Land Act Regulations 1996
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Land Act Regulations 1996
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TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Regulation Page
1. Objectives 1
2. Authorising provisions 1
3. Definitions 2
4. Management of commons 2
5. Water frontages 3
6. Application to surrender land 4
7. Notice of demand to owner 5
8. Notice of municipal council that a road is unused 5
9. Duplicate Residence Area Right 5
10. Duplicate licence document 5
11. Fees 5
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SCHEDULES 8
SCHEDULE 1—Application for authority to surrender land under section
22C of the Land Act 1958 8
SCHEDULE 2—Notice of intention to apply for surrender of land under
section 22C of Land Act 1958 10
SCHEDULE 3—Notice of demand under section 188A of the Land Act
1958 11
SCHEDULE 4—Notice of a municipal council under section 400 that a
road is unused 13
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STATUTORY RULES 1996
S.R. No. 79/1996
Land Act 1958
Land Act Regulations 1996
The Governor in Council makes the following Regulations:
Dated: 20 August 1996
Responsible Minister:
MARIE TEHAN
Minister for Conservation and Land Management
N. C. WHITE
Acting Clerk of the Executive Council
1. Objectives
The objectives of these Regulations are to—
(a) provide for the management of commons;
and
(b) restrict the activities of the public on
licensed water frontages; and
(c) prescribe forms for the purposes of the Act;
and
(d) provide for the fees payable in respect of
applications, registrations, discharges,
transfers, assignments and the grant or issue
of leases, licences, Crown grants, permits,
rights and other instruments under the Act;
and
(e) provide for other matters for the purposes of
the Act.
2. Authorising provisions
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These Regulations are made under sections 22C,
181, 182, 188A, 400, 401A and 413 of the Land
Act 1958.
3. Definitions
In these Regulations—
"Act" means the Land Act 1958;
"licensed land" means any water frontage held
under a licence—
(a) under Division 8 of Part 1 of the Act; or
(b) to which Section 43(1) of the Crown
Lands Acts (Amendment) Act 1995
applies.
"manager" means a manager of a common
appointed under section 182 of the Act;
"pest animals" has the same meaning as in the
Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994;
"Secretary" means the body corporate
established under Part 2 of the
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act
1987.
4. Management of commons
(1) A manager must ensure that—
(a) proper books of account detailing all
financial dealings relating to the common are
kept; and
(b) details of the description of cattle depastured
on the common are kept; and
(c) no later than one month after 31 December
in each year there is forwarded to the
Secretary a certified account of the financial
receipts and expenditure in relation to the
common.
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(2) A manager may impose and collect such
reasonable fees as are determined by the Minister,
for depasturing cattle on a common.
(3) A manager of a common may—
(a) appoint a herdsman to—
(i) control cattle on the common; and
(ii) to carry out any other duties for the
effective management of the common
as directed by the manager; and
(b) expend money derived from the payment of
fees on payments for—
(i) the services of herdsmen for the
common; and
(ii) the eradication of pest animals and
noxious weeds on the common; and
(iii) the construction of fencing and the
improvement of pastures on the
common; and
(iv) the provision of water supply on the
common; and
(v) the purchase and maintenance of any
plant, equipment and other materials
needed for the efficient management of
the common; and
(vi) any other services relating to the
management of the common.
5. Water frontages
(1) For the purposes of section 401A of the Act, a
person must not, on licensed land—
(a) enter any part of that land which is cultivated
or is being re-vegetated or reclaimed; or
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(b) intentionally disturb, destroy or interfere
with any nest or habitat of any bird or other
animal; or
(c) deface, damage or in any way interfere with
any building, gate, fence, barrier, sign or
other structure; or
(d) deface, pick or intentionally damage, injure
or interfere with any vegetation; or
(e) remove, dig or cut any soil, sand, rock or
gravel; or
(f) light or cause to be lit any fire; or
(g) bring a dog into, or allow a dog to remain on
that land; or
(h) injure, disturb or interfere with any cattle or
sheep on that land.
