New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 69B

69B Conservation agreements

(1) The Minister may enter into a conservation agreement relating to land with the owner of the land.

(1C) The Minister may enter into a conservation agreement relating to land that is Crown lands or lands of the Crown with--

(a) a public authority (not being a Public Service agency) that owns or has the control and management of the land, or

(b) if the land is under the control and management of a Public Service agency--the Minister to whom the agency is responsible, or

(c) if the land is under the control and management of the Forestry Corporation--the Forestry Corporation, or

(d) if the land is under the management of a land manager (other than the Forestry Corporation) within the meaning of the Forestry Act 2012 --the relevant land manager.

(1D) The Minister must not enter into a conservation agreement relating to Crown-timber lands within the meaning of the Forestry Act 2012 except with the consent of the Minister administering that Act.

(2) The Minister must not enter a conservation agreement for land leased under the Crown Land Management Act 2016 except with the consent of the Minister administering that Act.

(3) The Minister shall not enter into a conservation agreement relating to land unless--

(a) all the owners of the land are parties to the agreement or have consented in writing to the agreement,

(b) where the land (not being land referred to in subsection (2)) is subject to a residential tenancy agreement or other lease, the tenant or the lessee has consented in writing to the conservation agreement, and

(c) where the land is subject to a mortgage, charge or positive covenant, the mortgagee, chargee or person entitled to the benefit of the covenant has consented in writing to the agreement.

(4) The Minister must not enter into a conservation agreement for land owned by a Local Aboriginal Land Council except with the consent of the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council.