Cobourg Peninsula Aboriginal Land, Sanctuary and Marine Park Act. Country/Territory Australia Territorial subdivision Northern Territory Document type Legislation Date 1980 (2013) Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to acknowledge and secure the right of Aboriginals to occupy and use certain land on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Northern Territory of Australia, to vest that land in trustees for Aboriginals, to declare that land to be a national park, making certain provisions relating to the management of adjacent marine areas and for related purposes. Subject Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Protected area Institution Marine protected areas National parks Indigenous peoples Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific Abstract This Act provides for the establishment of the Cobourg Peninsula Sanctuary and Marine Park Board. The Board is a body corporate with perpetual succession. The functions of the Board are: (a) to prepare plans of management for the control and management of the sanctuary and/or marine park; (b) to protect and enforce the right of the group to use and occupy the sanctuary and/or marine park; (c) to determine, in accordance with the plan of management, the rights of access to parts of the sanctuary and/or marine park of persons who are not members of the group; (d) to advise the Minister for the purposes of section 34A; (e) to ensure adequate protection of sites on the sanctuary and marine park of spiritual or other importance in Aboriginal tradition; and (f) such other functions in and in relation to the sanctuary and/or marine park as are imposed on it by or under the plan of management. As soon as practicable after the commencement of this Act and from time to time as the occasion requires, the Board shall cause to be prepared a plan of management for the sanctuary and/or marine park in accordance with section 27. The Board may make by-laws for the sanctuary, not inconsistent with this Act (sect. 35). Full text English Website www.austlii.edu.au References - Legislation Implemented by Cobourg Peninsula Aboriginal Land, Sanctuary and Marine Park (Rehabilitation Areas) By-Laws (SL No. 56). Legislation | Australia | 2002 Keyword: Protected area, Marine protected areas, National parks, Indigenous peoples Source: FAO, FAOLEX