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<subordleg title="Nature Conservation Legislation (Cooktown Area) Amendment Regulation 2026" year.published="2026" year.citation="2026" no="72" pco.reg.ref="S26_0017" publication.date="2026-06-19" enabling.title="Nature Conservation Act 1992" enabling.acts="act-1992-020" sub.leg.type="reg" print.type="published" initial.admin.dept="Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation" id="sl-2026-0072" version.desc.id="6ec2b12e-0b40-4f96-b635-4ad80fa56925" version.series.id="663101c9-a65d-49d6-9ca8-6dfd1071610f" amending="pure" published.how="website" stage.repeal="1"><wrapper><body numbering.style="manual"><part id="pt.1" guid="_25a8e1d2-9b98-42a9-a035-7a3e3ae91eae" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Part 1</no><heading id="pt.1-he" guid="_418d9a8e-664a-4fac-a6bd-2f5f92b39a05">Preliminary</heading><clause id="sec.1" guid="_b20470a5-1e4b-4593-99f7-0402b6e9e5ed" provision.type="shorttitle" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>1</no><heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_2ed6d572-4712-4d76-a4f7-19d2466f30c2">Short title</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation may be cited as the <legref type="subordleg" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="yes">Nature Conservation Legislation (Cooktown Area) Amendment Regulation 2026</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause></part><part id="pt.2" guid="_73137a52-3842-478b-93cc-cb813179cc3f" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Part 2</no><heading id="pt.2-he" guid="_60e27307-6324-4a07-be25-f3bcc1c272bd">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2024-0198" target.version.series="2f34f526-15e0-4a4d-990f-2e32069772c9" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="no">Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024</name></legref></heading><clause id="sec.2" guid="_2036d4d9-66cd-4bd2-a14e-3c1f167c5dd3" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>2</no><heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_30a73f57-be46-4054-af11-8d71b6c3afa6">Regulation amended</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This part amends the <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-2024-0198" target.version.series="2f34f526-15e0-4a4d-990f-2e32069772c9" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="yes">Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.3" guid="_4c662575-1fe9-42f9-9c04-a4710cd5a5b0" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_31b52367-7304-41d4-acac-81f09a0448fe">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.3" target.doc.id="sl-2024-0198" target.version.series="2f34f526-15e0-4a4d-990f-2e32069772c9" target.guid="_405d1bdc-02e7-488f-9b8e-302de8a06193" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">sch&#160;3</legref> (Permitted uses in national parks)</heading><block><txt break.before="1"><legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.3" target.doc.id="sl-2024-0198" target.version.series="2f34f526-15e0-4a4d-990f-2e32069772c9" target.guid="_405d1bdc-02e7-488f-9b8e-302de8a06193" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">Schedule&#160;3</legref>, <legref type="subordleg" refid="pt.1" target.doc.id="sl-2024-0198" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD">part&#160;1</legref>, entry for Mount Cook National Park—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit.</i></txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.4" guid="_fd1b0bd0-5ae3-4609-97ce-f0e1fe88ec01" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>4</no><heading id="sec.4-he" guid="_f27aa76a-7df7-4174-9331-c4e4dd8df5ca">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.5" target.doc.id="sl-2024-0198" target.version.series="2f34f526-15e0-4a4d-990f-2e32069772c9" target.guid="_cbdf5127-35f3-4e57-8251-dc9bf90721a2" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">sch&#160;5</legref> (Prescribed places)</heading><block><txt break.before="1"><legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.5" target.doc.id="sl-2024-0198" target.version.series="2f34f526-15e0-4a4d-990f-2e32069772c9" target.guid="_cbdf5127-35f3-4e57-8251-dc9bf90721a2" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">Schedule&#160;5</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><table frame="all" colsep="1" rowsep="1" id="sec.4-frag-tbl" guid="_173ce897-a8e8-4102-aeb9-6af32c3dc8da" orient="port" heading.align="left" font.size="12.pt"><tgroup cols="2" colsep="1" rowsep="1" tgroupstyle="Ruled4column"><colspec colnum="1" colname="1" colwidth="2.500in"/><colspec colnum="2" colname="2" colwidth="2.500in"/><tbody><row rowsep="0" id="sec.4-frag-tbl-tblr" guid="_a916ee2a-c2f1-4153-86fd-981da5c919a3"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-frag-tbl-tblr-tble1" guid="_3474a480-ce87-422d-b7de-65425d7f0866"><block><txt