Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Act 1984 (NI)

NORFOLK ISLAND

Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Act 1984

No. 4 of 1985

Compilation No. 1

Compilation date: 29 September 2018

Includes amendments up to: Norfolk Island Continued Laws Ordinance 2015 (No. 2, 2015)

NORFOLK ISLAND

NORFOLK ISLAND NATIONAL PARK AND NORFOLK ISLAND BOTANIC GARDEN ACT 1984

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Short title 1A. Definitions 2. National Park 2A. Declaration of National Park 3. Botanic Garden 3A. Declaration of Botanic Garden 4. Officers 5. General powers of officers 6. Confiscation and forfeiture 7. Approved person 8. Regulations

NORFOLK ISLAND

Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Act 1984

An Act to establish the Norfolk Island National Park and the Norfolk Island Botanic Garden.

BE IT ENACTED by the Legislative Assembly of Norfolk Island as follows — Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Norfolk Island National Park and Norfolk Island Botanic Garden Act 1984. Definitions 1A. In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears — "animal" means a member, alive or dead, of the animal kingdom (other than a human being), and includes — (a) eggs or parts of eggs; and (b) the skin, feathers, horns, shell or any other part of an animal; "approved person" means a person, a person included in a class of persons or a class of persons appointed under section 7 to be an approved person or class of persons; "officer" means a person appointed to be an officer under section 4; "Park" means the Norfolk Island National Park and includes the Norfolk Island Botanic Garden; "plant" means a member, alive or dead, of the plant kingdom or of the fungus kingdom and includes seeds and parts of plants; "wildlife" means — (a) animals and plants that are indigenous to Norfolk Island; (b) migratory animals that periodically or occasionally visit Norfolk Island or the sea around Norfolk Island; and (c) animals and plants of a kind introduced into Norfolk Island directly or indirectly. National Park 2. Subject to section 2A, the Norfolk Island National Park is, and is to be taken at all times to have been, the area known as the Mount Pitt reserve in existence immediately before the commencement of this Act.