(1) The Minister may,
by notice published in the Gazette, designate an area of land as a designated
area for the purposes of this Part.
(2) The Minister may,
by further notice published in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice published
under subsection (1).
(3) A notice under
subsection (1) or (2) can only include within a designated area land that
is within 20 km of a boundary of a relevant prescribed area.
(4) A notice under
subsection (1) or (2) takes effect on the day on which it is published in
the Gazette, or on a later day as specified in the notice.
(5) If the Minister
publishes a notice under subsection (1) or (2), the Minister must cause a
copy of the notice to be laid before both Houses of Parliament.
(6) If either House of
Parliament passes a resolution disallowing a notice laid before it under
subsection (5), the notice will cease to have effect (and in the case of
a notice under subsection (2) varying or revoking a notice under
subsection (1), the notice under subsection (1) will, from that
time, apply as if it had not been varied or revoked (as the case requires) by
the notice under subsection (2)).
(7) A resolution is
not effective for the purposes of subsection (6) unless passed in
pursuance of a notice of motion given within 14 sitting days (which need
not fall within the same session of Parliament) after the day on which the
notice was laid before the House under subsection (5).