Regional Forest Agreement (Land Classification) Act 1998

Section 20 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

by omitting from subsection (1) "Secretary" and substituting "Director";

by omitting from subsection (2A) "Secretary" three times occurring and substituting "Director";

by omitting from subsection (2C) "Secretary" twice occurring and substituting "Director";

by inserting the following subsections after subsection (2D):A plan may only be prepared under this section in relation to any land in the class of forest reserve in consultation with the Forestry corporation. A plan in respect of any land within a private sanctuary or private nature reserve may only be prepared under this section in consultation with the owner of the land. A plan in respect of any land that is vested in a public authority and that is within a conservation area may only be prepared under this section in consultation with that public authority. In preparing a management plan for any reserved land, the Director is to have regard to – if the management plan relates to a specified class of reserved land, the purposes of reservation and the management objectives for that class; or if the management plan relates to more than one class of reserved land, the purposes of reservation and the management objectives for those classes.

by omitting from subsection (4) "Secretary" and substituting "Director";

by inserting the following subsection after subsection (5):In considering any representations made to the Minister in respect of a management plan for any reserved land, the Minister is to have regard to – if the management plan relates to a specified class of reserved land, the purposes of reservation and the management objectives for that class; or if the management plan relates to more than one class of reserved land, the purposes of reservation and the management objectives for those classes.

by inserting the following subsection after subsection (7):Nothing in this section requires a management plan to specify all the management objectives for a class of reserved land as the objectives for which any specified reserved land is to be managed.

The amendments effected by this section have been incorporated into the authorised version of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970.