Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 42

42 Dedication of leasehold land as national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land)

(1) Despite the Land Act 1994 , an authorised lessee may, under this section, sublease land to the State for the purpose of the land being managed as a national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land).

(2) If an authorised lessee and the Minister agree on a proposal for the sublease of land to the State for the purpose of the land being managed as a national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land)—

(a) the chief executive may prepare a management statement for the land; or

(b) the Minister may prepare a management plan for the land.

(3) Part 7 applies to the management statement or management plan as if it were a management statement or management plan for a protected area.

(4) The management statement or management plan must be prepared in cooperation with the lessees of, and the board of management for, the land.

(5) On—

(a) the signing of a sublease; and

(b) the approval of a management statement or management plan for the land;

the Governor in Council must, by regulation, dedicate the area as national park (Aboriginal land) or national park (Torres Strait Islander land).

(6) Despite any other Act, a regulation under this section takes effect on the registration of the sublease.

(7) In this section—

"authorised lessee" means a lessee of land under the Land Act 1994 who the Governor in Council, by regulation, has declared to be an authorised lessee for the purpose of this section.