LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 95

LAND ADMINISTRATION ACT 1997 - SECT 95

95 .         Functions of Board

                The functions of the Board are —

            (a)         to advise the Minister on policy relating to the pastoral industry and the administration of pastoral leases; and

            (b)         to administer pastoral leases in accordance with this Part; and

            (c)         to ensure that pastoral leases are managed on an ecologically sustainable basis; and

            (d)         to develop policies to prevent the degradation of rangelands; and

            (e)         to develop policies to rehabilitate degraded or eroded rangelands and to restore their pastoral potential; and

            (f)         to consider applications for the subdivision of pastoral land and make recommendations to the Minister in relation to them; and

            (g)         to establish and evaluate a system of pastoral land monitoring sites; and

            (h)         to monitor the numbers and the effect of stock and feral animals on pastoral land; and

                  (i)         to conduct or commission research into any matters that it considers are relevant to the pastoral industry; and

            (j)         to provide such other assistance or advice as the Minister may require in relation to the administration of this Part; and

            (k)         to exercise or perform such other functions as it may be given under this or any other Act.