This Act prescribes that the governing boards for all agencies, instrumentalities, or entities shall issue performance reviews of the Chief Executive of that agency, six months after appointment of the said chief executive and every six months thereafter as long as the Chief Executive is retained by the Governing Board.
This Act restricts the use of public lands set aside for agricultural purposes to citizens of the Northern Mariana Islands and US nationals so as to prevent large-scale commercial exploitation of such lands which are scarce.Such lands as are leased or its use is permitted in accordance with the provisions of this Act and shall be developed in accordance with their most appropriate use or uses, i.e. either agricultural, aquacultural, maricultural, or animal husbandry.
This Act makes provision for the protection and conservation of public land of Managaha Island.These public lands that are of importance to culture, traditions and history of the people of the Northern Mariana Islands shall be leased preferentially to persons, including corporations, of Northern Marianas descent.
This Act makes provision for the planning of the Australian Capital Territory and the management of land in the Territory.
There is established by section 6 of this Act a Commission by the name of the Australian Heritage Commission.
Each Act that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms. In the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 subsection 9(3) is repealed. In the Regional Forest Agreements Act 2002 subsection 6(3) is repealed. In the Resource Assessment Commission Act 1989 section 31 on evidence on heritage values of a place is completely renewed and some minor amendments are made.
The Australian Heritage Council is established by section 4. The functions of the Council are: (a) to make assessments under Divisions 1A and 3A of Part 15 of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999; (b) to advise the Minister on conserving and protecting places included, or being considered for inclusion, in the National Heritage List or Commonwealth Heritage List and various other matters; (e) to promote the identification, assessment, conservation and monitoring of heritage; (f) to keep the Register of the National Estate under section 21; etc.
The Act regulates the management of waste lands, it repeals the Acts of Parliament in force respecting the disposal of waste lands of the Crown of Her Majesty’s Australian Colonies. Under section 6, the existing regulations are maintained in force until altered.
This Act places restrictions on the mining of sand on beaches in order to protect the natural environment and the coastal zone and to prevent its deterioration and destruction.The Act prohibits the excavation or removal of sand from a prohibited area, i.e. presumably an area other than an Authorized Area. An Authorized Area is an area outside the coastal zone that has been designated by the Secretary of the Department of Public Works in concurrence with the Coastal Resources Management Office and the Division of Public Lands as a sand mining area.
The purpose of this Act is to maintain a healthy, productive and resilient environment for the greatest well-being of the community, now and into the future, consistent with the principles of ecologically sustainable development (described in section 6 (2) of the Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991), and in particular: a) to conserve biodiversity at bioregional and State scales; b) to maintain the diversity and quality of ecosystems and enhance their capacity to adapt to change and provide for the needs of future generations; c) to improve, share and use knowledge, includi
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