Proclamation under the Nature Conservation Act 2002

Proclamation under the Nature Conservation Act 2002

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, by this my proclamation made under sections 11(2) and 17(1) of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 declare –

(a) the area of Crown land specified in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation to be reserved land in the class of nature reserve and give the name Calverts Hill Nature Reserve to that reserved land; and

(b) the area of Crown land specified in Part 2 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation to be reserved land in the class of State reserve and give the name Ida Bay State Reserve to that reserved land; and

(c) the area of 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 Wingaroo Nature Reserve to that reserved land; and

(d) the area of Crown land specified in Part 4 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation to be reserved land in the class of national park and give the name Maria Island National Park to that reserved land; and

(e) the reserved land specified in Part 5 of Schedule 1 to this proclamation, being an area of land at North Motton reserved in the class of conservation area*, to be reserved land in the class of nature reserve and give the name Sith Cala Nature Reserve to that reserved land; and

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

*Note: The area of land at North Motton was acquired by the Governor in 2001 for a conservation purpose within the meaning of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970. On 16 May 2001 the title to the area of land was registered in the name of the Crown and the area of land became a conservation area under that Act by virtue of section 14C(2) of that Act. On the commencement of the Nature Conservation Act 2002 , the area of land was taken to be reserved land in the class of conservation area under that Act.

5 November 2007

W. J. E. COX

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

D. E. LLEWELLYN

Minister for Primary Industries and Water

SCHEDULE 1 - Areas of Land

PART 1 - Calverts Hill Nature Reserve

All that area of land comprising about 73 hectares, shown as Lot 1 and bounded by a heavy black line on Plan 6461 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 - Ida Bay State Reserve

All that area of land comprising about 4 022 square metres, shown as Lot 1 and bounded by a heavy black line on Plan 6464 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 - Wingaroo Nature Reserve

All that area of land comprising about 1 316 hectares, shown as Lot 1 comprising sections AAV68 and AAV90 and bounded by heavy black lines on Plan 6518 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.

PART 4 - Maria Island National Park

All that area of land comprising about 2.4 hectares, shown as Lot 1 and bounded by a heavy black line on Plan 7301 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 4 of Schedule 2 to this proclamation.

PART 5 - Sith Cala Nature Reserve

All that area of land comprising about 41.01 hectares, shown as Lot 1 and bounded by a heavy black line on Plan 6467 in the Central Plan Register, a reduced copy of which is set out, by way of illustration only, in Part 5 of Schedule 2 to this proclamation.

SCHEDULE 2 - Plans

PART 1 - Calverts Hill Nature Reserve

PART 2 - Ida Bay State Reserve

PART 3 - Wingaroo Nature Reserve

PART 4 - Maria Island National Park

PART 5 - Sith Cala Nature Reserve

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

Notified in the Gazette on 14 November 2007

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Primary Industries and Water.