62.—Section 59 of the Principal Act is hereby amended—

(a) in subsection (1)—

(i) by the substitution in paragraph (c) of “whether or not the Minister has a joint or several interest in such land” for “but in which the Minister has not a joint or several interest”, and

(ii) by the insertion of the following after paragraph (c):

“(cc) any other land held by the Minister for the purposes of the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000,”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “seabed nature reserve, or to all or any other land held by the Minister for the purposes of the Wildlife Acts, 1976 and 2000” for “seabed nature reserve” where it last occurs, and

(c) by the substitution of the following for subsection (3):

“(3) Regulations under this section which apply to foreshore shall regulate access to or use of such foreshore to such extent as the Minister considers necessary for the conservation of wildlife or of a wildlife habitat or of geological or geomorphological features, as the case may be, and such regulations shall be made by him only with the consent of the Minister for the Marine and Natural Resources and in addition to the foregoing, where the regulations relate to foreshore other than foreshore which is held by the Minister, they shall be made only after consultation with—

(a) in case such foreshore is held by the Commissioners, the Commissioners,

(b) in any other case, the Minister of the Government by whom the foreshore is held”,

and the said subsection (1) (other than paragraphs (a), (b) and (d)), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(1) Subject to subsections (3), (4) and (7) of this section, the Minister may make regulations permitting the public generally or any particular class or section of the public or the members of any body of persons which is of a particular class or description or the members of a particular body of persons, to have access to and use in accordance with the regulations—

(c) any land (including land covered by inland waters) to which an establishment order applies and which is land owned by the State whether or not the Minister has a joint or several interest in such land (which land is so referred to as a State land nature reserve),