Nature Conservation Act 2002 (TAS)

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Nature Conservation Act 2002

An Act to make provision with respect to the conservation and protection of the fauna, flora and geological diversity of the State, to provide for the declaration of national parks and other reserved land and for related purposes

[Royal Assent 19 December 2002]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Nature Conservation Act 2002. 2CommencementThis Act commences on the day on which the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 commences. 3Interpretation (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – authorised officer means – (a) [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 76 of 2003, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jan 2004] a police officer; and (b) a ranger; biological diversity means the variety of – (a) plants, animals and micro-organisms; and (b) the genes contained in plants, animals and micro-organisms; and (c) the ecosystems of which plants, animals and micro-organisms form part; cat means a member of the species Felis catus; class, in relation to reserved land, means the class referred to in section 16 that the reserved land is declared to be under section 11, 12, 13, 14 or 15; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 28 of 2009, s. 45, Applied:01 Sep 2009] Commission means the Tasmanian Planning Commission established under section 4 of the Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997; conservation area means – (a) any land declared under this Act to be reserved land in the class of conservation area; and (b) any land taken to have been so declared; conservation purpose means – (a) any purpose specified in Column 3 of Schedule 1; or (b) any purpose that, in the opinion of the Governor, would promote the better management or more effective use of any reserved land; container includes any wrapping; conveyance means any vehicle, vessel or aircraft, or any other contrivance intended for the carriage of persons or goods over land or water or in the air; Crown land means any land vested in the Crown (whether or not subject to any private right) other than land vested in the Crown that is contracted to be granted in fee simple; dingo means a member of the subspecies Canis familiaris dingo; Director means the Director of National Parks and Wildlife appointed under the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002; dog means a member of the species Canis familiaris; domestic stock means the animals, or the species of animals, prescribed by the regulations to be domestic stock; ferret means a member of the species Mustela putorius; fox means a member of the genus Vulpes; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2014, s. 31, Applied:22 Oct 2014] future potential production forest land has the same meaning as in the Forestry (Rebuilding the Forest…

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