Functions of Northern Parklands Trust

Current

(1)

The functions of the Northern Parklands Trust are as follows—

(a)

to administer and develop the Northern Parklands in accordance with its long‑term strategic and annual business plans—

(i)

as a sporting, cultural and recreational complex of State-wide significance; and

(ii)

as a tourist attraction and resort; and

(b)

to promote and encourage the use and enjoyment of the Northern

Parklands by the public; and

(c)

to develop and maintain the Northern Parklands so that they reflect and support a diverse range of environmental and social values and activities that should be protected and enhanced; and

(d)

to perform any other function assigned to the Trust by or under this

Act, or by the Minister.

(2)

In relation to the Northern Parklands, the functions of the Northern

Parklands Trust include the following:

(a)

providing facilities for accommodation, refreshment, sport or entertainment and any other amenities on the Northern Parklands;

(b)

granting (on such conditions as the Trust thinks fit) leases, licences or other rights of occupation or use in relation to any part of the

Northern Parklands or any building or facility on or over any part of the Northern Parklands;

(c)

carrying out work and undertakings for the improvement or maintenance of the

Northern Parklands;

(d)

constructing on the Northern Parklands any buildings or structures that it considers appropriate;

(e)

fixing charges for admission to the Northern Parklands or any part of it;

(f)

fixing charges for any services or amenities provided by the Trust.

(3)

However, the Northern Parklands Trust must not grant a lease or licence over the Northern Parklands, or a part of the Northern Parklands, for a term exceeding 20 years without the approval of the Minister.

(4)

The following provisions apply to the approval by the Minister of a lease over the Northern Parklands, or a part of the Northern

Parklands, for a term exceeding 50 years:

(a)

the

Minister must publish notice of the approval of the grant a lease for a term exceeding 50 years in the Gazette;

(b)

the

Minister must, within 6 sitting days of publication of the notice, cause a copy of a notice under paragraph (a) to be laid before both Houses of Parliament;

(c)

if either House of Parliament, acting in pursuance of a notice of motion, passes a resolution disallowing a notice laid before it, the approval the subject of the notice cannot take effect;

(d)

a resolution is not effective for the purposes of paragraph (c) unless the resolution is passed within 14 sitting days (which need not fall within the same session of Parliament) after the day on which the notice was laid before the House;

(e)

if a resolution is passed under paragraph (c), notice of that resolution must immediately be published in the

Gazette;

(f)

if or when a notice laid before both Houses of Parliament under this subsection can take effect in accordance with this subsection, the

Minister may, by notice published in the Gazette, fix a day on which the approval the subject of the notice will take effect.

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