Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 42A

42A Declaration of special management area (controlled action)

(1) The chief executive may, by notice, declare a prescribed national park, or part of a prescribed national park, as a special management area (controlled action) to allow activities of a type, or for a purpose, stated in—

(a) section 17 (1A) (a) ; or

(b) section 17 (1A) (b) ; or

(c) section 17 (1A) (a) and (b) .

(1A) However, if the prescribed national park is a national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land), the chief executive may only declare the special management area (controlled action) with the consent of the Indigenous landholder for the land.

(2) The notice declaring the special management area (controlled action) must—

(a) be erected or displayed at the entrance of the prescribed national park or part of the prescribed national park declared as a special management area (controlled action); and

(b) be easily visible to passers-by; and

(c) identify the limits of the area to which the notice applies; and

(d) state the prescribed activities that may be carried out in the special management area (controlled action).

(3) When the notice is erected or displayed, the chief executive must publish—

(a) a copy of the notice on the department’s website; and

(b) a notice in the gazette about the declaration of the special management area (controlled action).

(4) In this section—

"prescribed activities" means the activities of a kind, or for a purpose, mentioned in section 17 (1A) for which the special management area (controlled action) was declared.

"prescribed national park" means—

(a) a national park; or

(b) a national park (Aboriginal land); or

(c) a national park (Torres Strait Islander land); or

(d) a national park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land).