Nature Conservation Act 1992 (Qld)

Nature Conservation Act 1992

An Act to provide for the conservation of nature

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This Act may be cited as the Nature Conservation Act 1992.

3   Act binds all persons

(1)This Act binds all persons, including the State, and, to the extent the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the other States.

(2)Nothing in this Act makes the Commonwealth, the State or another State liable to be prosecuted for an offence.

3A   Territorial application of Act

(1)This Act applies both within and outside the State.

(2)This Act applies outside the State to the full extent of the extraterritorial legislative power of the Parliament.

Part 2    Object of Act

4   Object of Act

The object of this Act is the conservation of nature while allowing for the involvement of Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the management of protected areas in which they have an interest under Aboriginal tradition or Ailan Kastom.

5   How object is to be achieved

The conservation of nature is to be achieved by an integrated and comprehensive conservation strategy for the whole of the State that involves, among other things, the following—

(a)Gathering of information and community education etc.

•gathering, researching, analysing, monitoring and disseminating information on nature;

•identifying critical habitats and areas of major interest;

•encouraging the conservation of nature by the education and cooperative involvement of the community, particularly landholders;

(b)Dedication and declaration of protected areas

•the dedication and declaration of areas representative of the biological diversity, natural features and wilderness of the State as protected areas;

(c)Management of protected areas

•the management of protected areas in accordance with—

(i)the management principles; and

(ii)the interim and declared management intent; and

(iii)management plans; and

(iv)conservation agreements; and

(v)management programs;

for the areas;

•the management of protected areas having regard to any management statement for the areas;

(d)Protection of native wildlife and its habitat

•the protection of the biological diversity of native wildlife and its habitat by—

(i)the dedication and declaration of protected areas; and

(ii)prescribing protected and prohibited wildlife; and

(iii)the management of wildlife in accordance with—

(A)the management principles; and

(B)the declared management intent; and

(C)any conservation plan;

for the wildlife; and

(iv)entering into conservation agreements;

(e)Use of protected wildlife and areas to be ecologically sustainable

•providing for the ecologically sustainable use of protected wildlife and areas by the preparation and implementation of management and conservation plans consistent with the values and needs of the wildlife or areas concerned, particularly plans dealing with the management of—

(i)protected areas; and

(ii)the taking or use of wildlife; and

(iii)protected wildlife and its habitat; and

(iv)critical habitats and areas of major interest;

•providing for the ecologically sustainable use of protected areas by the preparation of management statements for use in managing…