Queensland Consolidated Regulations

NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS MANAGEMENT) REGULATION 2017 - REG 82

82 Declarations for particular protected areas to which indigenous land use agreements apply

(1) This section applies if—

(a) the chief executive proposes to declare all or part of a protected area, other than an Aboriginal land protected area, to be a restricted access area under section 78 (1) ; and

(b) the protected area is in the Cape York Peninsula Region; and

(c) there is an indigenous land use agreement for the protected area; and

(d) there is no indigenous management agreement for the protected area.

(2) The chief executive must comply with the consultation requirements, if any, under the indigenous land use agreement.

(3) For section 9 , this section applies in relation to a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge.

(4) In this section—

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

(a) give a person a notice about a proposed declaration under section 78 (1) ;

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

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

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

(e) obtain a person’s consent for the declaration.