Penalty: $20.00.
(2) Sub-regulation (1) does not apply to a person who
is acting in accordance with a licence or authority
under the Act or under any lease, licence, permit
or authority under the Mineral Resources
Development Act 1990, the Extractive
Industries Development Act 1995 or the
Petroleum Act 1958.
6. Application to surrender land
(1) An application for authority under section 22C of
the Act to surrender land to Her Majesty must be
made in the form in Schedule 1.
(2) A notice of intention to apply for authority to
surrender land under section 22C of the Act must
be made in the form in Schedule 2.
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7. Notice of demand to owner
A notice of demand under section 188A of the Act
in respect of a building, structure, standing crop or
improvement or any thing whatsoever placed or
constructed on Crown land must be made in the
form in Schedule 3.
8. Notice of municipal council that a road is unused
A notice under section 400 of the Act that a road
which a municipal council considers is not
required for public traffic is an unused road, must
be in the form in Schedule 4.
9. Duplicate Residence Area Right
If it is proved to the satisfaction of the Secretary
that a document granting a residence area right
has been lost, stolen or destroyed, and has not
been lodged with any person, bank, corporation or
institution as security or for safekeeping, the
Secretary may issue a duplicate document.
10. Duplicate licence document
The Secretary may issue a duplicate licence
document to replace a lost, stolen or destroyed
licence document.
11. Fees
The fees set out in column 3 of the Table below
are payable in respect of the matters described in
column 2 of the Table.
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TABLE
Column 1
Item
Column 2
Description
Column 3
Fee Payable
001
002
003
004
005
006
007
008
009
010
011
012
013
014
Licence fees—
for entry under section 29 of application
for any licence
for preparation and issue of any licence
for consent to transfer of any licence
for preparation of any duplicate licence
document
for registration of a lien or of
cancellation of a lien on licence
Lease fees—
for entry under section 29 of application
for any lease
for preparation and issue of any lease,
except for residence area purchase lease
for preparation and issue of any
residence area purchase lease
for consent to transfer, assign, mortgage,
sublet or subdivide any lease
for application by a licensee of
auriferous land for a selection purchase
lease
for supply of a copy of an original lease
searched by an officer of the Department
at the Land Titles Office if duplicate
lease is lost
for instrument of discharge of a
mortgage on a demise to which section
273 of the Act or any corresponding
previous enactment applies
Crown grant fees—
for preparation and issue of grant of
Crown land sold in fee simple
prescribed fee under section 362A(1) of
the Act
$21.00
$40.00
$40.00
$40.00
$40.00
$21.00
$89.00
$ 9.00
$62.00
$40.00
$50.00
$30.00
$89.00
$89.00
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Column 1
Item
Column 2
Description
Column 3
Fee Payable
015
016
017
018
019
020
021
General fees—
prescribed fee under section 96 of the
Act
for preparation and supply of any deed
or document not otherwise specified in
these Regulations where the deed or
document is prepared in connection
with—
(a) an application under the Act;
(b) a Crown grant, lease, licence,
permit, right, consent, or other
instrument granted or issued
under the Act;
(c) an endorsement, registration,
discharge, transfer or assignment
authorised by the Act
for supply of documents concerning
searches by an officer or officers of the
Department made in connection with an
application under the Act, a Crown
grant, lease, licence, permit, right,
consent or other instrument granted or
issued under the Act or an endorsement,
registration, discharge, transfer or
assignment authorised under the Act,
carried out at—
(a) the Land Titles Office (per
document)
(b) the Australian Securities
Commission
(c) the Office of the Registrar
General
(d) the Office of Fair Trading and
Business Affairs
$50.00
$89.00
$89.00
$89.00
$18.00
$20.00
$29.00
$20.00
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SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1
Application for authority to surrender land under section 22C of
the Land Act 1958
TO: The Attorney General of Victoria
Under section 22C of the Land Act 1958—
(1).................................................................................................................
of (2).................................................................................................................
being the *registered proprietor/ *person seized of an estate in fee simple in
the land/ *municipal council of a municipal district
(3).................................................................................................................
apply for authority to surrender that land to Her Majesty.
