Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970

Proclamation under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970

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, on the recommendation of the Minister and with the approval of each House of Parliament, by this my proclamation made under sections 14(1) and 16(1) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970  –

(a) declare the Crown land specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation to be reserved land in the class of national park and give the name Southwest National Park to that land; and

(b) declare the Crown land specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation to be reserved land in the class of national park and give the name South Bruny National Park to that land; and

(c) declare the Crown land specified in Part 3 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation to be reserved land in the class of nature reserve and give the name Three Hummock Island Nature Reserve to that land; and

(d) revoke the proclamation notified in the Gazette as Statutory Rules 1990, No. 230; and

(e) declare that this proclamation takes effect on the day on which its making is notified in the Gazette.

4 December 2000

G. S. M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries, Water and Environment

SCHEDULE 1 - Areas of land

PART 1 - Extension of Southwest National Park

All that area of land comprising about 180 hectares shown bounded by a heavy black line on Plan Number 5429 in the Central Plan Register a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this proclamation.

PART 2 - Extension of South Bruny National Park

All that area of land comprising about 90.3 hectares shown bounded by a heavy black line on Plan Number 5057 in the Central Plan Register a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 2 of Schedule 2 to this proclamation.

PART 3 - Extension of Three Hummock Island Nature Reserve

All that area of land comprising about 58.2 square metres shown bounded by a heavy black line on Plan Number 5295 in the Central Plan Register a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 3 of Schedule 2 to this proclamation.

SCHEDULE 2 - Plans

PART 1 - Southwest National Park

PART 2 - South Bruny National Park

PART 3 - Three Hummock Island Nature Reserve

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

Notified in the Gazette on 13 December 2000

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) extends the Southwest National Park by about 180 hectares to include Maatsuyker Island; and

(b) extends the South Bruny National Park by about 90.3 hectares to include the lighthouse and surrounding land; and

(c) extends the Three Hummock Island Nature Reserve by about 58.2 square metres to include the lighthouse and surrounding land; and

(d) revokes a previous proclamation that declared Maatsuyker Island to be a conservation area.