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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE AMENDMENT (TRANSFER OF SPECIAL AREAS) BILL 2001





                         New South Wales




National Parks and Wildlife
Amendment (Transfer of Special Areas)
Bill 2001


Contents
                                                                  Page

            1 Name of Act                                           2
            2 Commencement                                          2
            3 Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
              No 80                                                 2
            4 Amendment of Sydney Water Catchment Management
              Act 1998 No 171                                       2


Schedules
            1 Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974     3
            2 Amendment of Sydney Water Catchment Management
              Act 1998                                              6
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.

                                              Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
                                              Legislative Assembly,
                                              Sydney,                       , 2001




                               New South Wales


National Parks and Wildlife
Amendment (Transfer of Special Areas)
Bill 2001
Act No     , 2001



An Act to amend the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and the Sydney Water
Catchment Management Act 1998 to make ancillary provisions with respect to
plans of management and other matters consequential on the transfer of certain
water catchment management areas to the national park estate; and for other
purposes.




I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.


                            Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1          National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Transfer of Special Areas)
                  Bill 2001




The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:

   1     Name of Act
             This Act is the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Transfer of
             Special Areas) Act 2001.

   2     Commencement
             This Act commences on a day or days to be appointed by
             proclamation.

   3     Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 No 80
             The National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 is amended as set out in
             Schedule 1.

   4     Amendment of Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 No 171
             The Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 is amended as
             set out in Schedule 2.




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Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974                      Schedule 1




Schedule 1           Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife
                     Act 1974
                                                                           (Section 3)


 [1]    Section 81A Leases, licences and easements subject to plan of
        management

        Omit "an easement" from section 81A (b).
        Insert instead "a lease, licence or easement".

 [2]    Section 138 Payments into Fund

        Insert after section 138 (1) (e):
                      (e1)    any money received from the Sydney Catchment
                              Authority in connection with carrying out and giving
                              effect to a plan of management adopted under the
                              Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998,

 [3]    Section 139 Payments out of Fund

        Insert after section 139 (2) (m1):
                      (m2) the cost of carrying out and giving effect to a plan of
                           management adopted under the Sydney Water
                           Catchment Management Act 1998,

 [4]    Section 153B

        Insert after section 153A:

       153B     Granting of interests in respect of reserved or dedicated lands
                that are also water catchment special areas
                (1) This section applies to lands reserved or dedicated under this
                    Act that are also within a special area within the meaning of the
                    Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 or the Hunter
                    Water Act 1991.




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                Bill 2001

Schedule 1      Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974




              (2) The Minister may grant leases of, or licences to occupy or use,
                  or easements or rights of way through, on or in, lands to which
                  this section applies for the purpose of enabling the Sydney
                  Catchment Authority, the Sydney Water Corporation or the
                  Hunter Water Corporation to exercise its functions in relation
                  to water or wastewater infrastructure on the lands concerned.
              (3) Subsection (2) does not authorise the granting of a lease,
                  licence, easement or right of way for the purpose of enabling
                  any of the following functions to be exercised in relation to the
                  land concerned:
                  (a)    the impoundment of water on the land,
                  (b)    the permanent inundation of the land,
                  (c)    the construction of flood mitigation structures on the
                         land.
              (4) For the purposes of subsection (3) (b), permanent inundation
                  includes any flooding additional to the temporary flooding that
                  already occurs due to natural rainfall.
              (5) The Minister must not grant a lease, licence, easement or right
                  of way under subsection (2) unless a plan of management for
                  the lands concerned identifies:
                  (a)    the person to whom, and
                  (b)    the lands in respect of which, and
                  (c)    the purpose and term for which,
                   the lease, licence, easement or right of way is to be granted.
              (6) Subsection (5) does not limit the operation of Part 5.
              (7) A lease, licence, easement or right of way under subsection (2)
                  may be granted subject to such terms and conditions as the
                  Minister may determine.
              (8) The Minister may from time to time revoke or vary any grant
                  under subsection (2) of an easement or right of way.
              (9) Subsection (2) does not authorise the granting of a lease or
                  licence in relation to land that is within a wilderness area.
             (10) The Minister must cause a register to be kept of each lease,
                  licence, easement or right of way that is granted under
                  subsection (2).

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Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974                     Schedule 1




               (11) The register must be kept available for inspection by the public
                    free of charge, during ordinary office hours, at the Head Office
                    of the Service.

 [5]    Section 186 Requirement for examination

        Insert "or 153B (2)" after "section 151 (1)" and "section 153 (1)" in section
        186 (1) (c) and (e), respectively.

 [6]    Schedule 3 Savings, transitional and other provisions

        Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
                      National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Transfer of Special
                      Areas) Act 2001

 [7]    Schedule 3, Part 2

        Insert after clause 26:

          27    Provision consequent on enactment of National Parks and
                Wildlife Amendment (Transfer of Special Areas) Act 2001
                      Anything done or omitted to be done before the
                      commencement of an amendment made by Schedule 1 [2] or
                      [3] to the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Transfer of
                      Special Areas) Act 2001 is as valid as it would have been had
                      the amendment been in force when the thing was done or
                      omitted.




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Schedule 2          Amendment of Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998




Schedule 2            Amendment of Sydney Water Catchment
                      Management Act 1998
                                                                                 (Section 4)


 [1]     Section 24C Payments out of Fund

         Insert "(including payment of money to the Director-General of National
         Parks and Wildlife in that connection)" after "section 50" in section 24C (b).

 [2]     Section 50 Operations under plan of management

         Omit "the Authority" wherever occurring.
         Insert instead "the joint sponsors".

 [3]     Section 50 (3)

         Insert after section 50 (2):
                (3) The joint sponsors (together or individually) may engage such
                    contractors (including government agencies) as may be
                    necessary or convenient to assist them in carrying out and
                    giving effect to the plan.

 [4]     Schedule 6 Savings, transitional and other provisions

         Insert at the end of clause 1 (1):
                      National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Transfer of Special
                      Areas) Act 2001




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Amendment of Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998              Schedule 2




 [5]    Schedule 6, Part 3

        Insert after clause 8:


        Part 3 Provision consequent on enactment of
               National Parks and Wildlife Amendment
               (Transfer of Special Areas) Act 2001
           9    Operations under plans of management
                      Anything done or omitted to be done before the
                      commencement of an amendment made by Schedule 2 [1]-[3]
                      to the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment (Transfer of
                      Special Areas) Act 2001 is as valid as it would have been had
                      the amendment been in force when the thing was done or
                      omitted.




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