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WATER AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2011 No. 40 - SECT 98

98 Insertion of new pt 5, divs 1 and 2 and div 3 hdg

Before section 48—

insert—

'(1) The Minister may establish an advisory group (an Indigenous reference group) to advise the Minister about matters relating to a wild river area or a proposal to declare a wild river area.

Example of matters for subsection (1)—
the boundaries of the areas mentioned in section 3(2) in the wild river area or proposed wild river area
proposals for development in the wild river area or proposed wild river area

'(2) An Indigenous reference group—

(a) consists of the members appointed by the Minister; and
(b) must include members the Minister is satisfied represent the interests of Indigenous people of the wild river area or proposed wild river area.

'(1) This section applies if—

(a) the Minister declares an area to be a wild river area under section 15 or declares an amendment to a wild river declaration under section 27; and
(b) an Indigenous reference group has given the Minister advice about the declaration or amendment declaration; and
(c) the making of the declaration is inconsistent with the advice.

'(2) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after making the declaration, give the Indigenous reference group written notice of the declaration.

'(3) The notice must include—

(a) a statement about how the Indigenous reference group's advice was dealt with by the Minister; and
(b) details about the ways in which the declaration is inconsistent with the advice; and
(c) the reasons for the decision to make the declaration.

'This division applies to the community-based Indigenous program for wild river areas (the wild river rangers program) maintained by the department.

'(1) The purposes of the wild river rangers program include, but are not limited to, contributing to—

(a) the preservation of the natural values of rivers in wild river areas; and
(b) the development of a resource management economy in wild river areas.

'(2) The purposes mentioned in subsection (1) are to be achieved for a wild river area mainly by the carrying out of activities (particularly activities relating to the preservation of the natural values of rivers in the area) by individuals (each a wild river ranger) based in communities within the wild river area.

'(1) The chief executive must, for the wild river rangers program and on behalf of the State, enter into and give effect to agreements as mentioned in subsection (2) to provide for the employment of wild river rangers in the numbers and locations prescribed under a regulation.

'(2) For subsection (1), the agreements are—

(a) an interchange arrangement under the Public Service Act 2008, section 184 that provides for wild river rangers employed in a department to perform duties under the wild river rangers program in another entity; or
(b) a grant agreement between the State and an entity that provides for wild river rangers to perform duties under the wild river rangers program for the entity.


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