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Nature Conservation Act 2002
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### 72 Gifts for conservation purposes
> > (1) [*\[Section 72 Subsection (1) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja78@GC2@Hpa@EN) If any money or other property is given, devised or bequeathed for any conservation purpose under this Act, that money, or the proceeds of the realisation of that property, may be paid into an account established in the Public Account, and the moneys for the time being standing to the credit of that account are not to be applied otherwise than for that purpose.
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> > (2) [*\[Section 72 Subsection (2) amended by No. 4 of 2017, Sched. 1, Applied:01 Jul 2019\]*](/view/html/inforce/2019-07-01/act-2017-004#JS1@Ja78@GC2@Hpb@EN) Any interest arising from the investment of moneys paid into an account established pursuant to this section is to be paid into that account.
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> > (3) Nothing in this section prejudices or affects the operation of any trust to which any money or other property is subject.