Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 - SECT 4

PART 2 RESERVATION OF LAND

Power to reserve Crown land for public purposes

4. Power to reserve Crown land for public purposes



(1) The Governor in Council may by Order published in the Government Gazette
reserve by a general or particular description either temporarily or
permanently any Crown lands which in his opinion are required for any public
purposes and without affecting the generality of the foregoing for any or any
combination of the following-

   (a)  ports, quays wharves docks and landing places;



   (b)  roads carparks tramways and railways;

   (c)  aerodromes and landing grounds for aircraft;

   (d)  watersheds and gathering grounds for water supply purposes, the supply
        and distribution of water and works associated therewith including
        reservoirs aqueducts pipe-lines channels and waterways;

   (e)  the protection of the beds or channels and the banks of waterways;



   (f)  drainage and sewerage works;

   (g)  camping grounds and watering places for travelling stock;

   (h)  markets abattoirs and saleyards;

        (i)    municipal buildings and store-yards;

   (j)  public baths and swimming pools;

   (k)  mineral springs;

   (l)  the preservation of areas of ecological significance;

   (m)  the conservation of areas of natural interest or beauty or of
        scientific historic or archaeological interest;

   (n)  the preservation of species of native plants;

   (o)  the propagation or management of wildlife or the preservation of
        wildlife habitat;

   (p)  pre-school centres, State schools and other institutions of public
        instruction and areas and facilities for the study of the natural
        environment;

   (q)  prisons and reformatories;

   (r)  public buildings including offices halls libraries museums galleries
        and war memorials;

   (s)  experimental and research farms and agricultural colleges;

   (t)  the growth preservation and supply of timber including Government
        school forest plantations;



   (u)  the supply of sand gravel stone and other materials for the
        construction of public roads buildings and other works;

        (v)    alpine resorts;

   (w)  public parks gardens and ornamental plantations;

        (x)    areas for public recreation including areas for camping;

   (y)  the purposes of health and social welfare;

   (z)  facilities and services for tourists or for the promotion of tourism;

   (za) show-grounds and race-courses;

   (zb) cemeteries and crematoria;

   (zc) hospitals and institutions or services for any other purposes
        administered by the Minister administering the
        Health Services Act 1988 or conducted by committees registered under
        the Hospitals and Charities Act 1958;

   (zd) bush nursing centres;

   (ze) the protection of the coastline; and

   (zf) zoological parks.

(2) At least 30 days before any land is permanently reserved under subsection
(1) notice of the intention to so reserve it shall be published once in a
newspaper circulating generally in the area in which the land is situated.

(3) Before any land is temporarily or permanently reserved for the protection
of the coastline and before the Governor in Council declares any land to be
permanently reserved for the protection of the coastline under subsection (6)
the Minister shall obtain and consider a report of the Victorian Coastal
Council.

(3A) Before any land within a designated port is temporarily or permanently
reserved under subsection (1), the Minister must consult with the Minister
administering the Marine Act 1988.

(4) Every temporary or permanent reservation made or purported to have been
made under the Land Act 1958 or any previous corresponding enactment shall be
deemed to have been made under subsection (1).

(5) Where any land is permanently reserved for unspecified purposes under any
Act the Governor in Council may by Order published in the Government Gazette
specify that the land or any part thereof is so permanently reserved for any
purpose authorized by or under subsection (1) and thereupon such land shall be
deemed to be so reserved under subsection (1).

(6) The Governor in Council may by Order published in the Government Gazette
declare any land or any part thereof reserved either temporarily or
permanently for any purpose under any Act to be permanently reserved for the
protection of the coastline and thereupon such land shall be deemed to be so
reserved under subsection (1) for that purpose.