Biodiversity stewardship sites that become national parks or other reserves (sections 6.34 and 6.36)
6.21 Biodiversity stewardship sites that become national parks or other reserves (sections 6.34 and 6.36)
If a biodiversity stewardship agreement is terminated because the land established as a biodiversity stewardship site under the agreement is reserved under Part 4 or 4A of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (as referred to in section 5.15 of the Act), the Fund Manager is to continue to keep a separate account that records the payments into or out of the Fund that relate to that former biodiversity stewardship site.
The Minister may direct the Fund Manager to pay out of the Fund to any person or body responsible for the care, control or management of the former biodiversity stewardship site any amount held in the Fund that is credited to that account. That amount may be used for the purpose of assisting the person or body to manage the reserve in which the former site is situated in a manner that is consistent with the objects of the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 and the management principles of the reserve.
For the purposes of section 6.34(3)(d) of the Act, the payment out of the Fund of an amount in accordance with a direction given by the Minister under this clause is authorised.
The Fund Manager may continue to deduct from an account relating to a biodiversity stewardship site referred to in subclause (1) any periodic management fee payable to the Fund Manager.
If an account relating to a biodiversity stewardship site referred to in subclause (1) has no remaining funds, the Minister may direct the Fund Manager to close the biodiversity stewardship site account that relates to the biodiversity stewardship site concerned.
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