Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 - SECT 38

Contents of a notice

38. Contents of a notice



(1) A land management notice may do all or any of the following-

   (a)  prohibit or regulate land use or land management practices;

   (b)  require specified action to be taken to improve land management
        practices, prevent or minimise land degradation or rehabilitate
        degraded land;

   (c)  contain any other provision that the Secretary considers necessary to
        deal with the issue that led to the service of the notice.

(2) A land management notice must state the time within which it is to be
complied with.

(3) At the land owner's request before the end of the compliance period or
extended compliance period, the Secretary may, by notice served on the land
owner, extend or further extend the compliance period.

(4) A land management notice may apply to land owned by different land owners
only if it deals solely with the control of noxious weeds or pest animals or
both.

(5) If a land management notice requires the use of chemicals dangerous to
human beings to eradicate or control the spread of pest animals, it must-

   (a)  state the chemicals to be used; and

   (b)  describe the area where they are to be used; and

   (c)  contain the prescribed information; and

   (d)  require the land owner to-

   (i)  notify each land owner of land adjoining the land to which the notice
        applies; and

   (ii) display on or near the land where the chemicals are to be used a sign
        warning that they are to be used there.