6The Snowy Mountains Area

##### 6 The Snowy Mountains Area (1) For the purposes of this Act, the Snowy Mountains Area shall be an area or areas of land in the south‑eastern portion of the State of New South Wales and the north‑eastern portion of the State of Victoria defined in accordance with this section. (2) The Governor‑General may, by proclamation, define the boundaries of the Snowy Mountains Area and may, from time to time, by Proclamation, vary the boundaries as so defined. (3) A Proclamation under this section does not operate to vary the boundaries of the Snowy Mountains Area so as to include land which was not included in that Area on 6 November 1958 unless the variation is made with the prior approval of the Governor‑in‑Council of the State of New South Wales and the Governor‑in‑Council of the State of Victoria. (4) Where a Proclamation under this section making a variation in the boundaries of the Snowy Mountains Area recites the prior approval of the Governor‑in‑Council of the State of New South Wales and the Governor‑in‑Council of the State of Victoria to that variation, the recital is evidence of the approvals so recited.