Nature Conservation (Protected Areas Management) Regulation 2024
sec.204Compliance with conservation agreement requirements
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sec.204 Compliance with conservation agreement requirements
This section applies if— a landholder of land in a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge is subject to a conservation agreement; and the landholder is given notice by the chief executive that a requirement under the conservation agreement is a conservation requirement. The landholder must comply with the conservation requirement unless the landholder has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—165 penalty units. In this section— conservation requirement means 1 or more of the following requirements applying to a landholder of land subject to a conservation agreement— to refrain from, or not to permit, an activity on the land; to carry out a stated activity on the land. (sec.204-ssec.1) This section applies if— a landholder of land in a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge is subject to a conservation agreement; and the landholder is given notice by the chief executive that a requirement under the conservation agreement is a conservation requirement. (sec.204-ssec.2) The landholder must comply with the conservation requirement unless the landholder has a reasonable excuse. Maximum penalty—165 penalty units. (sec.204-ssec.3) In this section— conservation requirement means 1 or more of the following requirements applying to a landholder of land subject to a conservation agreement— to refrain from, or not to permit, an activity on the land; to carry out a stated activity on the land.
- (a) a landholder of land in a special wildlife reserve or nature refuge is subject to a conservation agreement; and
- (b) the landholder is given notice by the chief executive that a requirement under the conservation agreement is a conservation requirement.
- (a) to refrain from, or not to permit, an activity on the land;
- (b) to carry out a stated activity on the land.