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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
17What is a declared Ramsar wetland?
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17 What is a declared Ramsar wetland?
Areas designated for listing
(1) A wetland, or part of a wetland, designated by the Commonwealth under Article 2 of the Ramsar Convention for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance kept under that Article is a declared Ramsar wetland as long as the wetland or part is not:
(a) excluded by the Commonwealth from the boundaries of a wetland in the List under that Article; or
(b) deleted by the Commonwealth from the List under that Article.
Areas declared by the Minister
(2) A wetland, or part of a wetland, is also a declared Ramsar wetland for the period for which a declaration of the wetland as a declared Ramsar wetland is in force.