break.before="1">Waalmbaal Birri (Endeavour River) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.4-frag-tbl-tblr-tble2" guid="_dbd57630-b97b-4ffd-9e1a-7a4229f106ef"><block><txt break.before="1">all parts</txt></block></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></fragment></block></clause></part><part id="pt.3" guid="_bdab3e2b-2499-40a2-9697-978c3434a187" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>Part 3</no><heading id="pt.3-he" guid="_50491543-5cb9-45e7-93e8-1b72917b6c8e">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="no">Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994</name></legref></heading><clause id="sec.5" guid="_4fdd5b19-3c1e-4866-aba1-1729512b405c" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>5</no><heading id="sec.5-he" guid="_9be35ba9-b803-4a20-9298-82fb64da8743">Regulation amended</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This part amends the <legref type="subordleg" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" check="valid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="yes">Nature Conservation (Protected Areas) Regulation 1994</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.6" guid="_deee3cb2-ad26-4aa6-953d-2bfebcf2ae17" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>6</no><heading id="sec.6-he" guid="_930421fe-3c28-4d0a-a960-bc9688ecd40d">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.2" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_9952adcd-0fd8-40ac-aec6-9e20ba627177" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">sch&#160;2</legref> (National parks)</heading><subclause id="sec.6-ssec.1" guid="_ac0dd85c-2dad-40eb-a0ba-a0e1edf67a1a" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(1)</no><block><txt break.before="0"><legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.2" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_9952adcd-0fd8-40ac-aec6-9e20ba627177" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">Schedule&#160;2</legref>, entries for Endeavour River National Park and Mount Cook National Park (formerly National Park 142, County of Banks)—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit.</i></txt></block></subclause><subclause id="sec.6-ssec.2" guid="_f8257609-968a-4999-8ab5-df959edafe1b" affected.by.uncommenced="0" provision.type="other"><no>(2)</no><block><txt break.before="0"><legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.2" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_9952adcd-0fd8-40ac-aec6-9e20ba627177" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">Schedule&#160;2</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><block><table frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl" guid="_e39f4741-eef1-437a-b09c-f360adb692d6" orient="port" heading.align="left" font.size="12.pt"><tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" tgroupstyle="Unruled3column"><colspec 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id="sec.6-ssec.2-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2-tble2" guid="_4e9df6a0-29d1-4c43-bce4-0a05914a0058"><block><txt break.before="1">Lot 97 on SP342978, containing an area of 45.99ha</txt></block></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></block></fragment></block></subclause></clause><clause id="sec.7" guid="_088288ca-ec4b-4a47-b3ee-c526dea41134" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>7</no><heading id="sec.7-he" guid="_df9b7ebe-060b-4020-adcf-e508f5748315">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.3" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_41983644-e81b-42c0-845b-50ff0fc68c21" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">sch&#160;3</legref> (Conservation parks)</heading><block><txt break.before="1"><legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.3" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_41983644-e81b-42c0-845b-50ff0fc68c21" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">Schedule&#160;3</legref>, entry for Keatings Lagoon Conservation Park—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit.</i></txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.8" guid="_2272a459-b5cf-4844-8fd3-c2be9a7141d4" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>8</no><heading id="sec.8-he" guid="_349c5ffc-21a3-4ffb-8bd3-c71d75d6b256">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.3A" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_f3763e0e-2e9f-4ad2-b3c3-35ced5f9fcd4" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">sch&#160;3A</legref> (Resources reserves)</heading><block><txt break.before="0"><legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.3A" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_f3763e0e-2e9f-4ad2-b3c3-35ced5f9fcd4" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">Schedule&#160;3A</legref>, entry