EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
STATUTORY RULES NO.67
WORLD HERITAGE PROPERTIES CONSERVATION REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)
(Issued under the authority of the Minister of State for Home Affairs and Environment)
These Regulations amend the World Heritage Properties Conservation Regulations to prescribe certain acts for the purposes of the World Heritage Properties Conservation Act 1983 in relation to particular properties to which sections 9, 10 and 11 of that Act apply. The prescribed acts will be offences under the Act.
The Regulations provide as follows:
Regulation 1 - Inserts in principal Regulations definitions required for the purpose of those Regulations as amended.
Regulation 2 - Inserts new regulations 4 and 5 in the principal Regulations. New regulation 4 prescribes specified acts for the purposes of paragraphs 9(1)(h) and 10(2)(m) of the Act in relation to a specified area and two caves and an archaeological site, each of which is part of the world heritage property in ‘South West Tasmania. New regulation 5 prescribes specified acts for the purposes of paragraph 11(1)(j) of the Act in relation to three Aboriginal sites that are part of the same world heritage property.
Regulation 3 - Inserts a new Schedule 3 in the principal Regulations which relates to the definition of the area referred to in the new regulation 4.