Section 10Part 3 — CONSERVATION OF LAND
Management plan
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A management plan shall be formulated and adopted for each protected area.
The management plan for a protected area shall comply with the requirements set out in Schedule 3 and shall serve as a guide for all activities relating to the management, administration and conservation of the protected area to ensure that the purposes and objectives for which the area was established are met and maintained.
The Director shall, as soon as practicable after a protected area has been designated and prior to any development that may have an adverse effect on the area, prepare a management plan for approval by the Council.
The Director, before submitting a management plan to the Council, shall —
send copies of the plan to any entities or government agencies that may be affected by the plan; and
publish notice of the plan in at least two issues of a public newspaper circulating in the Islands in each week for a period of two consecutive weeks.
The notice referred to in subsection (4) shall specify a place or places, which shall include a place in the relevant district, where copies of the management plan may be inspected by the public and state the address to which written objections or representations with regard to the plan may be sent within a period of twenty-eight days from the latest publication of the notice or such longer period as the notice may specify.
The Director shall take into account any written objections or representations with regard to the plan received in accordance with subsection (5) and may make such amendments to the plan as he thinks fit in the light of the objections and representations before referring it to the Council, together with copies of all the objections and representations, for confirmation.
The Council shall submit the management plan, together with copies of all the written objections and representations received, to the Ministry for the approval of the Cabinet and shall not adopt the plan if, within a period of sixty days from the date of submission, the Council receives written notice from the Cabinet setting out reasons why the plan as submitted should not be adopted.
Where a management plan is adopted in accordance with this section, the Council shall cause a notice to be published in the Gazette specifying the date upon which the management plan will come into force and the place where copies of the relevant management plan may be obtained by the public.
A management plan shall be reviewed and revised by the Council at least once every five years and any proposed amendments shall be advertised and approved in accordance with the procedure set out in this Part for the adoption of a management plan.
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management plan