Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 2017 - REG 81

81 Declarations for Aboriginal land protected areas

(1) This section applies if the chief executive proposes to declare all or part of an Aboriginal land protected area to be a restricted access area under section 78 (1) .

(2) The chief executive must comply with the consultation requirements under the indigenous management agreement for the protected area.

(3) In this section—

"consultation requirement" , under an indigenous management agreement for an Aboriginal land protected area, means a requirement under the agreement for the chief executive or department to do any of the following—

(a) give the indigenous landholder for the area a notice about a proposed declaration under section 78 (1) ;

(b) allow the landholder to respond to the notice;

(c) consider the landholder’s response, if any;

(d) seek the landholder’s consent for the declaration;

(e) obtain the landholder’s consent for the declaration.