Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 - SECT 20

PART 3 DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY AND LAND OWNERS

General duties of land owners

20. General duties of land owners



(1) In relation to his or her land a land owner must take all reasonable steps
to-

   (a)  avoid causing or contributing to land degradation which causes or may
        cause damage to land of another land owner; and

   (b)  conserve soil; and

   (c)  protect water resources; and

   (d)  eradicate regionally prohibited weeds; and

   (e)  prevent the growth and spread of regionally controlled weeds; and

   (f)  prevent the spread of, and as far as possible eradicate, established
        pest animals.

(2) A land owner must take all reasonable steps to prevent the spread of
regionally controlled weeds and established pest animals on a roadside that
adjoins the land owner's land.

(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a roadside which is-

   (a)  a freeway or an arterial road within the meaning of the
        Road Management Act 2004; or

   (b)  Crown land held under a lease or licence by a person other than the
        land owner; or

   (c)  land exempted from that subsection by a special area plan; or

   (d)  Crown land in a national park or park within the meaning of the
        National Parks Act 1975 or in a protected forest within the meaning of
        the Forests Act 1958; or

   (e)  Crown land managed by a public authority other than the Secretary, or
        a Minister other than the Minister; or

   (f)  Crown land reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 for a
        purpose other than a road.