Northern Territory Numbered Acts

TERRITORY PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO 34 OF 2019) - SECT 8

(1)     After section 93B(1)

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    (1A)     Prior to determining, under subsection (1), the powers and conditions to be conferred on a conservation officer appointed under section 92(1)(b), the Director must consult the employer of the conservation officer and obtain written authority from that employer endorsing the powers and conditions of appointment.

(2)     Section 93B(3)(a)

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in relation to him or her

(3)     Section 93B(3)(b)

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    (b)     must exercise their powers subject to the conditions determined under this section.

(4)     After section 93B(4)

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    (5)     The Director may, by written notice, place one or more of the following conditions on the powers of a conservation officer appointed under section 92(1)(b):

    (a)     the conservation officer may exercise their powers in a specified geographical area;

    (b)     the conservation officer may exercise their powers in an area subject to an agreement under section 73 or 74.

    (6)     If specifying a geographical area under subsection (5)(a), the Director must not include:

    (a)     an area of Aboriginal Land under the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) as an area in which the conservation officer may exercise their powers unless the Director receives written consent from an authorising body that the conservation officer may exercise their powers on the land; and

    (b)     an area of private land unless the land owner, Land Council or Land Trust has given the Director written consent.