for Endeavour River Resources Reserve—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>omit, 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Reserve</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" id="sec.8-frag-tbl-tblr-tble2" guid="_b09e63de-1bba-4c24-8664-4ac9d158936b"><block align="left"><txt break.before="1">Lot 1 on SP320140, containing an area of 2.077ha</txt></block></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></fragment></block></clause><clause id="sec.9" guid="_0ab27641-ee61-453c-a59b-a6385cc34401" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>9</no><heading id="sec.9-he" guid="_97f8b84c-e24d-4c6f-ad51-2c94548bf97d">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.4" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_a23f4553-b074-4050-b70a-5a6d62c0402d" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">sch&#160;4</legref> (National parks (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal land))</heading><block><txt break.before="0"><legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.4" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_a23f4553-b074-4050-b70a-5a6d62c0402d" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">Schedule&#160;4</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><block><table frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" id="sec.9-frag-tbl" guid="_92f01281-0cef-414e-a9e3-fa3f548dfdb4" orient="port" heading.align="left" font.size="12.pt"><tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" tgroupstyle="2columnUnRuled"><colspec colnum="1" colname="1" colwidth="2.375in" colsep="0"/><colspec colnum="2" colname="2" colwidth="2.624in" colsep="0"/><tbody><row rowsep="0" id="sec.9-frag-tbl-tblr" guid="_418dcede-7a81-49ab-b3ba-61071d26b1f5"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.9-frag-tbl-tblr-tble1" guid="_e61943cf-ec29-4e8e-87cc-8e786facc269"><block><txt break.before="1">Waalmbaal Birri (Endeavour River) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.9-frag-tbl-tblr-tble2" guid="_b1bc9d3d-4768-4a8e-a89d-991e4c557786"><block><txt break.before="1">Lot 3 on CP867124 and lots 6, 7 and 206 on SP320140, containing an area of 2,157.898ha</txt></block></entry></row><row rowsep="0" id="sec.9-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2" guid="_c774ca6b-13c5-40c2-8b7d-b466279463c8"><entry colname="1" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.9-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2-tble1" guid="_c7dc5b81-ffc9-4de1-bed8-7c35d2a898e4"><block><txt break.before="1">Waymbuurr (Mount Cook) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" valign="top" id="sec.9-frag-tbl-tblr-oc.2-tble2" guid="_cf91aee5-10ec-4439-9f65-2876714ebbbf"><block><txt break.before="1">Lots 10 and 142 on SP344578, lot 9 on SP344592 and lot 21 on SP353687, containing an area of 716.3564ha</txt></block></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></block></fragment></block></clause><clause id="sec.10" guid="_a4957939-d1c0-4eeb-93c2-3a66457e7f76" provision.type="amend" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>10</no><heading id="sec.10-he" guid="_e2bcfeb2-18e5-4d9f-8abf-e9a8dd6309d9">Amendment of <legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.5" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_863c5f73-2b59-4ef4-badc-824144c5ed0b" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">sch&#160;5</legref> (Nature refuges)</heading><block><txt break.before="0"><legref type="subordleg" refid="sch.5" target.doc.id="sl-1994-0135" target.version.series="714b1cc0-2241-4f93-a9ad-c3a637a1153b" target.guid="_863c5f73-2b59-4ef4-badc-824144c5ed0b" check="valid" jurisd="QLD">Schedule&#160;5</legref>—</txt><txt break.before="1"><i>insert—</i></txt><fragment auto.number.type="manual" format="fromcontext" style="indent"><block><table frame="none" colsep="0" rowsep="0" id="sec.10-frag-tbl" guid="_56947be6-f3c1-473e-ac4a-f4be4d00ecca" orient="port" heading.align="left" font.size="12.pt"><tgroup cols="2" colsep="0" rowsep="0" tgroupstyle="Unruled3column"><colspec colnum="1" colname="1" colwidth="2.500in" colsep="0"/><colspec colnum="2" colname="2" colwidth="2.500in" colsep="0"/><tbody><row rowsep="0" id="sec.10-frag-tbl-tblr" guid="_17e8ef00-ccfb-4546-b67d-b405d5c79991"><entry colname="1" align="left" id="sec.10-frag-tbl-tblr-tble1" guid="_5e4ec777-4c1d-41b5-8c2b-313bd5fec319"><block><txt break.before="1">Gungaarr Nature Refuge</txt></block></entry><entry colname="2" align="left" id="sec.10-frag-tbl-tblr-tble2" guid="_2f53b466-a111-41b7-9dcb-6495e44672a9"><block><txt break.before="1">Lot 3 and parts of lots 4 and 5 on SP344593, containing an area of about 4.12ha, shown on plan PA1198</txt></block></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></table></block></fragment></block></clause></part></body></wrapper></subordleg>