Territory Parks And Wildlife Conservation (Judbarra / Gregory National Park Carbon Emissions Reduction Project) By-laws 2022 (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

TERRITORY PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION (Judbarra / gregory national park Carbon Emissions Reduction project) BY‑LAWS 2022

As in force at 3 November 2022

Table of provisions NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 3 November 2022

TERRITORY PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION (Judbarra / gregory national park Carbon Emissions Reduction project) BY‑LAWS 2022

By‑laws under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976

1Title

These By-laws may be cited as the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation (Judbarra / Gregory National Park Carbon Emissions Reduction Project) By-laws 2022.

2Commencement

These By-laws commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.

3Definitions

In these By-laws:

Judbarra / Gregory National Park means land to which by‑law 4 applies.

use of fire includes the following activities:

• (a)

  intentionally lighting fires;

• (b)

  slashing;

• (c)

  grading;

• (d)

  fire suppression;

• (e)

  any other form of fire management.

4Application of By-laws

These By-laws apply in relation to:

• (a)

  all the areas of land declared to be a park under section 24(2) of the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 by instrument dated 10 September 2009 and published in Gazette G38 on 23 September 2009; and

• (b)

  the parcel of land known as Gregory’s Tree Historical Reserve declared to be a reserve under section 24(2) of the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 by instrument dated 10 September 2009 and published in Gazette G38 on 23 September 2009.

5Use of fire for carbon emissions reduction

• (1)

  By-laws 11(1) and (2) and 11A(2) of the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation By-laws 1984 do not apply in relation to use of fire in the Judbarra / Gregory National Park that is:

  • (a)

    for the purpose of reducing carbon emissions in the Judbarra / Gregory National Park; and

  • (b)

    carried out during the period commencing on the commencement of this by-law and ending on 1 January 2045; and

  • (c)

    part of an eligible offsets project declared under section 27(2) of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (Cth); and

  • (d)

    approved by the joint management partners for the Judbarra / Gregory National Park.

• (2)

  By-law 18(1) and (6) of the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation By-laws 1984 does not apply in relation to the disturbance of a natural feature of the Judbarra / Gregory National Park as an ordinary consequence of use of fire that is:

  • (a)

    for the purpose of reducing carbon emissions in the Judbarra / Gregory National Park; and

  • (b)

    carried out during the period commencing on the commencement of this by-law and ending on 1 January 2045; and

  • (c)

    part of an eligible offsets project declared under section 27(2) of the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) Act 2011 (Cth); and

  • (d)

    approved by the joint management partners for the Judbarra / Gregory National Park.

  6Trade and commerce

  To avoid doubt, nothing in by-law 5 affects the application of by‑law 13 of the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation By‑laws 1984 to the Judbarra / Gregory National Park.

   

ENDNOTES

• 1

  KEY

Key to abbreviations

 

amd = amended od = order

app = appendix om = omitted

bl = by-law pt = Part

ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule

cl = clause rem = remainder

div = Division renum = renumbered

exp = expires/expired rep = repealed

f = forms s = section

Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule

hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision

ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation

lt = long title sub = substituted

nc = not commenced

• 2

  LIST OF LEGISLATION

Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation (Judbarra / Gregory National Park Carbon Emissions Reduction Project) By-laws 2022 (SL No. 16, 2022)
Notified	3 November 2022
Commenced	3 November 2022