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This Act establishes the National Parks, Rivers and Beaches Authority, the National Parks Board and the National Parks Fund and makes provision for the establishment of national parks, their promotion, management and protection and for the acquisition of private land for purposes of establishment or maintenance of a national park or the management of private land as a national park.The Authority is established as a body corporate and shall manage all national parks and have power and control over all rivers, streams, springs, swamps, waterfalls, water pools and beaches in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The Authority shall carry out a variety of functions including supervision of national parks and the protection of species and habitats in parks. The Director of National Parks shall prepare a national park plan for the management and development of national parks. The National Parks Board shall advise the Ministry on the policy regarding national parks. The Director may enter into an agreement with an owner or occupier of land for purposes of managing that land as a national park and may compulsorily acquire land for the establishment or maintenance of a national park. A national park may have within its boundaries areas to be used for fishing, aquaculture, fishery research or as marine reserve. The Act further prohibits certain acts in national parks such as damaging of flora or fauna, cultivation, grazing or diversion of water except under a permission of the Minister or if provided for in an agreement for the management of private land as a national park. Other provisions concern enforcement, offences and the establishment of the National Parks Fund.
Amended by: National Parks (Amendment) Act (No. 13 of 2010). (2010-10-07)
