The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:
Am |
amended |
LW |
legislation website |
Sch |
Schedule |
Cl |
clause |
No |
number |
Schs |
Schedules |
Cll |
clauses |
p |
page |
Sec |
section |
Div |
Division |
pp |
pages |
Secs |
sections |
Divs |
Divisions |
Reg |
Regulation |
Subdiv |
Subdivision |
GG |
Government Gazette |
Regs |
Regulations |
Subdivs |
Subdivisions |
Ins |
inserted |
Rep |
repealed |
Subst |
substituted |
This Act is reprinted with the omission of all amending provisions authorised to be omitted under sec 6 of the Reprints Act 1972.
Table of amending instruments
Soil Conservation Act 1938 No 10. Assented to 13.10.1938. Date of commencement, 28.10.1938, sec 1 (2) and GG No 158 of 28.10.1938, p 4213. This Act has been amended as follows:
1947 | No 11 | Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act
1947. Assented to 28.3.1947. |
1949 | No 8 | Conservation Authority of New South Wales Act
1949. Assented to 12.5.1949. |
1952 | No 27 | Soil Conservation and Hunter Valley Conservation
Trust (Amendment) Act 1952. Assented to 21.10.1952. |
1965 | No 33 | Decimal Currency Act
1965. Assented to 20.12.1965. |
1972 | No 26 | Forestry, Soil Conservation and Other Acts
(Amendment) Act 1972. Assented to 11.4.1972. |
No 48 | Reprints Act 1972. Assented to 9.10.1972. | |
1974 | No 51 | Metric Conversion Act 1974. Assented
to 6.5.1974. |
No 80 | National Parks and Wildlife Act
1974. Assented to 27.11.1974. | |
1976 | No 4 | Statutory and Other Offices
Remuneration Act 1975. Assented to 7.1.1976. |
1978 | No 128 | Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act 1978. Assented to 21.12.1978. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1984 No 153. Assented to 10.12.1984. |
1979 | No 205 | Miscellaneous Acts (Planning)
Repeal and Amendment Act 1979. Assented to 21.12.1979. |
1980 | No 11 | Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act 1980. Assented to 9.4.1980. |
No 187 | Miscellaneous Acts (Retirement of Statutory Officers) Amendment Act 1980. Assented to 17.12.1980. | |
No 196 | Miscellaneous Acts (Crown Land Titles) Amendment Act
1980. Assented to 22.12.1980. | |
1981 | No 90 | Miscellaneous Acts (State Bank) Repeal and Amendment
Act 1981. Assented to 10.6.1981. |
1983 | No 186 | Miscellaneous Acts (National Parks and Wildlife)
Amendment Act 1983. Assented to 31.12.1983. |
1985 | No 201 | Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act 1985. Assented to 10.12.1985. |
1986 | No 105 | Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act 1986. Assented to 26.11.1986. |
No 142 | Soil Conservation (Further Amendment) Act
1986. Assented to 17.12.1986. | |
No 205 | Miscellaneous Acts (Water Administration) Amendment
Act 1986. Assented to 18.12.1986. | |
1987 | No 48 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 1)
1987. Assented to 28.5.1987. |
No 209 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1987. Assented to 9.12.1987. | |
1988 | No 34 | Miscellaneous Acts (Public Sector Management)
Amendment Act 1988. Assented to 6.7.1988. |
No 101 | Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act
1988. Assented to 19.12.1988. | |
No 131 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3)
1988. Assented to 30.12.1988. | |
1989 | No 89 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1989. Assented to 13.6.1989. |
No 98 | Miscellaneous Acts (Rural Assistance) Repeal and
Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 13.6.1989. | |
No 105 | Miscellaneous Acts (Public Sector Executives
Employment) Amendment Act 1989. Assented to 15.8.1989. | |
No 236 | Soil Conservation (Amendment) Act
1989. Assented to 21.12.1989. | |
1990 | No 46 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1990. Assented to 22.6.1990. |
1992 | No 34 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act
1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. |
No 57 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1992. Assented to 8.10.1992. | |
No 111 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 3)
1992. Assented to 8.12.1992. | |
No 112 | Statute Law (Penalties) Act 1992.
