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Conservation Areas (Amendment) Act 2014 (No. 2 of 2014).

Country/Territory
Papua New Guinea
Document type
Legislation
Date
2014
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Papua New Guinea Sessional Legislation 2014.
Long title
Being an Act to amend the Conservation Areas Act (Chapter 362).
Subject
Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Protected area Registration
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific
Abstract

This Act amends the Conservation Areas Act in sections 18,19, 20 and 24 with respect to transfer of functions of the Minister to the Managing Director of the Conservation and Environment Authority (relating to the Register of conservation areas). It also repeals section 23 and allows the Managing Director to issue a certificate in the prescribed form certifying that an area described in the certificate has been registered in the Register (sect. 22). Section 23 provided that a certificate issued by the Minister under Section 22 shall be received in all courts of justice as evidence of the particulars contained in it.

Full text
English
Website
www.paclii.org

References - Legislation

Amends

Conservation Areas Act 1978 (Cap 362).

Legislation | Papua New Guinea | 1978 (2006)

Keyword: Protected area, Institution, Land-use planning, Expropriation, Registration

Source: FAO, FAOLEX