PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1--Preliminary

• 1 Short title
• 3 Interpretation

PART 2--Objects and duties

• 4 Objects
• 5 Duty of the Minister and the Board
• 7 General duty of pastoral lessees
• 8 Pastoral land not to be freeholded
• 9 Pastoral Land Management Fund

PART 3--Administration

Division 1--The Minister

• 10 Power of Minister to delegate
• 11 Appointment of authorised officers

Division 2--The Board

• 12 Establishment of Pastoral Board
• 13 Conditions of office
• 14 Allowances and expenses
• 15 Procedure at meetings
• 16 Conflict of interest under Public Sector (Honesty and Accountability) Act
• 17 Functions of Board
• 18 Delegation by Board
• 18A Annual report

PART 4--Pastoral leases

• 19 Grant of leases
• 20 Assessment of land prior to grant of lease
• 21 Execution of leases
• 22 Conditions of pastoral leases
• 23 Rent
• 24 Term of pastoral leases
• 25 Assessment of land
• 25A Establishment of pool of persons for the purposes of section 25B
25B. Assistance to lessee
• 26 Extension of term of pastoral leases and variation of conditions
• 27 Exemption from stamp duty
• 28 Dealing with pastoral leases
• 29 Agreements to deal with a lease
• 30 Consent to certain share transfers in pastoral company
• 31 Alteration of boundaries
• 31A Variation of land subject to lease
• 32 Resumption of land
• 33 Abandonment of land
• 34 Vacation of land
• 35 Penalties for late payment of rent
• 36 Waiver
• 37 Cancellation of lease or imposition of fine on breach of conditions
• 38 Cancellation of pastoral lease obtained by false statement
• 39 Compensation
• 40 Notice of adverse action to be given to holders of registered interests or caveats

PART 5--Land management and protection

• 41 Property plans
• 42 Verification of stock levels
• 43 Notices to destock or take other action
• 44 Reference areas

PART 6--Access to pastoral land

Division 1--Public access routes and stock routes

• 45 Establishment of public access routes and stock routes

Division 2--Travelling stock

• 46 Travelling with stock

Division 2A--Indigenous land use agreements

• 46A Indigenous land use agreement binding on lessees
• 46B Immunity from liability
• 46C ILUA to be endorsed on lease

Division 3--Public access

• 47 Rights of Aboriginal persons
• 48 Right to travel across and camp on pastoral land
• 48A Public register
• 48B Trespassers on pastoral land the subject of an ILUA
• 49 Public access not to be obstructed

Division 4--Wind farms

• 49A Interpretation
• 49B Minister may grant licences
• 49C Applicant for licence to enter access agreement
• 49D Interaction between Division and licence
• 49E Rights under licence
• 49F Minister to fix terms and conditions
• 49G Waiver of conditions etc
• 49H Dealing with licence
• 49I Cancellation of licences
• 49J Access to pastoral land prior to grant of licence
• 49K Payments
• 49L Appeals to ERD Court
• 49M Exemption from stamp duty
• 49N Special provisions relating to Murray-Darling Basin and River Murray Protection Areas
• 49O Application of Crown Land Management Act 2009
• 49P Rights under wind farm licence to prevail

PART 7--Reviews

Division 1--Reviews by Tribunal

• 50 Jurisdiction of Tribunal
• 51 Operation of certain decisions pending review
• 52 Related provisions

Division 2--Review of valuation and review by Tribunal

• 53 Valuations--right of review

PART 8--Miscellaneous

• 57 Misuse of pastoral land
• 58 Notice to be given of cattle muster
• 59 Right to take water
• 60 Policing powers
• 61 Powers of entry etc
• 62 Act does not derogate from Mining Act, Opal Mining Act or Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act
• 63 Offence of hindering or obstructing person exercising powers under this Act
• 65 Duty of Registrar-General
• 66 Certain debts are charges over leases
• 67 Service of notices
• 68 Evidentiary provision
• 69 General defence
• 70 Regulations
• SCHEDULE -Transitional provisions
Legislative history