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SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 29

SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 29

29 .         Execution of works for land degradation

        (1)         The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner on any land comprised in a soil conservation reserve cause to be constructed or executed any fences, contour banks, channels or other works or any act or thing to be done which the Minister is satisfied it is necessary or expedient to construct, execute or do for the purpose of conserving the soil of such land or for the purpose of conducting research into the causes and modes of prevention of land degradation.

        (2)         All works undertaken or proposed to be undertaken under this section shall be deemed to be public works within the meaning of the Public Works Act 1902 , and the provisions of that Act shall apply thereto accordingly.

        [Section 29 amended: No. 42 of 1982 s. 42.]