Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) The Governor in Council may, by regulation, declare a specified area of State land, or the area the subject of a conservation agreement, as--
(a) a nature refuge; or
(b) a coordinated conservation area; or
(c) a wilderness area.
(2) The regulation must specify--
(a) if the area is--
(i) a nature refuge or a wilderness area--the declared management intent for the area; or
(ii) a coordinated conservation area--the interim management intent for the area; 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.
(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.
(4) The regulation may define the extent of the area by reference to--
(a) a specified depth below the surface of land; or
(b) a specified height above the surface of land.
(5) To allay any doubt, a coordinated conservation area or wilderness area may include an area that is, or is part of, a protected area dedicated or declared under any provision of this Act.
(6) Subsection (5) does not apply to revoke the dedication or declaration of a protected area, or a part of a protected area, included in a coordinated conservation area or wilderness area.
(7) In subsection (1)--
State land includes a reserve under the Land Act 1994.