Conservation Act 1987

Miscellaneous

51: Consent or approval may be conditional

You could also call this:

"The government can say yes to your request, but with rules you must follow."

When the Minister gives you consent or approval under the Conservation Act, it can come with conditions. You may have to pay rent or compensation, and meet certain requirements. The Minister can also ask you to provide security as a condition of the consent or approval.

The Minister can impose conditions on any arrangement, approval, or decision made under the Act, in respect of conservation areas or land covered by section 61 or section 62. If you do not meet these conditions, the Minister can take action against you.

If you breach the conditions of the consent or approval, the Minister can take proceedings against you. This can happen if you do not follow the terms of the arrangement, or if you do something that goes against what was agreed upon when the consent or approval was given. The Minister can also take action if you do something that is contrary to the terms of the consent or approval, or if you fail to do something you were supposed to do.

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50A: Errors of description in notices may be corrected, or

"Mistakes in official notices can be fixed by the Minister."

51A: Relationship with other offences, or

"Breaking conservation rules can lead to penalties under one or more laws, but you'll only get one punishment."

Part 6Miscellaneous

51Consent or approval may be conditional

Except where it is otherwise expressly provided in this Act or any other Act, every arrangement, approval, authority, concurrence, consent, decision, order, permission, permit, waiver, or other similar action given, granted, issued, made, or reached by the Minister under this Act or any other Act in respect of any conservation area, or any land to which section 61 or section 62 applies, shall be subject to the payment of such rents and compensation, and to such conditions (including a requirement to give any security), as the Minister may impose.
Where the Minister has given, granted, issued, made or reached any arrangement, approval, authority, concession, concurrence, consent, easement, decision, lease, licence, order, permission, permit, waiver, or other similar action under this Act or any other Act in respect of any conservation area, or any land to which section 61 or section 62 applies, the Minister may take all necessary proceedings—
to enforce any conditions of the arrangement, approval, authority, concession, concurrence, consent, easement, decision, lease, licence, order, permission, permit, waiver, or other similar actions:
in respect of any breaches of the conditions:
in respect of any act or omission contrary to the terms upon which the arrangement, approval, concession, concurrence, consent, easement, lease, licence, decision, order, permission, permit, waiver or other action was given, granted, issued, made or reached.

Notes

Section 51: substituted, on 1 July 1996, by section 37 of the Conservation Amendment Act 1996 (1996 No 1).