Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
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Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
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This section applies if— the chief executive proposes to declare a protected area or part of a protected area, other than an Aboriginal land protected area, to be a restricted access area under section 28 (1) ; and the protected area is in the Cape York Peninsula Region; and there is an Indigenous land use agreement for the protected area; and there is no Indigenous management agreement for the protected area. The chief executive must comply with any consultation requirement under the Indigenous land use agreement. In this section— consultation requirement , under an Indigenous land use agreement for a protected area, means a requirement under the agreement for the chief executive or department to do any of the following— give a person a notice about a proposed declaration under section 28 (1) ; allow the person to respond to the notice; consider the person’s response, if any; seek the person’s consent for the declaration; obtain a person’s consent for the declaration. (sec.32-ssec.1) This section applies if— the chief executive proposes to declare a protected area or part of a protected area, other than an Aboriginal land protected area, to be a restricted access area under section 28 (1) ; and the protected area is in the Cape York Peninsula Region; and there is an Indigenous land use agreement for the protected area; and there is no Indigenous management agreement for the protected area. (sec.32-ssec.2) The chief executive must comply with any consultation requirement under the Indigenous land use agreement. (sec.32-ssec.3) In this section— consultation requirement , under an Indigenous land use agreement for a protected area, means a requirement under the agreement for the chief executive or department to do any of the following— give a person a notice about a proposed declaration under section 28 (1) ; allow the person to respond to the notice; consider the person’s response, if any; seek the person’s consent for the declaration; obtain a person’s consent for the declaration.