sec.19Criteria for declarations

### sec.19 Criteria for declarations The Minister may make an interim declaration of, or prepare a declaration of, an area to be an area of high nature conservation value only if the Minister considers the area is 1 or more of the following— a wildlife refugium; a centre of endemism; an area containing a vegetation clump or corridor that contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity; an area that makes a significant contribution to the conservation of biodiversity; an area that contributes to the conservation value of a wetland, lake or spring stated in the notice. The Minister may make an interim declaration of, or prepare a declaration of, an area to be an area vulnerable to land degradation only if the Minister considers the area is subject to 1 or more of the following— soil erosion; rising water tables; the expression of salinity, whether inside or outside the area; mass movement by gravity of soil or rock; stream bank instability; a process that results in declining water quality. An area declared under subsection (1) or (2) may include an area of regrowth vegetation. s 19 amd 2000 No. 35 s 9 ; 2004 No. 1 s 13 ; 2009 No. 43 s 63 sch (sec.19-ssec.1) The Minister may make an interim declaration of, or prepare a declaration of, an area to be an area of high nature conservation value only if the Minister considers the area is 1 or more of the following— a wildlife refugium; a centre of endemism; an area containing a vegetation clump or corridor that contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity; an area that makes a significant contribution to the conservation of biodiversity; an area that contributes to the conservation value of a wetland, lake or spring stated in the notice. (sec.19-ssec.2) The Minister may make an interim declaration of, or prepare a declaration of, an area to be an area vulnerable to land degradation only if the Minister considers the area is subject to 1 or more of the following— soil erosion; rising water tables; the expression of salinity, whether inside or outside the area; mass movement by gravity of soil or rock; stream bank instability; a process that results in declining water quality. (sec.19-ssec.3) An area declared under subsection (1) or (2) may include an area of regrowth vegetation. - (a) a wildlife refugium; - (b) a centre of endemism; - (c) an area containing a vegetation clump or corridor that contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity; - (d) an area that makes a significant contribution to the conservation of biodiversity; - (e) an area that contributes to the conservation value of a wetland, lake or spring stated in the notice. - (a) soil erosion; - (b) rising water tables; - (c) the expression of salinity, whether inside or outside the area; - (d) mass movement by gravity of soil or rock; - (e) stream bank instability; - (f) a process that results in declining water quality.