Queensland Consolidated Acts

VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 19

19 Criteria for declarations

(1) The Minister may make an interim declaration of, or prepare a declaration of, an area to be an area of high nature conservation value only if the Minister considers the area is 1 or more of the following—

(a) a wildlife refugium;

(b) a centre of endemism;

(c) an area containing a vegetation clump or corridor that contributes to the maintenance of biodiversity;

(d) an area that makes a significant contribution to the conservation of biodiversity;

(e) an area that contributes to the conservation value of a wetland, lake or spring stated in the notice.

(2) The Minister may make an interim declaration of, or prepare a declaration of, an area to be an area vulnerable to land degradation only if the Minister considers the area is subject to 1 or more of the following—

(a) soil erosion;

(b) rising water tables;

(c) the expression of salinity, whether inside or outside the area;

(d) mass movement by gravity of soil or rock;

(e) stream bank instability;

(f) a process that results in declining water quality.

(3) An area declared under subsection (1) or (2) may include an area of regrowth vegetation.