Soil Conservation and Land Utilisation Act 1969

(1) The Minister may, upon the recommendation of the Council, by notice in the Gazette, declare an area of land that is subject to soil erosion or that is likely to become subject to soil erosion to be an area of erosion hazard.

(a) define, by reference to a map or plan, the area of land to which it relates; and

(b) prescribe measures to be taken in the area to reduce the hazard and specify by whom the measures must be taken.

(3) Without limiting the generality of subsection (2), a declaration made under subsection (1) may:

(a) require treatment to be carried out on or in relation to the land, or a part of the land, to which it relates;

(b) determine a limit to the number of livestock, or to the number of livestock of a specified class, that are permitted to be carried, or to be carried from time to time, on the land, or a part of the land, to which it relates; and

(c) otherwise restrict the lawful use of the land, or a part of the land, to which it relates.

(4) The Minister may, upon the recommendation of the Council, by notice in the Gazette, amend a declaration made under subsection (1) by prescribing measures, to be taken in the area of land to which the declaration relates to reduce the hazard, in substitution for the measures prescribed in the declaration.

(5) The Minister may, upon the recommendation of the Commissioner, by notice in the Gazette, revoke a declaration made under subsection (1).