Section 37 - Nature Conservation Act 2002 - Registration of conservation covenants

37Registration of conservation covenants

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### 37 Registration of conservation covenants > > (1) As soon as practicable after entering into a conservation covenant or executing a variation of a conservation covenant, the Minister must lodge with the Recorder – > > > > > > (a) an executed copy of the covenant or variation; and > > > > > > > (b) a copy of any management plan in force in relation to the servient land or any part of the servient land; and > > > > > > > (c) particulars of title to the servient land. > > > (2) As soon as practicable after executing a discharge of a conservation covenant, the Minister must lodge an executed copy of the discharge with the Recorder. > > > (3) Subject to the provisions of the [Land Titles Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019) , the Recorder must register on the folio of the Register constituting the title to the servient land the following: > > > > > > (a) each conservation covenant, and each variation or discharge of a conservation covenant, lodged under [subsection (1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) or [(2)](#GS37@Gs2@EN) ; > > > > > > > (b) any management plan lodged under [subsection (1)](#GS37@Gs1@EN) . > > > (4) If the whole or any part of the servient land is not under the [Land Titles Act 1980](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019) , the relevant conservation covenant may be dealt with by the Recorder in the same manner as if it were a conveyance on sale within the meaning of [section 17(1)(a)](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1980-019#GS17@Gs1@Hpa@EN) of that Act. > > > (5) The Recorder may, for the purposes of [subsection (4)](#GS37@Gs4@EN) – > > > > > > (a) require the Minister to deposit with the Recorder a plan of any land or part of any land that is subject to a conservation covenant or to which a management plan relates; and > > > > > > > (b) further require that the plan be made from actual survey and certified as correct by a surveyor who is registered and certificated under the [Land Surveyors Act 1909](/view/html/inforce/2026-04-12/act-1909-045) .