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Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
sec.97Declaration of prescribed commercial activity
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### sec.97 Declaration of prescribed commercial activity
The chief executive may, by public notice, declare a commercial activity to be a prescribed commercial activity for a recreation area.
The notice must state the following—
the stated commercial activity is a prescribed commercial activity for the stated recreation area;
that, under section 111 (2) , a person may conduct the prescribed commercial activity in the area only under a commercial activity agreement;
how the person may obtain further information about entering into a commercial activity agreement for the conducting of the prescribed commercial activity in the area.
The chief executive must also publish the notice on the department’s website.
In deciding whether to make the declaration, the chief executive must have regard to the following—
the purpose of this Act;
the orderly and proper management of the area;
the conservation of the cultural and natural resources of the area;
the existing use and amenity, and the future or desirable use and amenity, of the recreation area, and areas adjacent to the recreation area, including the likely cumulative effect of the proposed use and other uses on the area;
the likely contributions that potential parties to commercial activity agreements applying to the recreation area will make to the management of the area, including for example, contributions to the conservation and presentation of the values of the area.
(sec.97-ssec.1) The chief executive may, by public notice, declare a commercial activity to be a prescribed commercial activity for a recreation area.
(sec.97-ssec.2) The notice must state the following— the stated commercial activity is a prescribed commercial activity for the stated recreation area; that, under section 111 (2) , a person may conduct the prescribed commercial activity in the area only under a commercial activity agreement; how the person may obtain further information about entering into a commercial activity agreement for the conducting of the prescribed commercial activity in the area.
(sec.97-ssec.3) The chief executive must also publish the notice on the department’s website.
(sec.97-ssec.4) In deciding whether to make the declaration, the chief executive must have regard to the following— the purpose of this Act; the orderly and proper management of the area; the conservation of the cultural and natural resources of the area; the existing use and amenity, and the future or desirable use and amenity, of the recreation area, and areas adjacent to the recreation area, including the likely cumulative effect of the proposed use and other uses on the area; the likely contributions that potential parties to commercial activity agreements applying to the recreation area will make to the management of the area, including for example, contributions to the conservation and presentation of the values of the area.
- (a) the stated commercial activity is a prescribed commercial activity for the stated recreation area;
- (b) that, under section 111 (2) , a person may conduct the prescribed commercial activity in the area only under a commercial activity agreement;
- (c) how the person may obtain further information about entering into a commercial activity agreement for the conducting of the prescribed commercial activity in the area.
- (a) the purpose of this Act;
- (b) the orderly and proper management of the area;
- (c) the conservation of the cultural and natural resources of the area;
- (d) the existing use and amenity, and the future or desirable use and amenity, of the recreation area, and areas adjacent to the recreation area, including the likely cumulative effect of the proposed use and other uses on the area;
- (e) the likely contributions that potential parties to commercial activity agreements applying to the recreation area will make to the management of the area, including for example, contributions to the conservation and presentation of the values of the area.