Assented to 8.12.1992. | |
1995 | No 99 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1995. Assented to 21.12.1995. |
No 101 | Threatened Species Conservation
Act 1995. Assented to 22.12.1995. | |
1996 | No 24 | Financial Institutions (Miscellaneous Amendments)
Act 1996. Assented to 21.6.1996. |
1997 | No 65 | Rural Fires Act
1997. Assented to 10.7.1997. |
No 102 | Trustee Amendment (Discretionary Investments) Act
1997. Assented to 25.11.1997. | |
No 133 | Native Vegetation Conservation
Act 1997. Assented to 16.12.1997. | |
No 152 | Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. The amendment made by Sch 4.36 was without effect as the section being amended was repealed by the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 No 133. | |
No 153 | Fisheries Management Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. The amendments made by Sch 6.4 were without effect as the sections being amended were repealed by the Native Vegetation Conservation Act 1997 No 133. | |
1999 | No 31 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 1999. Assented to 7.7.1999. |
No 85 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. | |
2000 | No 92 | Water Management Act
2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. |
2001 | No 56 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. |
2007 | No 94 | Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court)
Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. |
2008 | No 62 | Statute Law (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Act 2008. Assented to 1.7.2008. |
2009 | No 9 | Western Lands Amendment Act
2009. Assented to 7.4.2009. |
No 17 | Real Property and Conveyancing
Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 13.5.2009. |
This Act has also been amended pursuant to orders under secs 8 (2), 9 (3), 9A and 9B of the Reprints Act 1972 No 48 (formerly Acts Reprinting Act 1972). Order dated 5.5.1975, and published in Gazette No 66 of 9.5.1975, p 1812, declaring that the Soil Conservation Act 1938 is an enactment to which sec 8 (2) and sec 9 (3) of the Acts Reprinting Act 1972 apply. Order dated 20.5.1986 and published in Gazette No 85 of 23.5.1986, p 2350.
Table of amendments
No reference is made to certain amendments made by the Decimal Currency Act 1965, the Reprints Act 1972, and Schedule 3 (amendments replacing gender-specific language) to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1995.
Long title | Am 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (1). |
Sec 2 | Am 1947 No 11, sec 2 (2) (a); 1972 No 26, sec 6 (a); 1978 No 128, Schs 1 (1), 5 (1). Rep 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (2). |
Sec 3 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (a); 1952 No 27, sec 2 (a); 1972 No 26, sec 6 (b); 1978 No 128, Schs 2 (1), 4 (1), 5 (2); 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (1); 1980 No 196, Sch 1; 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1985 No 201, Schs 2 (1), 3 (1); 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (3); 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (1); 1987 No 209, Sch 32 (1), 1989 No 98, Sch 1; 1989 No 236, Sch 1 (1); 2008 No 62, Sch 1.30 [1]; 2009 No 9, Sch 3.13. |
Part 2, heading | Am 1985 No 201, Sch 6 (1). |
Sec 4 | Subst 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (b). Am 1976 No 4, Sch 5; 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (3); 1980 No 187, Sch 1, GG No 85 of 23.5.1986, p 2350; 1987 No 209, Sch 32 (2), 1988 No 34, Sch 1; 1989 No 105, Sch 1. |
Sec 4A | Ins 1978 No 128, Sch 2 (2). Am GG No 85 of 23.5.1986, p 2350; 1987 No 209, Sch 32 (3); 2008 No 62, Sch 1.30 [2]–[4]. |
Sec 4B | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (2). |
Sec 4C | Ins 1985 No 201, Sch 6 (2). Am 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (4); 1988 No 131, Sch 29. |
Sec 5 | Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (4); 1985 No 201, Sch 6 (3); GG No 85 of 23.5.1986, p 2350. |
Sec 6 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1972 No 26, sec 6 (c); 1985 No 201, Sch 6 (4); 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (5). |
Sec 7 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (6). |
Sec 9 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c). Rep 1985 No 201, Sch 6 (5). |
Sec 10 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (2); 1985 No 201, Sch 3 (2); 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (7). |
