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RURAL LANDS PROTECTION ACT 1998 - NOTES

- As at 6 July 2009 - Act 143 of 1998

Note to Part 8

This Part provides:
(a) for the management, and regulation of the use by travelling stock and persons, of travelling stock reserves that are fully controlled by authorities, and
(b) for regulation of the use by travelling stock and persons of travelling stock reserves that are not fully controlled but are managed by authorities and of public roads.

Note to Part 10

The Impounding Act 1993 empowers persons appointed by authorities (which are impounding authorities for the purposes of that Act) to impound and deal with animals (including pigs and deer) and articles in public places and places owned or under the control of authorities within the districts of the authorities if, in the case of animals, they are unattended or trespassing or, in the case of articles, they have been abandoned or left unattended. It also enables occupiers of private land to impound and deal with animals trespassing on their land, provides for the release of impounded animals and articles that are claimed by their owners and, if they are disposed of by sale, provides for the disposal of the proceeds for sale.
This Part includes some provisions that complement or supplement the provisions of the Impounding Act 1993.

Note to Part 11

This Part provides for the control on public and private land in the State of animals, birds, insects and other members of the animal kingdom that are pests.

Does not include amendments by:

Sec 249 (2) of this Act (sec 249 (2) repeals sec 249 and Sch 8 on 2.1.2014)
Sch 8 to this Act (the amendments are not commenced - see sec 249)
Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008 No 112, Sch 4 [1] [2] and [4]-[8] (not commenced - to commence on 1.1.2010)

See also:

Rural Lands Protection Amendment Bill 2009
Game and Feral Animal Control Amendment Bill 2009 [Non-government Bill: the Hon R L Brown MLC]

Reprint history:

Reprint No 1   12 August 2003  
Reprint No 2   30 January 2007  
Reprint No 3   27 January 2009  

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am amended LW legislation website Sch Schedule
Cl clause No number Schs Schedules
Cll clauses p page Sec section
Div Division pp pages Secs sections
Divs Divisions Reg Regulation Subdiv Subdivision
GG Government Gazette Regs Regulations Subdivs Subdivisions
Ins inserted Rep repealed Subst substituted

Table of amending instruments

Rural Lands Protection Act 1998 No 143. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement of Parts 1, 4 and 5 (other than secs 20, 21 and 22 (2)), secs 243 (1) and 247, cll 1-3 of Sch 7 and the Dictionary, 15.6.2001, sec 2 and GG No 97 of 15.6.2001, p 3654; date of commencement of the remainder (other than cl 11 of Sch 7), 28.9.2001, sec 2 and GG No 146 of 28.9.2001, p 8183; cl 11 of Sch 7 was not commenced and was repealed by the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002 No 112. This Act has been amended as follows:

