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ACT KANGAROO MANAGEMENT PLAN
2.2 Categories of land in the ACT
The kangaroo management plan aims to present a holistic approach to management of wild
kangaroo populations across all land in the ACT, providing guidance to relevant land managers.
The three main categories of land in the ACT relevant to this plan are:
· Territory Land managed by the ACT Government
· National Land managed by the Commonwealth Government
· Leased Territory Land managed by individual and institutional land holders.
The plan is also relevant to the Googong Dam Area (Googong Foreshores) which is Commonwealth
land in New South Wales, leased to and managed by the ACT Government.
These categories are briefly outlined below.
2.2.1 Territory Land managed by the ACT Government
a) Public Land: This is established under the Planning and Development Act 2007 (Chapter 10 of
the Act). The Act (Schedule 3) sets out management objectives for the different categories of
Public Land. These categories are: wilderness area, national park, nature reserve, special purpose
reserve, urban open space, cemetery or burial ground, protection of water supply, lake, sport and
recreation reserve, and heritage area.
Areas of Public Land are defined in the Territory Plan (Volume 1) (ACT Government 2008).
b) Other ACT Government managed land: This is land not classified as Public Land but still
managed by the ACT Government. It includes existing and former commercial pine plantation
areas (some of which, e.g. lower Cotter Catchment, is now Public Land (protection of water
supply)), unleased rural land and urban open space, some horse paddock areas, and specific
purpose sites outside the urban area.
2.2.2 National Land managed by the Commonwealth
Government
This is land in the ACT retained by the Commonwealth and managed by, or the responsibility
of, Commonwealth Government agencies. Examples are Belconnen Naval Transmitting Station
and Majura Training Area (Department of Defence), and areas around Lake Burley Griffin such
as Stirling Ridge (National Capital Authority) and Government House, Yarralumla (Office of the
Official Secretary to the Governor-General).
Section 27 of the Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Act 1988, specifies that the Crown
in right of the Commonwealth shall not be bound by an enactment of the Legislative Assembly
for the Australian Capital Territory unless a regulation made under the Act provides otherwise.
The Australian Capital Territory (Self-Government) Regulations (Commonwealth) identify the
Nature Conservation Act 1980 as a law of the territory that does bind the Crown in right of the
Commonwealth. The provisions of the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
1999 (Cwlth) also apply to National Land. The kangaroo management plan aims to provide guidance
for management of kangaroo populations on National Land; however, adoption of its provisions is
at the discretion of the relevant Commonwealth land managers. Kangaroo management actions
may require a licence under the Nature Conservation Act, therefore the ACT Government has
some influence over actions that may be taken by the managers of National Land.
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