Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority Act 1998

The Authority has the care, control and management of the designated land for the purposes set out in subsection (2).

The care, control and management of the designated land is placed with the Authority for the purpose of enabling it —

to provide, improve and promote recreational and tourism services and facilities on the designated land; and

to conserve and enhance any native biological diversity of the designated land; and

to conserve and enhance the natural environment, landscape features and amenity of the designated land; and

to conserve, develop, manage, display, and undertake research into, collections of Western Australian and other flora; and

to enhance and promote the understanding and conservation of the biological diversity of the designated land and of biological diversity generally; and

to conserve, enhance and promote the Aboriginal, colonial and contemporary cultural heritage of the designated land; and

to promote the use of flora for the purposes of horticulture, conservation and education; and

to undertake and promote research and investigation into matters related to or connected with its functions under this subsection.