Pastoral Land Act 1992

(1) The Board may direct, by written notice, a person to rehabilitate land (a rehabilitation direction) if the Board believes on reasonable grounds that:

(a) clearing land by the person resulted in substantial degradation of the land; or

(i) to prepare a rehabilitation plan for the land for the person to implement; and

(ii) to submit the rehabilitation plan to the Board for approval within a specified period; or

(b) specify that the Board has prepared a rehabilitation plan for the land which the person must implement.

(3) After receiving a rehabilitation plan from a person under subsection (2)(a) for approval, the Board must:

(a) if the Board considers the plan is adequate – approve the plan by written notice given to the person within 14 days of making the decision; or

(b) if the Board does not consider the plan is adequate – return the plan by written notice given to the person for amendment as directed by the Board within 14 days of making the decision.

(a) the rehabilitation plan prepared by the Board under subsection (2)(b); or

(b) the rehabilitation plan approved by the Board under subsection (3)(a).

(5) If a rehabilitation plan requires the person to do a specified act within a specified period and the person fails to do the act within that period, the Board may authorise, in writing, a person to:

(a) enter the land the subject of a rehabilitation plan, with or without equipment and machinery; and

(6) The cost to the Territory of work carried out under subsection (5) is a debt due and payable to the Territory.