Victorian Current Acts

FORESTS ACT 1958 - SECT 18

Subject to this Act the land manager shall protect State forests and shall have the control and management of—

        (a)     State forests and plantations nurseries forest schools and industrial undertakings carried on under this Act and the forest produce of other Crown lands as provided in this Act; and

S. 18(b) amended by No. 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 24.18).

        (b)     the establishment maintenance improvement and renewal of forests plantations and tree‑nurseries and the distribution of trees therefrom and all tree‑planting—

              (i)     on Crown lands not vested in any corporation or trustees or not under the control or management of any council or committee of management; or

S. 18(b)(ii) amended by Nos 10087 s. 3(1)(Sch. 1 item 78), 12/2004 s. 158(1).

              (ii)     on public roads (other than freeways and arterial roads within the meaning of the Road Management Act 2004 )—

when such tree-planting is subsidized by grants from the Consolidated Fund or the Forestry Fund or by gifts of trees from the Government or the Secretary.

S. 18AA (Heading) amended by No. 42/2021 s. 65(1).

S. 18AA inserted by No. 19/2018 s. 107, amended by No. 42/2021 s. 65(2).