek the landholder’s consent for the declaration;
- (e) obtain the landholder’s consent for the declaration.