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TERRITORY WILDLIFE PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AMENDMENT BILL 2006

Serial 40
Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Bill 2006
Ms Scrymgour

A BILL
for

AN ACT
to amend the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

TERRITORY PARKS AND WILDLIFE CONSERVATION AMENDMENT ACT 2006

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Act No. [ ] of 2006

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TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   Section

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

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Act No. [ ] of 2006

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AN ACT

[Assented to [ ] 2006]

[Second reading [ ] 2006]

The Legislative Assembly of the Northern Territory enacts as follows:

1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Amendment Act 2006.

2. Principal Act amended

This Act amends the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act.

3. Amendment of section 25AQ (By-laws)

(1) Section 25AQ(3) –

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Section

substitute

Subject to subsection (3A), section

(2) After section 25AQ(3) –

insert

(3A) Despite section 25(2)(zb) of the Nitmiluk (Katherine Gorge) National Park Act, the By-laws may, for an offence against the By-laws, provide for the following:

(a) the offence to be a regulatory offence;

(b) the payment of a prescribed amount instead of a penalty that may otherwise be imposed for the offence, the service of a notice relating to payment of the amount on a person alleged to have committed the offence and the particulars to be included in the notice.

4. Amendment of section 67D (Compliance with permit)

(1) Section 67D –

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The

substitute

(1) The

(2) Section 67D, at the end –

insert

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a regulatory offence.

5. Amendment of section 69 (Drivers must comply with traffic signs)

(1) Section 69 –

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A

substitute

(1) A

(2) Section 69, at the end –

insert

(2) An offence against subsection (1) is a regulatory offence.

6. Amendment of section 71 (By-laws)

(1) Section 71(2)(w) –

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(2) After section 71(6) –

insert

(6A) The by-laws may, for an offence against the by-laws, provide for the following:

(a) the offence to be a regulatory offence;

(b) the payment of a prescribed amount instead of a penalty that may otherwise be imposed for the offence, the service of a notice relating to payment of the amount on a person alleged to have committed the offence and the particulars to be included in the notice.

7. Amendment of section 120 (Return or forfeiture of seized articles)

(1) Section 120(2) –

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30 days from the date of its delivery to him

substitute

60 days after its seizure

(2) Section 120(3) and (4) –

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30 days

substitute

60 days

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