(1) Where, in accordance with this section, the owner of any land covenants with the Commissioner by instrument in writing to set that land aside for the protection and management of vegetation, the Commissioner may deliver a memorial of the instrument, in a form approved by the relevant land registration officer, to the relevant land registration officer who shall thereupon register the memorial and accordingly endorse or note the appropriate register or record in respect of the land to which the instrument relates.

(2) An instrument under subsection (1) ¾

(a) may be expressed to have effect for a period of time specified in the covenant or in perpetuity;

(b) may be expressed to be irrevocable, in which case it shall be known as a }conservation covenant~, and if it is not expressed to be irrevocable shall be known as an }agreement to reserve~.

(3) A covenant or agreement ¾

(a) is required to be in a form approved by the Commissioner, identifying the land to which the covenant or agreement relates and each person who is an owner or occupier of that land; and

(b) requires the consent in writing of each person who is an owner or occupier of the land to which the covenant or agreement relates.

[Section 30B inserted by No. 91 of 1990 s.9; amended by No. 47 of 1994 s.17; No. 81 of 1996 s.153 (1).]