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Conservation Act 1987

Marginal strips

24C: Purposes of marginal strips

You could also call this:

"Protecting areas next to water for conservation and fun activities"

The law says marginal strips are held for several purposes. You can think of marginal strips as areas of land next to water, like rivers or lakes. Marginal strips are used for conservation, which means protecting and taking care of the environment, and this includes maintaining the water and the life in it.

You can use marginal strips to get to the water, like a river or lake, and they can also be used for fun activities like walking or fishing. The law wants to make sure marginal strips are protected so you can enjoy them.

The law also says marginal strips are for maintaining good water quality, protecting aquatic life, and controlling harmful species that might be in the water, as well as protecting the marginal strips themselves and their natural values.

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Part 4AMarginal strips

24CPurposes of marginal strips

  1. Subject to this Act and any other Act, all marginal strips shall be held under this Act—

  2. for conservation purposes, in particular—
    1. the maintenance of adjacent watercourses or bodies of water; and
      1. the maintenance of water quality; and
        1. the maintenance of aquatic life and the control of harmful species of aquatic life; and
          1. the protection of the marginal strips and their natural values; and
          2. to enable public access to any adjacent watercourses or bodies of water; and
            1. for public recreational use of the marginal strips and adjacent watercourses or bodies of water.

              Notes
              • Section 24C: inserted, on , by section 15 of the Conservation Law Reform Act 1990 (1990 No 31).