Wildlife (Amendment) Act, 2000

PART VI

Miscellaneous

Amendment of section 56 (management etc. of certain land acquired, held or used by the Minister) of Principal Act.

60.—Section 56 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of the following for subsection (1):

“(1) All land acquired or vested in the Minister under the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000, other than land which the Minister considers to be land to which this subsection and subsection (2) of this section should not apply and in relation to which a direction (which the Minister is hereby empowered to give) that those subsections shall not apply to the land is given by the Minister and is in force, shall stand held by the Minister for the purposes of the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000, and may, as the Minister considers appropriate, at any time be managed and used for all or any of the following purposes, namely:

(a) the conservation of wildlife;

(b) the management and exploitation of hunting and fishing resources;

(c) other purposes ancillary to any of the foregoing, including the growth of forest crops, the promotion of scientific knowledge, amenity, or recreational or educational purposes.”.