1999 No 31 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.37, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 85 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.58, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 94 Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999.
Date of commencement of sec 7 and Sch 5, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000 No 93 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.23, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001 No 56 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.34, assent, sec 2 (2).
No 90 Public Finance and Audit Amendment (Auditor-General) Act 2001. Assented to 6.12.2001.
Date of commencement, 21.12.2001, sec 2 and GG No 196 of 21.12.2001, p 10446.
No 121 Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of 27.6.2003, p 5978.
2002 No 33 Pastoral and Agricultural Crimes Legislation Amendment Act 2002. Assented to 24.6.2002.
Date of commencement, 27.9.2002, sec 2 and GG No 154 of 27.9.2002, p 8371.
No 64 Game and Feral Animal Control Act 2002. Assented to 10.7.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.4, 6.8.2004, sec 2 and GG No 131 of 6.8.2004, p 6300.
No 103 Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.12.2005, sec 2 and GG No 45 of 15.4.2005, p 1356.
No 112 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2002. Assented to 29.11.2002.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
2003 No 6 Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2003. Assented to 28.5.2003.
Date of commencement, 1.8.2003, sec 2 and GG No 121 of 1.8.2003, p 7529.
No 82 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2003. Assented to 27.11.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 87 Veterinary Practice Act 2003. Assented to 5.12.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 3.23, 1.9.2006, sec 2 (1) and GG No 111 of 1.9.2006, p 7064. The amendment made by Sch 3.23 [1] was without effect as the provision being amended was repealed by the Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006.
2004 No 55 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004. Assented to 6.7.2004.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.38 [1] and [3], assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 1.38 [2], 1.12.2005, Sch 1.38 and GG No 140 of 18.11.2005, p 9404.
No 91 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2004. Assented to 10.12.2004.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.34, assent, sec 2 (2).
2005 No 64 Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.33, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006 No 2 Public Sector Employment Legislation Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 13.3.2006.
Date of commencement, 17.3.2006, sec 2 and GG No 35 of 17.3.2006, p 1378.
No 99 Apiaries Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 27.11.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, 1.6.2007, sec 2 and GG No 72 of 1.6.2007, p 3049.
No 118 Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006.
Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.1.2007, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 22.12.2006, p 11548.
2007 No 94 Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2008 No 23 Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Same Sex Relationships) Act 2008. Assented to 11.6.2008.
Date of commencement, 22.9.2008, sec 2 and GG No 118 of 19.9.2008, p 9283.
No 112 Rural Lands Protection Amendment Act 2008. Assented to 10.12.2008.
Date of commencement of Schs 1-5, Sch 4 [1] [2] and [4]-[8] excepted, 1.1.2009, sec 2 (1); date of commencement of Sch 4 [1] [2] and [4]-[8]: not in force.
2009 No 9 Western Lands Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 7.4.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
No 17 Real Property and Conveyancing Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 13.5.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).

