Stock Route Management Act 2002

The issuing entity must consider and decide whether to grant or refuse the application.

The issuing entity may grant the application only if satisfied—

the relevant land on which the stock are to travel contains enough pasture and water for the stock; and

the stock’s travel is not likely to spread—

a declared pest on land in the entity’s area; or

a notifiable disease; and

the stock’s rate of travel will be at least the rate stated for the stock under the permit, having regard to the condition of the stock; and

the stock’s travel is not likely to have an adverse effect on road safety.

Also, if the application is for travelling stock on land in another local government’s area, the issuing entity may grant the application only if the other local government has given the issuing entity written consent.

In addition, if the relevant land is a State-controlled road, the issuing entity may grant the application only if the use of the land to travel stock is approved, with or without conditions, by the chief executive of the department responsible for managing State-controlled roads.

A condition of an approval mentioned in subsection (4) may only be about—

protecting road transport infrastructure under the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994; or

road safety.