SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 26
SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 26
26 . Soil conservation reserves
(1) The Commissioner
may from time to time recommend to the Minister what lands (whether Crown or
private), in the opinion of the Commissioner should be reserved as soil
conservation reserves.
(2) Where the land so
recommended to be reserved is Crown land, the Governor may by Proclamation
declare the same to be a soil conservation reserve under this Act.
(3) Where the land is
private land it may be taken as for a public work under Part 9 of the
Land Administration Act 1997 , and the provisions of that Act shall apply
accordingly, and the land so taken shall be a soil conservation reserve under
this Act.
(4) The Governor may,
on the recommendation of the Minister, by a subsequent Proclamation revoke any
prior Proclamation whereby any land has been declared to be a soil
conservation reserve, and thereupon such soil conservation reserve shall be
abolished.
(5) Where a soil
conservation reserve is abolished as provided for in subsection (4) the lands
comprised therein shall forthwith become Crown land within the meaning and for
the purposes of the Land Administration Act 1997 , and may be dealt with
under that Act accordingly.
(6) The expression
Crown land as used in subsection (2) has the same meaning as in the
Land Administration Act 1997 , and the expression private land as used in
subsection (3) means any land other than Crown land.
[Section 26 amended: No. 31 of 1997 s. 81(4), (5),
141 and 142.]