Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 254

    (1)     The Minister may declare an area in a reserve to be a resource protection area (a resource protection area declaration ).

Note     The power to make a declaration includes the power to amend or repeal the declaration. The power to amend or repeal the declaration is exercisable in the same way, and subject to the same conditions, as the power to make the declaration (see Legislation Act

, s 46).

    (2)     A resource protection area declaration must—

        (a)     state the purpose of the declaration, including a description of the environmental harm that the declaration is intended to reduce; and

        (b)     identify the area to be declared as a resource protection area.

    (3)     In deciding whether to make a resource protection area declaration, the Minister must consider—

        (a)     the purpose for which the area was reserved in the territory plan

under the Planning Act 2023

, section 385 (Reserved areas of public land); and

        (b)     the planning and development management objectives for the area; and

Note     Planning and development management objectives —see the dictionary.

        (c)     for an area in a reserve that the conservator has assigned to an IUCN category—the IUCN reserve management objectives identified for the reserve.

Note     IUCN category —see  s 171.
IUCN reserve management objectives —see  s 173.

    (4)     In deciding whether to make a resource protection area declaration, the Minister must consult—

        (a)     the conservator; and

        (b)     the custodian of the area.

    (5)     A resource protection area declaration is a disallowable instrument.

Note     A disallowable instrument must be notified, and presented to the Legislative Assembly, under the Legislation Act

.

    (6)     In this section:

"environmental harm"—see the Environment Protection Act 1997

, dictionary.