Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 70K

70K Designation

(1) The chief executive may, by an entry in the proposed protected area register, designate the whole or part of a forest reserve as a proposed protected area if—

(a) under section 70J the chief executive has reviewed the reserve; and

(b) for a proposed protected area that includes a horse riding trail in the SEQ horse riding trail network, the chief executive has completed the review under section 70JA to the extent the review relates to the proposed protected area; and

(c) subsections (2) to (5) have been complied with.

(2) The chief executive must publish a notice of a proposed designation in a newspaper likely to be read by people particularly affected by it.

(3) The notice must state the following—

(a) the location and area of the proposed protected area;

(b) the class of protected area that the area is proposed to become;

(c) that any entity may comment about the proposal to the chief executive;

(d) the period during which comments may be made.

(4) The stated period must be at least 35 days after the publication of the notice.

(5) The chief executive must consider any comment about the proposal made during the period.