Proclamation under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 (TAS)

Proclamation under the Nature Conservation Act 2002

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under sections 11(2) and 19(1) of the Nature Conservation Act 2002  –

(a) declare so much of the Crown land specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation that is not already a conservation area to be reserved land in the class of conservation area; and (b) give the name Forsyth Island Conservation Area to the land specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation; and (c) declare so much of the Crown land specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation that is not already a conservation area to be reserved land in the class of conservation area; and (d) give the name Storehouse Island Conservation Area to the land specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation; and (e) declare that this proclamation takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

G. S. M. Green

Governor

By His Excellency’s Command,

Bryan Green

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

Schedule 1Conservation AreasPART 1Forsyth Island Conservation AreaPART 2Storehouse Island Conservation AreaSchedule 2PlansPART 1Forsyth Island Conservation AreaPART 2Storehouse Island Conservation Area

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 23 April 2003

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the proclamation) This proclamation –

(a) amends the Forsyth Island Conservation Area and the Storehouse Island Conservation Area by extending the conservation areas to the low-water mark; and (b) names those conservation areas in accordance with the Nature Conservation Act 2002.The conservation area at Storehouse Island was proclaimed as a sanctuary under the Crown Lands Act 1911, and the conservation area at Forsyth Island was proclaimed as a sanctuary under the Crown Lands Act 1903 and continued under the Crown Lands Act 1911. These sanctuaries then – (a) came within the definition of a Crown reserve in the Animals and Birds Protection Act 1928; and (b) were converted to conservation areas under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 by clause 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 2 to that Act; and (c) were continued as conservation areas under the Nature Conservation Act 2002 by clause 2 of Schedule 4 to that Act.