Queensland Consolidated Acts

NATURE CONSERVATION ACT 1992 - SECT 44

44 Proposal for declaration of nature refuge

(1) If the Minister is satisfied that an area should be declared a nature refuge, the Minister must prepare a proposal for the declaration.

(2) The proposal for the declaration must—

(a) describe the lands to be included in the nature refuge; and

(b) specify the proposed management intent for the nature refuge.

(3) The Minister must give written notice to all landholders affected by the proposal.

(4) The notice must specify a day by which the landholders may make submissions to the Minister relating to the proposal.

(5) If the Minister considers that it is impracticable to give notice to each landholder of a particular class, it is sufficient compliance with subsection (3) if the Minister gives notice to the class by publishing a notice in such newspapers as the Minister determines.

(6) In this section—

"landholder" includes a person having an interest in land.