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Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976
24Minister may redeclare parks and reserves
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24 Minister may redeclare parks and reserves
(1) This section applies to an area of land (a relevant area) declared to
be a park or reserve by a section 12 declaration.
(2) If the park or reserve for a relevant area is a scheduled park or
reserve, the Minister may, by a single Gazette notice:
(a) revoke the declaration, or purported declaration, for the
relevant area; and
(b) declare the relevant area to be a park or reserve, provided
that:
(i) any part of the relevant area to be used for any of the
following purposes may be excluded from the
declaration:
(A) public road or road reserve;
(B) other corridor for transport;
(C) supply of a utility;
(D) Aboriginal community living area; and
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(ii) any other area of land may be included in the declaration
if the other area of land adjoins the relevant area and is
either of the following:
(A) the subject of an indigenous land use agreement
under which it is agreed the other area of land will
be granted to a Land Trust and leased to the
Territory for the purposes of a park or reserve;
(B) described as part of the scheduled park or reserve
in Schedule 1, Part 5 of ALRA.
(3) If the park or reserve for a relevant area is not a scheduled park or
reserve but the joint management partners have executed a joint
management agreement for the park or reserve (whether or not the
agreement relates to other land adjoining the park or reserve) the
Minister may, by a single Gazette notice:
(a) revoke the declaration, or purported declaration, for the
relevant area; and
(b) declare the relevant area to be a park or reserve, provided
that:
(i) any part of the relevant area to be used for any of the
following purposes may be excluded from the
declaration:
(A) public road or road reserve;
(B) other corridor for transport;
(C) supply of a utility;
(D) Aboriginal community living area; and
(ii) any other area of land to which the joint management
agreement relates may be included in the declaration.
(4) The powers under subsections (2) and (3) may be exercised only
once in relation to each park or reserve.
(5) A revocation under subsection (2)(a) or (3)(a) has effect as if it were
a revocation under section 13.
(6) A declaration under subsection (2)(b) or (3)(b) has effect as if it
were the declaration of a park or reserve under section 12.