Kerala Tourism (Conservation and Preservation of Areas Act, 2005

No: 8 Dated: Mar, 09 2005

The Kerala Tourism (Conservation anc Preservation of Areas) Act, 2005

ACT & OF 2005

    An Act to provide for the conservation and preservation of tourist areas in the State and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

    Preambie- WHEREAS it is expedient to make provisions for the conservation and preservation of tourist areas in the State and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto;

BE it enacted in the Fifty-sixth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-

l. Short title, extent and commencement-(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Tourism (Conservation and Preservation of Areas) Act, 2005.

(2) it extends to the whole of the State of Kerala.

(3) it shall be deemed to have come into force on the Sth day of February 2005.

2. Definitions- in this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, -

(a) ‘cormmittee' means the State Tourism Conservation and Preservation Committee constituted under section 4:

(b) ‘local authority’ means a village panchayat constituted under the Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 (13 of 1994) or a municipality constituted under the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994 (20 of 1994):

(c) ‘prescribed’ means prescribed by rules made under this Act;

(d) ‘special tourism zone’ means any area declared as such by Government under section 3;

(e) ‘State’ means the State of Kerala:

(f) ‘tourist area’ means any area notified by the Government in the Gazette to be a tourist area for the purposes of this Act:

3.5pecial fourism Zone-(1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, deciare any area which have or likely to have the importance of tourism within the State as ‘Special Tourism Zone’ for the conservation, preservation and integrated planned development of such area.

(2) No developmental activity including construction in a Special Tourism Zone shall be carried except in accordance with such guidelines as may be issued by the Committee.