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Nature Conservation Act 1992
sec.46Declaration of nature refuges
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### 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.