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NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2002 - SECT 15 Lease of reserved land

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 2002 - SECT 15

Lease of reserved land

(1)  If the Minister, on the recommendation of the Secretary, is satisfied that any land should be set aside for a conservation purpose for a specified period, the Minister may, in the name and on behalf of the Crown, take a lease of that land for the term, and on the covenants and conditions, approved by the Minister.
(2)  For the term of the lease of an area of land under subsection (1) , that land –
(a) is taken to have been set aside for a conservation purpose; and
(b) is declared to be reserved land in –
(i) the class of national park if the land satisfies the criteria relating to that class set out in section 16(1) ; or
(ii) the class of State reserve if the land satisfies the criteria relating to that class set out in section 16(2) ; or
(iii) the class of nature reserve if the land satisfies the criteria relating to that class set out in section 16(3) ; or
(iv) the class of game reserve if the land satisfies the criteria relating to that class set out in section 16(4) ; or
(v) the class of historic site if the land satisfies the criteria relating to that class set out in section 16(8) .