This Act, consisting of 19 sections divided into three Parts and completed by two Schedules, provides for the establishment and operation of a body corporate with the corporate name of the Natural Resources Access Regulator. It establishes composition, duties and responsibilities of the Board of the Regulator. The Regulator is a NSW Government agency. See section 13A of the Interpretation Act 1987 in relation to the status, privileges and immunities of statutory bodies declared to be NSW Government agencies. The Regulator is not subject to the control and direction of the Minister except to the extent specifically provided for under this or any other Act. The principal objectives of the Regulator are: to ensure effective, efficient, transparent and accountable compliance and enforcement measures for the natural resources management legislation; to maintain public confidence in the enforcement of the natural resources management legislation. The Regulator has the following functions: prepare strategies, policies and procedures relating to enforcement powers under the natural resources management legislation; advise and report to the Minister or any relevant Minister on any matter relating to the administration of the natural resources management legislation; provide the Minister or any relevant Minister with such other advice or reports as the Minister or relevant Minister may, by instrument in writing, request; publish details of convictions in prosecutions for offences under the natural resources management legislation; such functions under the natural resources management legislation as are specified in Schedule 2; any other functions conferred or imposed on the Regulator (including by way of delegation) by or under the natural resources management legislation or any other Act. The Natural Resources Access Regulator will have competence under relevant Ministries, such as: Ministry for Primary Industries; Ministry for Regional Water; Ministry for Lands and Forestry.
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