Stock Route Management Act 2002

The chief executive must have a State stock route network management strategy to direct and coordinate management of the network.

The strategy may include provision for the following—

recognising the network’s multiple uses with the main use being for travelling stock;

preserving land corridor connections to ensure the integrity and viability of the network;

managing natural resources on the network in a sustainable way;

maintaining and improving travelling stock facilities on the network;

resolving competing and conflicting interests in relation to the network’s use;

seeking community input into the network’s management.

Examples of uses for subsection (2)(a)—

1 public infrastructure and utilities, including roads, pipelines and telecommunication facilities

2 recreation, tourism or cultural use

3 other non-pastoral industries, including bee keeping, forestry, fossicking, mineral exploration and quarrying