National Conservation (Amendment) Bill, 2024

Government bill, sponsored by the Ministry of Sustainability and Climate Resiliency

Withdrawn. Withdrawn by the Government under Standing Order 58 before its first reading (sitting of 31 January 2025). Reported by Official Hansard Report.

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Gazetted
Published in the Gazette
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Introduced
31 January 2025
First appeared on the order paper
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Passed
Awaiting vote
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Enacted
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In force

What this bill does

This bill amends the National Conservation Act, 2013 to restructure the National Conservation Council, reducing its membership to twelve and allowing it to delegate powers with Cabinet approval. It creates a new Conservation Appeals Tribunal so decisions by the Council and other government entities can be appealed, with final appeals going to Cabinet and then to court, and it changes how the Environmental Protection Fund is managed.

  • Reduces the National Conservation Council to twelve members, abolishes advisory committees, and lets the Council delegate powers with Cabinet approval.
  • Creates a Conservation Appeals Tribunal to hear appeals against Council decisions (such as permit refusals, conditions, revocations, and interim directives), with further appeals to Cabinet and then to court.
  • Requires government entities to follow Council recommendations on proposed actions unless they have good reasons not to, and lets the Council appeal such decisions.
  • Requires that appeals against certain civil proceedings involving public officers or entities obtain Attorney General approval, and places management of the Environmental Protection Fund under Cabinet.

Who it affects: government entities and public officers, National Conservation Council members, businesses and individuals holding conservation-related permits or licences, developers and landowners whose projects may affect protected areas or species, environmental NGOs and the National Trust, all residents interested in conservation decisions

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Official documents

Debated in Parliament

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