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NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE (MINING IN SANCTUARIES) AMENDMENT BILL 2007

South Australia

National Parks and Wildlife (Mining in Sanctuaries) Amendment Bill 2007

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972.


Contents

Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972
3 Amendment of section 44—Establishment of sanctuaries
4 Insertion of section 44A
44A Prohibition of prospecting and mining in sanctuaries


The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Parks and Wildlife (Mining in Sanctuaries) Amendment Act 2007.

2—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.

Part 2—Amendment of National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972

3—Amendment of section 44—Establishment of sanctuaries

Section 44(2)—delete subsection (2) and substitute:

(2) The Governor may, by proclamation made in pursuance of a resolution passed by both Houses of Parliament, revoke a declaration of land as a sanctuary under subsection (1).

(2a) Notice of a motion for a resolution under subsection (2) must be given at least 14 sitting days before the resolution is passed.

4—Insertion of section 44A

After section 44 insert:

44A—Prohibition of prospecting and mining in sanctuaries

(1) Rights of entry, prospecting, exploration or mining cannot be acquired or exercised pursuant to a mining Act in respect of land constituting a sanctuary.

(2) Subsection (1) applies—

(a) to sanctuaries whether constituted before or after the commencement of this section; and

(b) to the acquisition of rights after the commencement of this section; and

(c) to the exercise of rights whether acquired before or after the commencement of this section.

 


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