sec.46Declaration of nature refuges

### sec.46 Declaration of nature refuges A regulation may declare a specified area of State land, or the area the subject of a conservation agreement, as a nature refuge. The regulation must specify— the declared management intent for the nature refuge; and the duration of the declaration, which must, if the area is the subject of a conservation agreement, be the duration of the agreement. For subsection (2) (b) , a reference in the regulation to the duration of the conservation agreement for the area is, if the agreement is terminated and replaced by another agreement under section 48 , a reference to the duration of the other agreement. In subsection (1) — State land includes a reserve under the Land Act 1994 . s 46 amd 1994 No. 42 s 2 sch ; 1995 No. 57 s 4 sch 1 ; 2008 No. 52 s 90 ; 2013 No. 55 ss 44 , 140 (sec.46-ssec.1) A regulation may declare a specified area of State land, or the area the subject of a conservation agreement, as a nature refuge. (sec.46-ssec.2) The regulation must specify— the declared management intent for the nature refuge; and the duration of the declaration, which must, if the area is the subject of a conservation agreement, be the duration of the agreement. (sec.46-ssec.3) For subsection (2) (b) , a reference in the regulation to the duration of the conservation agreement for the area is, if the agreement is terminated and replaced by another agreement under section 48 , a reference to the duration of the other agreement. (sec.46-ssec.4) In subsection (1) — State land includes a reserve under the Land Act 1994 . - (a) the declared management intent for the nature refuge; and - (b) the duration of the declaration, which must, if the area is the subject of a conservation agreement, be the duration of the agreement.