National Parks Act 1982 Chapter 157.National Parks Act 1982.Certified on: / /20 .INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.Chapter 157.National Parks Act 1982.ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.1. Compliance with Constitutional requirements.2. Interpretation.3. Application to the State.4. Reserved land placed under control of Director.5. Minister may accept and control bequests, etc.6. Property not subject to succession duty.7. Director of National Parks.8. Functions of Director.9. Powers of Director.10. Delegation.11. Regulations.INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA.AN ACTentitledNational Parks Act 1982,[1]Being an Act–(a) to provide for the preservation of the environment and of the national cultural inheritance by–(i) the conservation of sites and areas having particular biological, topographical, geological, historical, scientific or social importance; and(ii) the management of those sites and areas, in accordance with the fourth goal of the National Goals and Directive Principles; and(b) to giv...