Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
sec.48Restriction on grant for Aboriginal land protected areas
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sec.48 Restriction on grant for Aboriginal land protected areas
The chief executive may grant a protected area authority to a person for an Aboriginal land protected area only if the chief executive complies with any consultation requirement under an Indigenous management agreement for the 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 things— give the Indigenous landholder for the area a notice about an application for a protected area authority for the area; allow the landholder to respond to the notice; consider the landholder’s response, if any; seek the landholder’s consent for the grant of the authority; obtain the landholder’s consent for the grant of the authority. (sec.48-ssec.1) The chief executive may grant a protected area authority to a person for an Aboriginal land protected area only if the chief executive complies with any consultation requirement under an Indigenous management agreement for the area. (sec.48-ssec.2) 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 things— give the Indigenous landholder for the area a notice about an application for a protected area authority for the area; allow the landholder to respond to the notice; consider the landholder’s response, if any; seek the landholder’s consent for the grant of the authority; obtain the landholder’s consent for the grant of the authority.
- (a) give the Indigenous landholder for the area a notice about an application for a protected area authority for the area;
- (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 grant of the authority;
- (e) obtain the landholder’s consent for the grant of the authority.