Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 43C

43C Terms of conservation agreement for special wildlife reserve

(1) A conservation agreement must—

(a) be consistent with the management principles for a special wildlife reserve; and

(b) state it is binding on the landholder of the land and the landholder’s successors in title; and

(c) contain details of the management program for the special wildlife reserve; and

(d) contain terms prohibiting the following—

(i) the granting of a mining interest, geothermal tenure or GHG authority in relation to the land that can not be granted in relation to a special wildlife reserve under section 27 ;

(ii) the carrying out of an activity under the Forestry Act 1959 on the land that is prohibited from being carried out on a special wildlife reserve under that Act;

(iii) the granting of a licence or permit under the Fossicking Act 1994 in relation to the land.

(2) A conservation agreement may contain terms—

(a) requiring the State to provide financial or other assistance; or

(b) requiring the State to provide technical advice; or

(c) requiring the State to carry out stated activities; or

(d) allowing a landholder to carry out stated activities; or

(e) prohibiting a stated use of land in the special wildlife reserve; or

(f) restricting the use or management of land in the special wildlife reserve; or

(g) requiring a landholder to refrain from, or not to permit, stated activities; or

(h) requiring a landholder to carry out stated activities; or

(i) requiring a landholder to permit or restrict access to the special wildlife reserve by stated persons; or

(j) stating the way in which amounts provided to a landholder under the agreement are to be applied by the landholder; or

(k) requiring a landholder to repay amounts paid under the agreement if the landholder contravenes the agreement or the agreement ends; or

(l) providing for any other matter relating to the conservation of nature in the special wildlife reserve, including the implementation of the management program for the reserve.