Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Forests Act 1958 - SECT 38

Power to acquire compulsorily land for certain forest purposes

38. Power to acquire compulsorily land for certain forest purposes



(1) The Minister may purchase by agreement or compulsorily acquire any land
required for the purposes of the Secretary-

   (a)  for securing ingress egress and regress to and from any reserved or
        protected forest;

   (b)  for the use maintenance or transmission of mechanical hydraulic or
        electric power as a means of transporting forest produce or for
        operating or lighting any sawmill plant or machinery or other
        industrial undertaking in a State forest; or

   (c)  for the construction of tramways roads or tracks in or in the vicinity
        of any State forest-

to an extent not exceeding 20 metres in width over the whole length of the
land required for any such purpose.

(2) The Minister may purchase by agreement or compulsorily acquire any land
required-

   (a)  for the due conservation and proper working of State forests and
        plantations;

   (b)  for the protection of State forests and plantations from sand-drifts
        upon such land; or

   (c)  for the prevention or minimising of erosion by rivers streams rain or
        wind of the soil of State forests or plantations by the planting of
        such land with trees or grasses or otherwise.

(2A) The Governor in Council may by Order published in the Government Gazette
dedicate any land purchased or compulsorily acquired under subsection (2) as a
reserved forest.



(3) The Land Acquisition and Compensation Act 1986 applies to this Act and for
that purpose-

   (a)  the Forests Act 1958 is the special Act; and

   (b)  the Minister is the Authority.



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