(1) A regulation may declare a specified area of State land, or the area the
subject of a conservation agreement, as a nature refuge.
(2) The regulation
must specify—
(a) the declared management intent for the nature refuge; 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) In subsection (1) —
"State land" includes a reserve under the Land Act 1994.
