This Act, consisting of 48 Sections divided into five Parts and completed by two Schedules, provides for the constitution of the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales and to confer and impose on that Board powers, authorities, duties and functions relating to the establishment, maintenance and control of zoological parks. Objectives of the Act include to conserve, protect, manage and improve the zoological parks and managed land and the zoological collections; to increase public knowledge and awareness of the zoological collections and the zoological parks through publications, educational programs and advisory services and other activities and to carry out and promote zoological research, the conservation of wildlife and its natural habitats and the maintenance of biodiversity. The Act is divided as follows: Preliminary (1); Constitution of the Zoological Parks Board of New South Wales (2); Establishment, maintenance and control of zoological parks by the Board (3); Finance (4); and General (5).
Australia · 1973-05-02