Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Forests Act 1958 - SECT 92

Management of Government school plantation5

92. Management of Government school plantation5







(1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in section 14 of the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, in the case of any lands which are reserved
pursuant to section 4 of that Act for the purpose of a Government school
forest plantation the school council of the Government school shall be the
committee of management of those lands for the purposes of that Act.

(2) The Secretary may set aside for the purpose of a Government school forest
plantation any portion of a reserved forest, and where the Secretary does so
the school council of the Government school shall be the committee of
management of that portion of the reserved forest for the purposes of this
Act.





(3) Notwithstanding anything in the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or this Act
any school council which is a committee of management pursuant to subsection
(1) or (2) (as the case may be) in addition to its powers under the
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 or this Act (as the case may be), may-

   (a)  sell or otherwise dispose of or arrange for the sale or disposal of
        the timber produced from such forest plantation; and

   (b)  expend the proceeds thereof for such school purposes as are approved
        by the Minister administering Part 2.3 of the
        Education and Training Reform Act 2006.



(4) On the recommendation of the Secretary the Governor in Council may make
regulations for or with respect to-

   (a)  the inspection of such forest plantations or of any plantations of
        forest trees and plants established under the last preceding section
        of this Act;

   (b)  the thinning and cutting down of trees in any such plantations; and

   (c)  generally, all things necessary or convenient to be prescribed for
        carrying into effect the purposes of this section.

(5) In this section and in section 91, school council means a school council
constituted under Part 2.3 of the Education and Training Reform Act 2006.







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