Table of amendments

Long title Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [1].
Sec 2A Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [2].
Part 2, heading Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 5 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [2] [3].
Sec 6 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 7 Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [5].
Sec 9 Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 11 Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [7].
Sec 12 Am 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [8], 5 [3].
Part 4 (secs 14-18) Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [9].
Part 5, Div 1 Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Secs 19-21 Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Part 5, Div 2 Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 22 Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 23 Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [1]. Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 24 Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [2]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [2] [3]. Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 25 Am 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [1]. Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 26 Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Secs 26A, 26B Ins 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [3]. Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [10].
Part 5, Div 3, heading Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [4].
Part 5, Div 3 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [5] [6].
Sec 27 Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [4]; 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [11] [12], 5 [5] [6].
Sec 28 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [5].
Sec 29 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [5] [6].
Sec 31 Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 33 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [7].
Sec 35 Am 2001 No 90, Sch 2.3 [1] [3].
Sec 36 Am 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [2]-[4].
Sec 36A Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [5].
Part 6, heading Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [14].
Part 6, Div 1 Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [15].
Secs 37-40 Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 41 Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 42 Am 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [4]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [8].
Sec 43 Rep 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [5]. Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [9].
Sec 43A Ins 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [5]. Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [16].
Sec 44 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [10].
Sec 49 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [11].
Sec 52 Am 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 53 Am 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [7] [8]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [12].
Sec 54 Rep 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [9].
Sec 55 Am 2001 No 90, Sch 2.3 [2] [3].
Part 6, Div 4A (secs 55A-55F) Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Part 6, Div 4B Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 55G Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 55H Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10]. Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [17].
Secs 55I, 55J Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 55K Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10]. Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [17].
Sec 55L Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [10].
Sec 56 Am 2001 No 90, Sch 2.3 [3]; 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [11]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [13].
Sec 56A Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [14].
Sec 57A Ins 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [12].
Part 6A, Divs 1-3 (secs 57B-57F) Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [18].
Sec 60 Subst 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [1].
Sec 62 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 4 [3].
Sec 65 Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [6].
Sec 66 Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [7]-[10].
Sec 68 Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [11].
Sec 72 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [15].
Secs 85-88 Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [1].
Sec 89, note Am 2005 No 64, Sch 1.33 [1].
Sec 92 Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [2].
Sec 100 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [16]-[18].
Sec 101 Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [19].
Sec 102 Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [12] [13]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [20] [21].
Sec 125 Am 2006 No 99, Sch 3.
Sec 129 Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [1].
Sec 133 Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [19] [20].
Sec 134 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [22].
Part 10A Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1].
Secs 140A, 140B Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 140C Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1]. Am 2003 No 87, Sch 3.23 [2].
Secs 140D-140J Ins 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 144 Am 2002 No 64, Sch 3.4; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [23].
Secs 159-162, 168 Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [24].
Sec 169 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [25].
Sec 172 Am 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [14].
Sec 187 Am 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [2] [3]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [26].
Sec 191 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [27] [28].
Sec 196 Am 2002 No 103, Sch 4.85 [1]-[4].
Sec 198 Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [2].
Sec 201 Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.14.
Sec 204 Am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.58; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.184 [1]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec 205 Am 2001 No 121, Sch 2.184 [2].
Sec 207 Subst 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [15].
Sec 214A Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [29].
Sec 215 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [21] [22].
Sec 218 Am 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [23] [24], 5 [30].
Sec 219 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [30].
Sec 221 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [25].
Sec 222 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [26].
Sec 223 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [27].
Sec 224 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [28].
Sec 226 Rep 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [29].
Sec 232 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [19].
Sec 233 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 235 Am 2004 No 91, Sch 1.34 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [20].
Secs 237, 238 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [20].
Sec 240 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [31] [32].
Sec 241 Am 2004 No 91, Sch 1.34 [1].
Sec 242 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [33] [34].
Sec 243 Am 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [35].
Sec 244 Am 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [4].
Sec 246 Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sec 249 Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 3 [1].
Sch 1A Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [30].
Sch 1, heading Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [31].
Sch 1 Am 1999 No 94, sec 7 (3) and Sch 5, Part 3; 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [3]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.33 [2]; 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [31]-[47], 5 [36]-[38].
Sch 2 Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [4]; 2001 No 56, Sch 2.34; 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [16]-[19]; 2005 No 64, Sch 1.33 [3]. Subst 2008 No 112, Sch 2.
Sch 3 Am 1999 No 94, sec 7 (2) and Sch 5, Part 2.
Sch 5 Am 2008 No 23, Sch 3.41 [1]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [39] [40].
Sch 6 Am 1999 No 31, Sch 2.37; 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [5]. Rep 2003 No 82, Sch 3.
Sch 7 Am 2000 No 93, Sch 1.23 [6]; 2002 No 33, Sch 3 [5] [6]; 2002 No 112, Sch 3; 2003 No 6, Sch 1 [20] [21]; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.34 [2]; 2006 No 118, Sch 1 [13] [14]; 2008 No 112, Sch 5 [41] [42].
Sch 8 Ins 2008 No 112, Sch 3 [2].
Dictionary Am 2004 No 55, Sch 1.38 [3]; 2004 No 91, Sch 1.34 [1] [3] [4]; 2006 No 2, Sch 4.59 [6]; 2008 No 23, Sch 3.41 [2]; 2008 No 112, Schs 1 [48]-[55], 5 [43]-[45]; 2009 No 9, Sch 3.12.
The whole Act (except secs 20, 39, 40, Part 6A, secs 133, 214A, 218 (2) (c), (4) and (5), 221, 223-225, 243 (2) (i), Schs 1A, 1, 2, 7 and 8, the Dictionary and the headings to secs 118-120 and 214) Am 2008 No 112, Sch 1 [56] (“a board”, “the board”, “boards”, “A board”, “each board”, “boards’”, “a board’s”, “The board”, “the board’s”, “A board’s”, “relevant board”, “responsible board”, “or board’s” and “affected board” omitted wherever occurring, “an authority”, “the authority”, “authorities”, “An authority”, “each authority”, “authorities’”, “an authority’s”, “The authority”, “the authority’s”, “An authority’s”, “relevant authority”, “responsible authority”, “or authority’,” and “affected authority” inserted instead, respectively).