KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1992

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1992 As in force at 11 February 1998 Table of provisions 1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1 2 Interpretation ................................................................................... 1 3 Establishment of Committee ............................................................ 1 4 Composition of Committee .............................................................. 1 5 Resignation of members .................................................................. 2 6 Termination of appointment and appointment of new members ...... 2 7 Chairman ......................................................................................... 3 8 Calling of meetings, procedure, &c. ................................................. 3 9 Functions and powers of Committee ............................................... 4 10 Members shall not disclose information ........................................... 5 ENDNOTES -- 1 of 8 -- -- 2 of 8 -- NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA ____________________ As in force at 11 February 1998 ____________________ KEEP RIVER NATIONAL PARK LOCAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE REGULATIONS 1992 Regulations under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976 1 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations 1992. 2 Interpretation In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears: Chairman means the Chairman of the Committee. Committee means the Keep River National Park Local Management Committee established by regulation 3. member means a member of the Committee. Park means the area declared to be a park under section 12 of the Act by notice dated 15 April 1981 and published in Gazette No. G17 of 1 May 1981. 3 Establishment of Committee There is established by these Regulations a committee to be known as the Keep River National Park Local Management Committee. 4 Composition of Committee (1) Subject to subregulation (2), the Committee is to consist of 7 members appointed by the Minister, of whom: (a) 2 are to be employees within the meaning of the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993; (b) one is to be an Aboriginal nominated by Murranwong- Gadgerong families with an interest in living areas in the Park; -- 3 of 8 -- Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations 1992 2 (c) one is to be an Aboriginal appointed from Aboriginal groups with an interest in the Park but not proposing to live in the Park; and (d) 3 are to be persons with an interest in the Park. (2) A person who is a member of the Legislative Assembly or of either House of the Parliament of the Commonwealth is not eligible to be appointed or to hold office as a member. (3) As soon as practicable after an appointment under subregulation (1) has been made, the Minister shall cause notice of the appointment to be published in the Gazette. (4) Subject to regulations 5 and 6, a member holds office for 3 years but is eligible for reappointment. (5) The performance of a function or the exercise of a power of the Committee is not affected by reason only of there being a vacancy in the office of a member. 5 Resignation of members A member appointed under regulation 4(1) may resign office by writing signed by or with the authority of the member, delivered to the Minister. 6 Termination of appointment and appointment of new members (1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after: (a) receiving the resignation of a member; (b) becoming aware of a member's inability to continue as a member because of illness or for any other reason; or (c) being satisfied that a member has contravened regulation 10, terminate the appointment of the person as a member. (2) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after: (a) becoming aware of the death of a member; or (b) terminating the appointment of a person as a member under subregulation (1), appoint another person, with the same qualification for membership as the person in whose place the person is appointed, to be a member. -- 4 of 8 -- Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations 1992 3 7 Chairman (1) The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the establishment of the Committee, or at any time when the office of Chairman is vacant, convene a meeting of the Committee for the purpose of electing a member as the Chairman. (2) The Minister shall appoint a member to preside at the meeting referred to in subregulation (1). (3) Where the Minister convenes a meeting under subregulation (1), the Committee shall elect a member to be Chairman. (4) Where a member is elected as Chairman at a meeting referred to in subregulation (1), the member shall preside at the meeting in place of the member appointed under subregulation (2). (5) Subject to subregulation (6), the Chairman holds office, provided he or she remains a member, for 3 years and is eligible for re-election. (6) The Committee may at any time, by resolution, remove the Chairman from office and elect another member as Chairman. 8 Calling of meetings, procedure, &c. (1) The Chairman shall call such meetings of the Committee as are necessary for the exercise of its powers and the performance of its functions, but the number of meetings shall be not less than one in each calendar year. (2) At any time: (a) the Minister may direct; or (b) not less than 3 members may request, the Chairman to call a meeting of the Committee and the Chairman shall call a meeting accordingly. (3) At a meeting of the Committee: (a) the Chairman, if present, shall preside or, if the Chairman is not present, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside; (b) subject to subregulation (4), 3 members, of whom one only may be a member appointed under regulation 4(1)(b), constitute a quorum; -- 5 of 8 -- Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations 1992 4 (c) questions arising shall be determined by a majority of the votes of the members present and, in the event of an equality of votes, the person presiding shall have a casting vote as well as a deliberative vote; and (d) subject to these Regulations, the Committee shall determine the procedures to be followed at or in connection with the meeting. (4) A member may, in writing under the member's hand or with the member's authority, give to another member a general authority to vote for the first-mentioned member at a meeting of the Committee and the member given the authority may vote for the first- mentioned member at the meeting and shall, for the purposes of subregulation (3)(b), be counted towards a quorum as though he or she were also the first-mentioned member, but the authorised member shall not vote on behalf of more than one member and may be counted in place of one member only with the same qualification. (5) The Committee shall cause records of the Committee's meetings to be kept and, as soon as practicable after each meeting, shall cause a copy of the minutes of the meeting to be given to each member and to the Minister. (6) A member may require the Committee to admit to a meeting of the Committee such persons as the member considers necessary to advise the member on matters being considered at the meeting and may require the Committee to allow such persons, or any of them, to address the meeting on the member's behalf, and the Committee shall admit those persons and allow them to address the meeting accordingly. (7) A person admitted under subregulation (6) to a meeting of the Committee shall not vote on a matter at the meeting. 9 Functions and powers of Committee (1) The Committee is, in the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers, subject to the Act and to the plan of management for the Park. (2) The functions of the Committee are to advise the Commission on issues relevant to the management of the Park, including but not limited to: (a) the planning and development of works and facilities in the Park; -- 6 of 8 -- Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations 1992 5 (b) the formulation of commercial and tourist programs and development in the Park; (c) the protection of the Park against damage, including safety measures and fire control in the Park; (d) the development of staff training programs for persons employed in the Park; (e) the development of programs for the protection, conservation and management of native flora and fauna, and the environment generally, in the Park and for the elimination of feral animals and weeds from the Park; (f) the promotion of a knowledge and understanding of and respect for Aboriginal traditional languages, culture, customs and skills, and the protection and recording of sites and areas of spiritual or other significance to Aboriginals in the Park; and (h) the determination of guidelines for sporting activities, camping and the establishment of camping sites, if any, and for the control of vehicular traffic and the use of boats in the Park. (3) The Committee has power to do all things that are necessary or convenient to be done for or in connection with, or incidental to the performance of, its functions. 10 Members shall not disclose information A member shall not disclose information obtained in the course of the member's duties as a member unless the disclosure is made in the course of those duties. -- 7 of 8 -- ENDNOTES Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations 1992 6 ENDNOTES 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations (SL No. 42, 1992) Notified 12 August 1992 Commenced 12 August 1992 Amendments of Keep River National Park Local Management Committee Regulations (SL No. 2, 1998) Notified 11 February 1998 Commenced 11 February 1998 3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: rr 1 and 4. 4 LIST OF AMENDMENTS r 4 amd No. 2, 1998, r 2 r 6 amd No. 2, 1998, r 3 r 9 amd No. 2, 1998, r 4 -- 8 of 8 --