SOIL CONSERVATION ACT 1938 - As at 1 August 2018 - Act 10 of 1938

Table of Provisions

• Long Title

PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

• 1 Name of Act and commencement
2. (Repealed)
• 3 Definitions

PART 2 - APPOINTMENT AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSIONER

• 4 Soil Conservation Commissioner
• 4A Deputy Commissioners
• 4B Commissioner to be corporation sole for certain purposes
• 4C Powers, authorities, duties and functions of Commissioner
• 5 Staff of Commissioner
• 6 Experimental and research work
• 7 Power of Minister to direct special investigations
• 8 Power of Minister to direct or authorise the making of surveys etc
9. (Repealed)
• 10 Projects
• 11 Agreements relative to projects
• 12 Advances and payments
• 13 Carrying out of works by Government departments and statutory bodies
• 14 Carrying out of works by Minister or Commissioner
• 14A Minister may let machinery etc
• 15 Power of entry

PART 2A - SOIL CONSERVATION NOTICES

• 15A Issue of notices
• 15B Objections
• 15C Appeals
• 15D Compliance with notices
• 15E Prosecution
• 15F Commissioner may carry out work
• 15G Civil actions
• 15H Western lands leases

PART 3 - AREAS OF EROSION HAZARD

• 16 Snowy River catchment to be an area of erosion hazard
• 17 Areas of erosion hazard
• 18 Direction to carry out works or measures
18A. (Repealed)
• 18B Powers of Commissioner etc

PART 4 - PROCLAIMED WORKS AND CATCHMENT AREAS

Division 1 - Declaration of proclaimed works and constitution of catchment areas

• 19 Proclaimed works
• 20 Catchment area
• 21 Certain proclaimed works

Division 2 - (Repealed)

Division 3 - Protection of catchment areas and proclaimed works

• 22 Preservation of proclaimed works

PART 4A - ADVANCES FOR WORKS OF SOIL CONSERVATION, EROSION MITIGATION AND FARM WATER SUPPLY AND CONSERVATION

• 22A Definition
• 22B Application for an advance
• 22C Minister may grant or refuse application
• 22D Authority to make advances
• 22E Conditions precedent to advances
• 22F Provision of money to meet costs and expenses
• 22G Payment of advances
• 22H Minister may carry out work where advance is made
• 22HA Determination of amount of advance
• 22I Advances when machinery let etc
• 22J Joint works
• 22K Repayment of advance secured by deed of charge
• 22L Minister may carry out work where advance is not made
• 22M Minister may carry out investigations, prepare estimates etc
• 22N Entry on land and use of materials
• 22O Offences
• 22P Obligations of lessees

PART 5 - GENERAL

• 24 Acquisition of land
• 25 Leases
• 25A Sale of land not required for purposes of Act
• 25B Easements etc
• 25C Powers of Corporation with respect to land and contracts
• 26 Vesting of works in statutory body
• 26A Temporary accommodation
• 26B Other financial accommodation
• 26C Purposes for which money may be borrowed
• 26D Corporation Account
• 27 Interference with or damage to works etc
• 28 Alteration of covenants etc of certain leases
• 29 Penalties
• 30 Information
• 30A Delegation
• 31 Protection of Minister, Commissioner and officers etc
• 31A Act binds Crown
32. (Repealed)
• 32A Savings, transitional and other provisions

PART 6 - REGULATIONS

• 34 Regulations
• 35 Penalty for breach of regulations
36. (Repealed)

PART 7 - (Repealed)

• SCHEDULE 1
SECOND, THIRD SCHEDULES - (Repealed)
• SCHEDULE 4
• SCHEDULE 5
Schedule 6 (Repealed)