Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority Act 1987 (Tas)

Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority Act 1987

An Act to provide for the establishment of an authority for the management of the Port Arthur historic site and land appurtenant thereto, to prescribe the functions and powers of the Authority, and to provide for related matters [Royal Assent 18 August 1987]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART I - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority Act 1987 .

2. Commencement (1) This section and section 1 shall commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal assent. (2) Except as provided in subsection (1) , this Act shall commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – adjacent area means – (a) the parcel of Crown land at Garden Point, near Port Arthur, delineated and enclosed by a thick black line on Plan No. L.D. 940, a reduced copy of which is set out in Part III of Schedule 1 ; and (b) the parcel of land at Port Arthur more particularly described in Certificate of Title Volume 3670 Folio 68 and delineated and enclosed by a thick black line on Plan No. L.D. 947, a reduced copy of which is set out in Part IV of Schedule 1 – together with any land that, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 12 , is to be taken to form part of the adjacent area but excluding any land that, by virtue of that subsection, is to be taken to have been excised from it; the Authority means the Port Arthur Historic Site Management Authority established under section 4 ; commencing day means the day fixed by proclamation under section 2 (2) ; employee means – (a) the chief executive officer, within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ; and (b) an employee, within the meaning of the Government Business Enterprises Act 1995 ; functions includes duties; historic site means the several parcels of Crown land at Port Arthur comprising – (a) the 3 parcels each delineated and enclosed by a thick black line on Plan No. L.D. 943, a reduced copy of which is set out in Part I of Schedule 1 ; and (b) the 2 parcels delineated and shown diagonally hatched on Plan No. L.D. 942, a reduced copy of which is set out in Part II of Schedule 1 – together with any land that, by virtue of subsection (2) of section 12 , is to be taken to form part of the historic site but excluding any land that, by virtue of that subsection, is to be taken to have been excised from it; Management Plan means the management plan in force on the day immediately preceding the commencing day under section 19 of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 in respect of the pre-existing reserve and, subject to this Act, that management plan as modified from time to time and any management plan from time to time adopted under that Act or the National Parks and Reserves Management Act 2002 in substitution for that management plan; municipality means the council of the municipal area of Tasman; pre-existing reserve means the Crown land comprising the State reserves that, on the day immediately preceding the commencing day, were collectively known, by virtue of a proclamation made under section 15A (b) of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1970 , as the Port Arthur Historic Site; subject land means the land comprising – (a) the historic site; and (b) the adjacent area. (2) A reference in subsection (1) to a plan by number is a reference to the plan so numbered in the official plan collection of the responsible Department in relation to the Survey Co-ordination Act 1944 .