Crown Land Management Act 2016

The Minister may direct an applicable Crown land manager to prepare a draft plan of management for dedicated or reserved Crown land under the manager’s management.

An applicable Crown land manager may, with the consent of the Minister, prepare a draft plan on the manager’s own initiative.

A draft plan of management may, with the approval of the Minister, specify one or more purposes for which it is proposed to use the dedicated or reserved Crown land in addition to the purposes for which it is currently dedicated or reserved.

If a draft plan of management is prepared on an applicable Crown land manager’s initiative, the manager must forward a copy of the draft plan to the Minister.

If the Minister directs an applicable Crown land manager to prepare a draft plan of management, the manager must—

prepare it within the time directed by the Minister, and

forward a copy of it to the Minister.

The draft plan of management must be in the form, and provide for the matters, that may be required by the Minister and must be prepared in accordance with any guidelines made by the Minister under this Division.

An applicable Crown land manager of more than one area of dedicated or reserved Crown land may prepare a single draft plan of management for all the land under the manager’s management.