SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 25C

SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 25C

25C .         Land Conservation Districts Account

        (1)         An account called the Land Conservation Districts Account is established under section 16 of the Financial Management Act 2006 .

        [(2)         deleted]

        (3)         The following moneys shall be credited to the account maintained under subsection (1) —

            (a)         any moneys appropriated by Parliament for the purposes of a soil conservation programme in a district; and

            (b)         subject to section 25B(8), any rates or service charges collected under section 25B in respect of land in a district; and

            (c)         any moneys advanced by the Treasurer under section 25D to meet expenditure in a district; and

            (d)         any other moneys received pursuant to this Act in respect of land or works in a district.

        (3a)         Any moneys for service charges credited to the Land Conservation Districts Account under subsection (3)(b) shall be separately accounted for according to the land conservation district to which they relate and the purpose for which the service charge was imposed.

        (4)         Subject to subsection (4a), moneys standing to the credit of the account maintained under subsection (1) may be allocated by the chief executive officer, either at the direction of the Minister, on the recommendation of a district committee or on the chief executive officer’s own initiative, to a district committee to be used for the purposes of this Act, including —

            (a)         the construction of soil conservation works to benefit the district;

            (b)         the payment to an owner or occupier of land in the district of a proportion of the cost of soil conservation works constructed by the owner or occupier on the land, having regard to the extent to which those works benefit the district generally rather than the land on which they are constructed;

            (c)         the promotion of soil conservation in the district;

            (d)         research into soil conservation measures and practices relevant to the district;

            (e)         the demonstration in the district of soil conservation techniques;

            (f)         the payment of interest on moneys advanced by the Treasurer under section 25D to meet expenditure in the district;

            (g)         any remuneration payable as a consequence of employment of persons under section 24(2).

        (4a)         Moneys for service charges standing to the credit of the account maintained under subsection (1) may be allocated by the chief executive officer, on the recommendation of a district committee, for the purpose for which the charge was imposed.

        (5)         The chief executive officer may, at any time —

            (a)         require a district committee to prepare a report showing the manner in which moneys allocated to it have been applied; or

            (b)         appoint an auditor to examine the records of a district committee to ensure that funds have been properly expended; or

            (c)         generally, attach conditions with respect to the allocations made to a district committee.

        [Section 25C inserted: No. 42 of 1982 s. 28; amended: No. 98 of 1985 s. 3; No. 46 of 1988 s. 11, 20 and 21; No. 47 of 1994 s. 14; No. 49 of 1996 s. 64; No. 4 of 1999 s. 10; No. 28 of 2006 s. 27; No. 77 of 2006 Sch. 1 cl. 158(2) and (9).]