It is declared that—
(a) the land is not subject to any mortgage or charge;
(b) the land is/is not* subject to any lease tenancy or licence;
(4).......................................................................................
(c) notice of intention to make this application was
published—
(5).......................................................................................
*Signed: ............................................................................
............................................................................(witness)
Dated: .............................................................................
*The seal (6) of the municipal council of.....................................................
was affixed to this on ...............................................................
by ..................................................................................
...............................................................................................(witness)
*delete whichever is not applicable
(1) Insert name of applicant
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(2) Insert address of applicant
(3) Give description of land.
(4) Give details of any lease, tenancy or licence if applicable.
(5) Give dates and names of newspapers in which notice of intention
under section 22C(3) was published.
(6) Delete if delegate signs on behalf of a municipal council.
Explanatory notes
1. A registered proprietor of land or a person seized of an estate in
fee simple may apply to surrender land to the Crown if that land is
referred to in Schedule TwoA of the Act or is declared to be land to which
Section 22C applies.
2. A municipal council of a municipal district may apply to surrender
land to the Crown if that land is referred to in Schedule TwoB of the Act.
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SCHEDULE 2
Notice of intention to apply for surrender of land under section
22C of the Land Act 1958
Notice is given that after 30 days from the date of publication of this notice
and before the expiration of 60 days of the date of publication of this notice,
application will be made by—
(1).................................................................................................................
to the Attorney-General of Victoria for authority under section 22C of the
Land Act 1958 to surrender the land described below to Her Majesty.
(2).................................................................................................................
......................................................................................................................
Any person wishing to object to the surrender of this land should lodge a
written objection with the Attorney-General.
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(1) Insert name of applicant.
(2) Insert description of land and any improvements on the land.
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SCHEDULE 3
Notice of demand under section 188A of the Land Act 1958
To (1).................................................................................................................
of (2).................................................................................................................
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being the owner of
(3).................................................................................................................
on the Crown land described below,
I, ......................................................................................................................
of..........................................................................................................being
*an authorised officer—
*a person authorised by the Secretary to the Department of
Natural Resources and Environment
*a person authorised by the committee of management of
the Crown land described in this notice—
(*delete whichever is not applicable)
under section 188A of the Land Act 1958, require you to produce to me a
current lease, licence, permit or other authority under the Land Act 1958 or
some other Act authorising you to keep or maintain the
(3)...............................................................................................................
on the following Crown land:
Crown land having an area of approximately................................
in the Parish of ............................................................................,
County of ....................................................................................
If after 21 days from the date of service of this notice, you have not produced
a current lease, licence, permit or other authority under the Land Act 1958, I
will apply
to the Magistrates Court to order the
(3).................................................................................................................
to be removed by you at your expense within the time fixed by the order.
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Dated:
Signed:
Address:
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(1) Give owner's full name. If not known state "the owner"
(2) Give the address of the owner, if known
(3) Specify nature of building, structure, standing crop, improvement
or other thing.
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SCHEDULE 4
Notice of a municipal council under section 400 that a road is
unused
Secretary to the Department of Natural Resources and Environment
Under section 400 of the Land Act 1958, the municipal council of the
municipal district of
(1).................................................................................................................
gives notice that *the road / *each of the roads described in the Schedule
below is considered by Council to not be required for public traffic and is
therefore an unused road.
SCHEDULE
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Parish Description of location of road
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*Signed:.................................................................
Dated:....................................................................
witness..................................................................
*(2) The seal of the municipal council of.................................................
as affixed to this on .............................................................................
by .............................................................................
witness .............................................................................
Delete whichever is not applicable
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(1) Insert name of municipal council
(2) Delete if delegate signs on behalf of municipal council
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