National Parks and Reserves Management Amendment Act 2008

National Parks and Reserves Management Amendment Act 2008

An Act to amend the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1.   Short title

This Act may be cited as the National Parks and Reserves Management Amendment Act 2008 .

2.   Commencement

This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3.   Principal Act

In this Act, the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 is referred to as the Principal Act.

4.    Section 30 amended (Functions and powers of managing authority in relation to reserved land)

Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by inserting the following paragraph after paragraph (c) in subsection (3) :

(ca) to take any steps or undertake any activities that the managing authority considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of preventing, managing or controlling fire in reserved land, having regard to the management objectives for that reserved land; and

(b) by omitting from subsection (3)(d) " paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) " and substituting " paragraph (a) , (b) , (c) or (ca) ";

(c) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3) :

(3A)  Subsection (3)(ca) does not apply to fire in reserved land that originates in, and is confined to, a structure, as defined in the Fire Service Act 1979 , in that reserved land.

5.    Section 88A inserted

After section 88 of the Principal Act , the following section is inserted in Part 6:

88A.   Code of practice for managing fires in reserved land

The Minister may approve a code of practice for the purposes of providing practical guidance to –

(a) the managing authority in respect of its functions in relation to preventing, managing or controlling fire in reserved land, having regard to the management objectives for that reserved land; and

(b) any other person involved in the undertaking of any such functions.

[Second reading presentation speech made in:

House of Assembly on 12 NOVEMBER 2008

Legislative Council on 19 NOVEMBER 2008]