SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 29A

SOIL AND LAND CONSERVATION ACT 1945 - SECT 29A

29A .         Vesting of works in public authority

        (1)         On the completion of any work carried out in pursuance of this Act within a soil conservation reserve, the Governor, on the recommendation of the Minister, may by Order in Council vest in a public authority any work constructed for the purpose of soil conservation or land degradation mitigation.

        (2)         The care, control and maintenance of such work shall then devolve on the public authority.

        (3)         The Governor may, by the same or a subsequent Order in Council vest in the public authority the whole or any part of any land comprised in the soil conservation reserve which is the property of the Crown and is required for the purposes of the work so vested in the public authority.

        [Section 29A inserted: No. 42 of 1982 s. 31.]