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This Act may be cited as the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area Conservation Act 1994.
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This Act puts into effect the Commonwealth–Queensland agreement to protect the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. It lets the Commonwealth minister nominate members (including Aboriginal representatives) to the Queensland Wet Tropics Management Authority, arrange secondments of Commonwealth staff to the Authority, and encourages Aboriginal membership of advisory committees, and requires the Authority’s annual report to be tabled in Parliament.
Who pays and decides: the Commonwealth provides or seconds staff and makes nominations; the Authority carries out management duties; existing federal environment laws continue to apply.
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This Act may be cited as the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area Conservation Act 1994.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
The object of this Act is to give effect to an agreement made between the Commonwealth and Queensland on 16 November 1990 (a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1 to the Queensland Act), as amended from time to time, and to facilitate the implementation of Australia’s international duty for the protection, conservation, presentation, rehabilitation and transmission to future generations of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: Authority means the Wet Tropics Management Authority established by section 6 of the Queensland Act. Queensland Act means the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 of Queensland.
Nominations for the purposes of paragraph 14(b) of the Queensland Act may be made on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Minister.
The Minister must include among his or her nominees under section 5 one or more Aboriginal representatives who have appropriate knowledge of, and experience in, the protection of cultural and natural heritage.
The Minister may make arrangements for the services of: (a) persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999; or (b) members of the staff of authorities of the Commonwealth; to be made available to the Authority.
The Minister must use his or her best endeavours, through consultation with the Authority, to ensure that any advisory committee established by the Authority under the Queensland Act includes among its members Aboriginal representatives who have appropriate knowledge of, and experience in, the protection of cultural and natural heritage.
This Act does not affect the operation of: (a) the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; or (b) the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983, so far as it continues to apply to parts of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area because of Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999.
(1) In this section, annual report means a report given to the Commonwealth under section 63 of the Queensland Act. (2) The Minister must cause a copy of an annual report to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is given to the Commonwealth.
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This Act may be cited as the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area Conservation Act 1994.
This Act commences on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
The object of this Act is to give effect to an agreement made between the Commonwealth and Queensland on 16 November 1990 (a copy of which is set out in Schedule 1 to the Queensland Act), as amended from time to time, and to facilitate the implementation of Australia’s international duty for the protection, conservation, presentation, rehabilitation and transmission to future generations of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area.
In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears: Authority means the Wet Tropics Management Authority established by section 6 of the Queensland Act. Queensland Act means the Wet Tropics World Heritage Protection and Management Act 1993 of Queensland.
Nominations for the purposes of paragraph 14(b) of the Queensland Act may be made on behalf of the Commonwealth by the Minister.
The Minister must include among his or her nominees under section 5 one or more Aboriginal representatives who have appropriate knowledge of, and experience in, the protection of cultural and natural heritage.
The Minister may make arrangements for the services of: (a) persons engaged under the Public Service Act 1999; or (b) members of the staff of authorities of the Commonwealth; to be made available to the Authority.
The Minister must use his or her best endeavours, through consultation with the Authority, to ensure that any advisory committee established by the Authority under the Queensland Act includes among its members Aboriginal representatives who have appropriate knowledge of, and experience in, the protection of cultural and natural heritage.
This Act does not affect the operation of: (a) the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; or (b) the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983, so far as it continues to apply to parts of the Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Area because of Part 2 of Schedule 6 to the Environmental Reform (Consequential Provisions) Act 1999.
(1) In this section, annual report means a report given to the Commonwealth under section 63 of the Queensland Act. (2) The Minister must cause a copy of an annual report to be laid before each House of the Parliament within 15 sitting days of that House after the report is given to the Commonwealth.