National Parks and Wildlife (Further
Adjustment of Areas) Bill 2005

This explanatory note relates to this Bill as introduced into Parliament.

Overview of Bill

The objects of this Bill are to:

(a) revoke the reservation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 of land
within Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area, Jerrawangala National
Park and Morton National Park, and

(b) vest that land in:

        (i) the Crown as land that is subject to the Crown Lands Act 1989 (in the
case of the land within Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area),
or
        (ii) the Minister administering Part 11 of the National Parks and Wildlife
Act 1974 (in the case of land within Jerrawangala National Park and
Morton National Park).

Outline of provisions

Clause 1 sets out the name (also called the short title) of the proposed Act.

Clause 2 provides for the commencement of the proposed Act on a day or days to be
appointed by proclamation.

Clause 3 revokes the reservation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 of
land described in Schedule 1 or 2 as part of the state conservation area and national
parks referred to in those Schedules.

Clause 4 vests land described in Schedule 1 (which is land within Illawarra
Escarpment State Conservation Area) in the Crown and makes the land subject to the
Crown Lands Act 1989.

Clause 5 vests land described in Schedule 2 (which is land within Jerrawangala
National Park and Morton National Park) in the Minister administering Part 11 of the
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

Clause 6 ensures that the proposed Act does not operate to extinguish native title
rights and interests existing in relation to the excised land immediately before its
vesting under the proposed Act in the Crown as land subject to the Crown Lands Act
1989 or in the Minister administering Part 11 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act
1974.

Clause 7 provides that the proposed Act binds the Crown.

Clause 8 enables the making of regulations for the purposes of the proposed Act,
including regulations of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment
of the proposed Act.

Schedule 1 Land within Illawarra Escarpment State
Conservation Area vested in Crown as
land subject to Crown Lands Act 1989
This Schedule sets out the land within Illawarra Escarpment State Conservation Area
whose reservation as state conservation area is revoked and that is vested in the
Crown as land subject to the Crown Lands Act 1989. The land concerned comprises
3 parcels of land, having a total area of about 5,900 square metres.

Schedule 2 Land within national parks vested in
Minister administering Part 11 of the
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
This Schedule sets out the land within Jerrawangala National Park and Morton
National Park (being land whose reservation is revoked) that is vested in the Minister
administering Part 11 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 for the purposes
of that Part. The land transferred from Jerrawangala National Park has a total area of
about 1.4286 hectares. The land transferred from Morton National Park has a total
area of about 21.797 hectares.

Note: If this Bill is not modified, these Explanatory Notes would reflect the Bill as passed in the House. If the Bill has been amended by Committee, these Explanatory Notes may not necessarily reflect the Bill as passed.

 

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