Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 1996 (Qld)

Queensland Subordinate Legislation 1996 No. 264 Nature Conservation Act 1992 NATURE CONSERVATION (PROTECTED AREAS) AMENDMENT REGULATION (No. 5) 1996 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 3 Amendment of sch 2 (National parks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 4 Amendment of sch 3 (Conservation parks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 5 Amendment of sch 4 (Resources reserves) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 6 Amendment of sch 5 (Nature refuges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

s1 2 s3 Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment (No. 5) No. 264, 1996 ˙ Short title 1. This regulation may be cited as the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment Regulation (No. 5) 1996 . ˙ Regulation amended 2. This regulation amends the Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994 . ˙ Amendment of sch 2 (National parks) 3.(1) Schedule 2, entry for ‘Fort Lytton National Park’— omit, insert— ‘Fort Lytton National Park Lot 116 on plan NPW564 situated in the County of Stanley, containing an area of 12.6188 ha’. (2) Schedule 2, entry for ‘Poona National Park’— omit, insert— ‘Poona National Park Lot 118 on plan NPW567 situated in the County of March, containing an area of about 5010 ha’. (3) Schedule 2, entry for ‘Tamborine National Park’— omit, insert— ‘Tamborine National Park Lot 441 on plan NPW469, lot 158 on plan WD4696, lot 9 on plan W312543, lot 169 on plan WD5103 and lots 4 and 5 on RP172432 situated in the County of Ward, containing an area of about 1160 ha’. (4) Schedule 2, entry for ‘Wooroonooran National Park’— omit, insert—

s4 3 s5 Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment (No. 5) No. 264, 1996 ‘Wooroonooran National Park Lot 19 on plan NPW565 situated in the County of Nares, containing an area of about 79 800 ha’. ˙ Amendment of sch 3 (Conservation parks) 4.(1) Schedule 3, entry for ‘Bloomsbury Conservation Park’— omit, insert— ‘Bloomsbury Conservation Park Lot 82 on plan CI3666 and lot 20 on RP891651 situated in the County of Carlisle, containing an area of 3.0271 ha’. (2) Schedule 3— insert— ‘Five Rocks Conservation Park Lot 1534 on plan PALM4064 situated in the County of Palmerston, containing an area of 32.3749 ha North Pointer Conservation Park Lot 1 on plan CP886777 situated in the County of Livingstone, containing an area of about 240 ha’. ˙ Amendment of sch 4 (Resources reserves) 5.(1) Schedule 4, entry for ‘Mount Archer Resources Reserve’— omit, insert—

s6 4 s6 Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment (No. 5) No. 264, 1996 ‘Mount Archer Resources Reserve Lot 1003 on plan NPW563 SHT2 situated in the County of Livingstone, containing an area of about 638 ha The mining chief executive and the chief executive of the department’. (2) Schedule 4, entry for ‘Munburra Resources Reserve’— omit, insert— ‘Munburra Resources Reserve Lot 5 on plan CP893400 situated in the Counties of Banks a nd M e lv i l le , containing an area of about 6 730 ha The mining chief executive and the chief executive of the department’. ˙ Amendment of sch 5 (Nature refuges) 6. Schedule 5— insert— ‘ PART 3—STANWELL POWER STATION NATURE REFUGE ‘ Name ‘ 11. Stanwell Power Station Nature Refuge. ‘ Description ‘ 12. The parts of lot 44 on plan RP801337 and lot 177 on plan LN2465 situated in the County of Livingstone, containing an area of about 634 ha, shown hachured on plan PA4.

s6 5 s6 Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment (No. 5) No. 264, 1996 ‘ Significant cultural and natural resources and values ‘ 13. The nature refuge supports— (a) open eucalypt forest on skeletal granitic or sedimentary soils; and (b) tall open forests along creeks; and (c) softwood scrub communities on sandstone ridge crests and igneous boulder scree; and (d) significant flora, including— (i) the black ironbox ( Eucalyptus raveretiana ); and (ii) the asparagus fern ( Asparagus racemosus ); and (e) a habitat suitable for the koala ( Phascolarctos cinereus ). ‘ Proposed management intent and use ‘ 14. The nature refuge will be managed, under the conservation agreement between the land-holder and the Minister, to— (a) provide a suitable site for the relocation of koalas from the catchment area for the Fitzroy and Dawson Rivers; and (b) maintain the area’s softwood scrubs in a natural condition, particularly by controlling the impact of fire on the area; and (c) provide for— (i) the continued maintenance and use of transmission lines and associated access roads; and (ii) the continued maintenance and use of infrastructure associated with a water supply dam and pipelines; and (iii) access through the area for an adjoining land-holder; and (iv) limited pedestrian access for environmental education; and (v) limited cattle grazing by an adjoining land-holder to reduce fuel loads; and

s6 6 s6 Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Amendment (No. 5) No. 264, 1996 (vi) environmental research and monitoring; and (vii) the collection of seeds from plants. ‘ Duration ‘ 15. The duration of the declaration of the nature refuge is the duration of the conservation agreement.’. ENDNOTES 1. Made by the Governor in Council on 3 October 1996. 2. Notified in the gazette on 4 October 1996. 3. Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4. The administering agency is the Department of Environment. © State of Queensland 1996