Wildlife Conservation Act (Wildlife Management Areas) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

Wildlife Conservation (Wildlife Management Areas) (Amendment) GOVERNMENT NOTICE No. 27 published on. 17/01/2020 · Citation GN. NO. 381 of 2018 Amend men1 of regula tion 7 Addition of regula t ion 7A THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT (CAP.283) REGULATIONS (Made under sections 31 and 121 (a)) THE WILDLIFE CONSERVATION (WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREAS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2019 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Wildlife Conservation (Wildlife Management Areas) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and shall be read together with the Wildlife Conservation (Wildlife Management Areas) Regulations, here inafter referred to as the "principal Regulations". 2. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 7(1) (a) in paragraph (a), by deleting the word "who" and substituting for it the words "provided that, not less than half the number of representatives"; (b) by adding immediately after paragraph (a), the following new paragraph (b): "(b) a Chairperson of the Authorized Association elected from among the representatives who shall serve as the Chairperson for only two terms;" ( c) by renaming paragraphs (b) and ( c) as paragraphs ( c) and ( d) respectively. 3. The principal Regulations are amended by adding immediately after regu lation 7, the following: "Election of 7 A.-(1) The District Executive Director shall be responsible for representatives (a) supervising election process qf representatives from villages forming Authorized Association; and (b) administrative review forum of any matter arised in the course of election of representatives. (2) Any person who is aggrieved by any decision in the election may make an application for administrative review to the Dis trict Executive Director. 3 • Wildlife Conservation (Wildl[fe Management Areas) (Amendment) G.N No. 27 (Contd) (3) On receipt of application for administrative review, the District Executive Director shall submit the application to the District Natural Resource Advisory Body for opinion and recommen dation. ( 4) Where the District Executive Director has been advised as such he shall make the decision which shall be final, but a person who is further aggrieved by the decision of the District Execu tive Director may appeal to the High Court." 4. The principal Regulations are amended by adding immediately after regu lation 29 the following: 29A.-(l) There is hereby established a Community Wildlife Management Area Trust Fund. "Establishment of the Trust Fund (2) The Trust Fund shall be used for the following purposes (a) facilitation of the initiation process for the establishment of wildlife management areas; (b) facilitation of preparation of by-laws; ( c) undertake capacity building; (d) preparation and publication of annual financial journals of all authorized associations; ( e) facilitation of investment process; (f) development and review of management plans and constitu tions of authorised associations; (g) facilitation of conflict resolution; (h) supporting anti-poaching activities, where necessary; (i) advertising the Wildlife Management Area a\ld its blocks; and (j) any other related activities. Financial 29B.-(l) The Wildlife Management Areas shall contribute five per contribution and centum of their annual gross income to the Community Wild management life Management Area Trust Fund. 4 Additio1 of reg ulation 2 9 A 2 9 B 29C, 29I and 29E Wildlife Conservation (Wildlife Management Areas) (Amendment) G N No. 2 7 {I ontd) Amend ment of regula tion 55 Amend ment of regu l a tion 56 Modality or payn1 cnl Objectives of the financial contributions Books of accounts (2) The Conso1tium of authorised associations shall be responsible for the financial management of the contributions by Wildlife Management Areas. 29C.-(1) For the purposes of regulation 29B, the financial contri butions shall be made quarterly. (2) The payment shall be made every preceding quarter, unless the Minister, by notice in writing determines otherwise. 29D. The Community Wildlife Management Area Trust Fund shall ensure that the financial contributions obtained are used to im plement the purposes of the Fund stipulated in regulation 29A as well as facilitating and supporting crosscutting issues in Wildlife Management Areas. 29E.The Community Wildlife Management Area Trust Fund shall keep and maintain books of accounts and records of the op erations and utilization of the financial contributions obtained under these Regulations in accordance with the acceptable ac counting standards." 5. The principal Regulations is amended in regulation 55: (a) in subregulation (2), by deleting the words "widly circulated local news paper" and substituting for them the word "media with wide coverage"; (b) by deleting subregulation (10) and substituting for it the following "( l 0) The tenure of ownership of a hunting block in a Wildlife Management Area shall be (a) for Category I hunting blocks, ten years; (b) for Category II hunting blocks, ten years; and ( c) for Category III hunting blocks, fifteen years, Provided that, no renewal shall be made unless the applicant has attained a min imum score as prescribed in the Wildlife Conservation (Tourist Hunt ing) Regulations." 6. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 56 by adding immedi ately after subregulation (2) the following new subregulation (3): "(3) The hunting blocks to be designated by the Director under subregulation 5 Wildlife Conservation (Wildlife Management Areas) (Amendment) G.N No. 2 7 (Contd) (2) shall be in three categories, namely: (a) Category I comprising of hunting blocks with Grade Point Average Score ranging from 3 .1 to 3 .6; (b) Category II comprising of hunting blocks with Grade Point Aver age Score ranging from 2.4 to 3.0; ( c) Category III comprising of hunting blocks with Grade Point Aver age Score ranging from 1. 7 to 2.3 ." 7. The principal Regulations are amended in regulation 7 5 by adding the words "and Community Wildlife Management Area Trust Fund" immediately after the words "Authorised Associations" appearing in subregulations ( 1 ), (2) and (3). Dodoma, 31st December, 2019 1-:IAMISI A. K!GWANGALLA Minister for Natural Resources and Tourism 6 Amend ment of regu 1 a tion 75 I '