2019-02-12 Attachment 1 to Item 5 - New Delegations

DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY
TITLE: NATURE CONSERVATION

Delegation by the Council to:                                    Date:

Chief Executive Officer

Source of Authority:
Local Government Act 2009 - Section 257
Nature Conservation Act 1992
Nature Conservation (Wildlife Management) Regulation 2006



Delegated Power:

  1. To exercise powers of the Council pursuant to the Nature Conservation Act 1992.

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                   LEGISLATION

Power, as a landholder, to make a submission to the Minister about the Section 44(4)
proposed declaration of a nature refuge.
Power, as a landholder, to make an objection to a proposed compulsory            Section 49(2) (c)
declaration of a nature refuge.
 Power, as a local government, to prepare a statement of management intent       Section 100K
 for protected wildlife required by the Minister and publish it on Council's
 website.
Power, as a landholder of land subject to an interim conservation order, to Section 108(1)
claim compensation.
Power, as a landholder, to make a submission about a draft management plan. Section
                                                                                   115A(3)(c)
Power, as a landholder, to claim compensation for injurious affection arising      Section 137A(5)
where:-
(a) a regulation is made, or a conservation plan is approved, for an area
identified under the regulation or plan as, or including, a critical habitat or an
area of major interest; and
(b) a landholder’s interest in land in the area is injuriously affected by a
restriction or prohibition imposed under the regulation or plan on

  2. To exercise powers of the Council pursuant to the Nature Conservation (Wildlife
     Management) Regulation 2006.

DESCRIPTION OF POWER DELEGATED                                                   LEGISLATION

Power, as the holder of a damage mitigation permit, to give a return of Section 188
operations for the permit to the chief executive.


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