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PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 22

PASTORAL LAND MANAGEMENT AND CONSERVATION ACT 1989 - SECT 22

22—Conditions of pastoral leases

        (1)         A pastoral lease will be granted subject to conditions and reservations providing for the following matters (but no others):

            (a)         general conditions providing for—

                  (iii)         the payment of rent annually in arrears;

                  (iv)         the lessee's obligation to pay in the due manner all rates, taxes and other government charges in relation to the land;

                  (v)         the lessee's obligation to comply with the following Acts and any regulations under those Acts to the extent that they apply in relation to the land:

                        (A)         the Landscape South Australia Act 2019 ; and

                        (B)         the Dog Fence Act 1946 ; and

                        (C)         the Mining Act 1971 ; and

                        (D)         the Petroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 ; and

                        (G)         any other prescribed Act;

                  (vi)         the lessee's obligation not to hinder or obstruct any person who is exercising, or attempting to exercise, a right of access to the land pursuant to this Act or any other Act;

                  (vii)         the lessee's obligation not to hinder, obstruct or interfere with the holder of a wind farm licence under Part 6 Division 4 who is exercising, or attempting to exercise, a right under the licence;

            (b)         land management conditions providing for—

                  (i)         the lessee's obligation not to pasture (as part of the commercial enterprise under the lease) any species of animal on the land other than the species specified in the lease, except with the prior approval of the Board;

                  (ii)         the lessee's obligation to ensure that numbers of stock on the land or a particular part of the land do not exceed the maximum levels specified in the lease, except with the prior approval of the Board;

                  (iii)         the lessee's obligation not to use the land for any purpose other than pastoral purposes, except with the prior approval of the Board;

                  (iv)         the lessee's obligation to maintain existing fencing in a stockproof condition;

                  (v)         the lessee's obligation to maintain existing constructed stock watering points in proper working order;

                  (vi)         the lessee's obligation to close off specified areas on the land, or to close or move specified access points on the land, for the purposes of rehabilitation of degraded land;

                  (vii)         in the case of a pastoral lease relating to land in the Arkaroola Protection Area under the Arkaroola Protection Act 2012 —the lessee's obligation to use the land in accordance with the management plan under that Act;

            (c)         reservations providing for—

                  (i)         the property in minerals, petroleum, underground waters and live or dead standing timber on or under the land to be vested in the Crown;

                  (ii)         the right of the Commissioner of Highways to establish public roads across the land;

                  (iii)         the right of the Minister to grant a wind farm licence under Part 6 Division 4.

        (1a)         A condition referred to in subsection (1)(a) or (1)(b), and a reservation referred to in subsection (1)(c), will be taken to be a condition or reservation (as the case requires) of all pastoral leases (whether granted before or after the commencement of this subsection).

        (2)         The form of a pastoral lease and any matters (such as maximum stock levels) to be specified in the conditions of a lease will be determined by the Board.

        (3)         The only conditions of a pastoral lease that can be varied by the Board pursuant to this Act are the land management conditions.

        (4)         Nothing in this Act prevents a lessee and the Board from entering into an agreement for the variation of a condition of the lease.

        (5)         A condition of a pastoral lease is, to the extent that it relates to the minimum stocking rate of pastoral land, void and of no effect.

        (6)         The Board may, at the request or with the consent of the lessee—

            (a)         approve the pasturing (as part of the commercial enterprise under the lease) of a species of animal other than a species specified in the lease; and

            (b)         approve a level of stock on the land, or on a particular part of the land, in excess of the maximum levels specified in the lease; and

            (c)         approve the use of land subject to a pastoral lease for a purpose other than pastoral purposes; and

            (d)         —

                  (i)         set aside from use for pastoral purposes land, or a part of the land, subject to a pastoral lease; and

                  (ii)         approve the use of the pastoral land set aside for the primary purpose of traditional Aboriginal pursuits, conservation purposes or other purposes as specified by the Board.

        (7)         An approval of the Board under subsection (6) must be in writing and may be subject to conditions.

        (8)         Despite the preceding provisions of this section, the Minister may, from time to time, issue directions to a lessee for the purposes of the condition referred to in subsection (1)(a)(vii) (and such directions will have effect as if they were conditions of the lease).

Note—

Directions might, for example, specify areas in which trees are not to be planted so as not to interfere with the operation of a wind farm.