Wilderness code of management
12 Wilderness code of management
The code of management of wilderness protection areas and wilderness protection zones in force immediately before the commencement of this subsection continues.
The code of management may be varied or substituted at any time by the
Minister in accordance with the requirements and procedures set out in this section.
The code must set out policies that should be implemented in the management of wilderness protection areas and zones in relation to the following:
the preservation of wildlife and ecosystems;
the restoration of land and its ecosystems to their condition before
European colonisation and the protection of land and its ecosystems from the effects of modern technology and exotic animals and plants and other exotic organisms;
the preservation of Aboriginal sites and Aboriginal objects;
the preservation of historic sites and objects and structures of historic or scientific interest;
the preservation of features of geographical, natural or scenic interest;
the destruction of dangerous weeds and the eradication or control of noxious weeds and exotic plants;
the control of vermin and exotic animals and other exotic organisms;
the control and eradication of disease of animals and vegetation;
the prevention and suppression of bush fires and other hazards;
the conduct of firefighting and other emergency operations;
the conduct of scientific research;
education of the public as to the significance of wilderness protection areas and zones;
use of wilderness protection areas and zones by members of the public;
hunting in wilderness protection areas and wilderness protection zones by
Aboriginal people;
the entry into and use of wilderness protection areas and zones by
Aboriginal people to observe Aboriginal tradition.
The
Parks and Wilderness Council must, at the request of the Minister and in consultation with the Director, prepare a draft variation or substitution of the code of management (a draft code) for submission to the Minister.
The
Minister must, on receipt of a draft code, give public notice specifying—
an address at which copies of the draft code may be inspected or purchased; and
an address to which submissions in connection with the draft code may be forwarded.
Any person may within three months after publication of the notice, or such longer period as may be specified in the notice, make submissions to the Minister in connection with the draft code.
The
Minister must provide the Environment, Resources and Development
Committee with copies of all submissions made under subsection (4) and must make copies of those submissions available for public inspection or purchase (except for submissions made in confidence) and for that purpose the Minister must, by public notice, specify the place or places at which the copies are available.
After expiration of the period allowed for making submissions the Minister must refer the submissions made in relation to the draft code to the
Parks and Wilderness Council for its comments.
The
Parks and Wilderness Council must, within three months of the referral, provide the Minister with its comments.
The
Minister may—
adopt a draft code—
without alteration; or
with such alterations as the Minister thinks reasonable in view of the submissions made pursuant to subsection (4) or comments made by the Parks and Wilderness Council; or
refer the draft code back to the Parks and Wilderness Council for further advice.
The
Minister must, by notice in the Gazette, declare that a revised or substituted code of management has been adopted under this section.
The
Director must, upon the application of any member of the public and payment of the prescribed fee, provide that person with a copy of the code of management as in force at that time.
This provision refers to the regulations (prescribed fee
). Made under this Act:
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