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#### 69B Conservation agreements
69B Conservation agreements
> > (1) The Minister may enter into a conservation agreement relating to land with the owner of the land.
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> > (1A), (1B) (Repealed)
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> > (1C) The Minister may enter into a conservation agreement relating to land that is Crown lands or lands of the Crown with—
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> > > (a) a public authority (not being a Public Service agency) that owns or has the control and management of the land, or
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> > > (b) if the land is under the control and management of a Public Service agency—the Minister to whom the agency is responsible, or
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> > > (c) if the land is under the control and management of the Forestry Corporation—the Forestry Corporation, or
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> > > (d) if the land is under the management of a land manager (other than the Forestry Corporation) within the meaning of the [Forestry Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2012-096)—the relevant land manager.
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> > (1D) The Minister must not enter into a conservation agreement relating to Crown-timber lands within the meaning of the [Forestry Act 2012](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2012-096) except with the consent of the Minister administering that Act.
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> > (2) The Minister must not enter a conservation agreement for land leased under the [Crown Land Management Act 2016](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2016-058) except with the consent of the Minister administering that Act.
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> > (3) The Minister shall not enter into a conservation agreement relating to land unless—
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> > > (a) all the owners of the land are parties to the agreement or have consented in writing to the agreement,
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> > > (b) where the land (not being land referred to in subsection (2)) is subject to a residential tenancy agreement or other lease, the tenant or the lessee has consented in writing to the conservation agreement, and
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> > > (c) where the land is subject to a mortgage, charge or positive covenant, the mortgagee, chargee or person entitled to the benefit of the covenant has consented in writing to the agreement.
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> > (4) The Minister must not enter into a conservation agreement for land owned by a Local Aboriginal Land Council except with the consent of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council.
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> **s 69B:** Ins 1987 No 158, Sch 1 (5). Am 2001 No 10, Sch 3 \[2\]; 2001 No 130, Sch 1 \[48\]; 2008 No 62, Sch 1.16 \[4\] \[5\]; 2009 No 58, Sch 2.4; 2012 No 96, Sch 4.24 \[1\] \[6\]; 2015 No 58, Sch 3.63 \[10\] \[11\]; 2017 No 17, Sch 2.16 \[20\].