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NATIONAL PARKS ACT 1975 - SECT 21C

Protection of remote and natural areas

S. 21C(1) amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 15), 19/2018 s. 175.

    (1)     Parks Victoria must ensure that each remote and natural area is controlled and managed in accordance with the objects of this Act in a manner that will protect and preserve the natural environment of the area, including indigenous flora and fauna and features of ecological, geological, scenic, archaeological, historic or scientific significance.

S. 21C(2) amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 15), 19/2018 s. 175.

    (2)     Parks Victoria must ensure that, in a remote and natural area

        (a)     no new roads or tracks for vehicles are constructed; and

        (b)     existing roads or tracks for vehicles are not widened or upgraded in any way so that they can carry increased traffic or heavier vehicles; and

        (c)     no new structures are constructed; and

        (d)     no new facilities are installed; and

        (e)     no new works are carried out that will adversely affect the natural condition or appearance of the area.

    (3)     In subsection (2) "works" includes, but is not limited to, any of the following—

        (a)     excavation and earth works;

        (b)     destruction, removal or lopping of vegetation.

S. 21D inserted by No. 40/1992 s. 14.



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