National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2001 Proclamation re commencement (2002-406) [GG No 106 of 28.6.2002, p 4678] (NSW)

2002 No 406

New South Wales

Proclamation

under the

National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2001 No 130

MARIE BASHIR, Governor

I, Professor Marie Bashir AC, Governor of the State of New South Wales, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of section 2 of the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2001, do, by this my Proclamation, appoint 1 July 2002 as the day on which the following provisions of that Act commence:

(a)	sections 1–4,
(b)	Schedule 1 [9], [24], [46]–[51] and [64],
(c)	Schedule 3 [10]–[15] and [17]–[46],
(d)	Schedule 4 [3], [5]–[7] and [9],
(e)	Schedule 5,
(f)	Schedule 6.1 and 6.3.

Signed and sealed at Sydney, this 26th day of June 2002.

By Her Excellency's Command,

BOB DEBUS, M.P.,

Minister for the Environment

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
Published in Gazette No 106 of 28 June 2002, page 4678	Page 1
2002 No 406
Proclamation
Explanatory note
Explanatory note

This proclamation commences provisions of the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2001 on 1 July 2002, being provisions relating to the following matters:

(a)	the establishment of an Audit and Compliance Committee to oversee, in particular, the compliance of the Director-General of National Parks and Wildlife with his or her statutory obligations,
(b)	conservation agreements,
(c)	the administration of certain existing interests and existing broadcasting or telecommunications facilities affecting land reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,
(d)	the issuing of stop work orders in relation to actions that are likely to significantly affect Aboriginal objects, Aboriginal places and other items of cultural heritage situated on land reserved under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,
(e)	failure to comply with interim protection orders under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,
(f)	enabling an officer of the National Parks and Wildlife Service to give certain directions in relation to protected fauna and creating an offence for failing to comply with such a direction,
(g)	offences and licences relating to the picking, growing, import or export of certain plants,
(h)	flora management plans,

(i)        creating offences relating to the damaging or removal of certain things on land reserved or acquired under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,

(j)	increases to penalties for certain offences under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and other matters relating to proceedings for offences,
(k)	certain payments into and out of the National Parks and Wildlife Fund established under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974,
(l)	enabling savings and transitional regulations to be made consequent on the enactment of the National Parks and Wildlife Amendment Act 2001,
(m)	statute law revision,
(n)	amendments to the Forestry and National Park Estate Act 1998 and the National Park Estate (Southern Region Reservations) Act 2000 relating to the administration of certain existing interests under the Crown Lands (Continued Tenures) Act 1989.

BY AUTHORITY

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