Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Forests Act 1958 - SECT 18

General powers of Secretary

18. General powers of Secretary

Subject to this Act the Secretary shall protect State forests and shall have
the control and management of-

   (a)  State forests and plantations nurseries forest schools and industrial
        undertakings carried on under this Act and the forest produce of other
        Crown lands as provided in this Act; and

   (b)  the establishment maintenance improvement and renewal of forests
        plantations and tree-nurseries and the distribution of trees therefrom
        and all tree-planting-

   (i)  on Crown lands not vested in any corporation or trustees or not under
        the control or management of any council or committee of management;
        or

   (ii) on public roads (other than freeways and arterial roads within the
        meaning of the Road Management Act 2004)-

when such tree-planting is subsidized by grants from the Consolidated Fund or
the Forestry Fund or by gifts of trees from the Government or the Secretary.