Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2014 - SECT 259

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     the conservator reasonably believes that public access to a reserve may—

              (i)     endanger public safety; or

              (ii)     interfere with the management of the reserve; or

        (b)     an area of a reserve is to be used as part of a cultural resource management plan.

    (2)     The conservator may declare (a closed reserve declaration ) that—

        (a)     access to a reserve is restricted to stated people or a stated class of people; or

        (b)     public access to a reserve is prohibited.

    (3)     A closed reserve declaration is a notifiable instrument.

Note     A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act

.

    (4)     If the conservator makes a closed reserve declaration, the conservator must—

        (a)     give additional public notice about the declaration; and

        (b)     display a notice about the declaration in a conspicuous place at the reserve.

Note 1     The power to make a declaration includes the power to amend or repeal the declaration (see Legislation Act

, s 46).

Note 2     Public notice means notice on an ACT government website or in a daily newspaper circulating in the ACT (see Legislation Act

, dict, pt 1). The requirement in s (4) is in addition to the requirement for notification on the legislation register as a notifiable instrument.

    (5)     A closed reserve declaration may commence on a day or at a time earlier than its notification day.