Sec 11 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1952 No 27, sec 2 (b); 1978 No 128, Schs 4 (3), 5 (5); 1985 No 201, Sch 6 (6). |
Sec 12 | Am 1947 No 11, sec 2 (2) (b); 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (4). |
Sec 13 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (5). |
Sec 14 | Am 1947 No 11, sec 2 (2) (c); 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1978 No 128, Schs 4 (6), 5 (6); 1986 No 205, Sch 2; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.25 [1]–[3]. |
Sec 14A | Ins 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (7). |
Sec 15 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1978 No 128, Schs 3 (1), 5 (7); 1985 No 201, Sch 5 (1); 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (2); 1989 No 236, Schs 1 (2), 2 (1); 1992 No 34, Sch 1. |
Part 2A | Ins 1985 No 201, Sch 1. |
Secs 15A–15D | Ins 1985 No 201, Sch 1. |
Sec 15E | Ins 1985 No 201, Sch 1. Am 1989 No 236, Sch 2 (2). |
Sec 15F | Ins 1985 No 201, Sch 1. Am 1989 No 236, Sch 2 (3). |
Secs 15G, 15H | Ins 1985 No 201, Sch 1. |
Sec 17 | Am 1952 No 27, sec 2 (c); 1972 No 26, sec 6 (d); 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (8); 1992 No 34, Sch 1. |
Sec 18 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c). Subst 1952 No 27, sec 2 (d). Am 1978 No 128, Schs 3 (2), 4 (8), 5 (9); 1985 No 201, Schs 2 (2), 5 (2); 1989 No 236, Sch 2 (4). |
Sec 18A | Ins 1952 No 27, sec 2 (d). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (10). Rep 1985 No 201, Sch 2 (3). |
Sec 18B | Ins 1952 No 27, sec 2 (d). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (4); 1985 No 201, Sch 2 (4). |
Part 4, heading | Am 1978 No 128, Sch 1 (2). |
Part 4, Div 1, heading | Ins 1972 No 26, sec 6 (e). |
Sec 19 | Subst 1972 No 26, sec 6 (f). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 1 (3). |
Sec 20 | Am 1972 No 26, sec 6 (g); 1978 No 128, Sch 1 (4); 1985 No 201, Sch 3 (3); 1999 No 31, Sch 2.38. |
Sec 21 | Subst 1985 No 201, Sch 3 (4). |
Part 4, Div 2 | Ins 1972 No 26, sec 6 (h). Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [1]. |
Sec 21A | Ins 1972 No 26, sec 6 (h). Am 1974 No 80, Sch 2; 1978 No 128, Schs 1 (5), 5 (11); 1983 No 186, Sch 1. Subst 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (3). Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [1]. |
Sec 21AB | Ins 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (3). Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1. Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [1]. |
Sec 21B | Ins 1972 No 26, sec 6 (h). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (12). Subst 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (3). Am 1989 No 236, Sch 1 (3); 1995 No 101, Sch 6. Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [1]. |
Sec 21C | Ins 1972 No 26, sec 6 (h). Am 1974 No 51, Sch; 1978 No 128, Schs 1 (6), 3 (3); 1985 No 201, Schs 3 (5), 5 (3); 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (4); 1988 No 1, Sch 1 (2), 1989 No 236, Schs 1 (4), 2 (5); 1992 No 34, Sch 1. Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [1]. |
Sec 21CA | Ins 1978 No 128, Sch 1 (7). Am 1985 No 201, Sch 5 (4); 1986 No 128, Schs 1 (8), 5 (12) (13); 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (5); 1989 No 236, Schs 1 (5), 2 (6). Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [1]. |
Sec 21D | Ins 1972 No 26, sec 6 (h). Am 1978 No 128, Schs 1 (8), 5 (12) (13); 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (6); 1988 No 101, Sch 1 (3); 1989 No 236, Sch 1 (6); 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1995 No 101, Sch 6; 1997 No 65, Sch 4.23. Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [1]. |
Sec 21E | Ins 1972 No 26, sec 6 (h). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (12); 1989 No 236, Sch 1 (7). Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [1]. |
Part 4, Div 3, heading | Ins 1972 No 26, sec 6 (h). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 1 (9); 1985 No 201, Sch 3 (6). |
Sec 22 | Am 1978 No 128, Schs 1 (10), 3 (4), 5 (12) (14); 1979 No 205, Sch 2, Part 1; 1985 No 201, Schs 3 (7), 5 (5); 1989 No 236, Sch 2 (7); 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 2001 No 56, Sch 2.35; 2009 No 17, Sch 3.15 [1]. |
Part 4A | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). |
Part 4A, heading | Subst 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (8). |
Sec 22A | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Rep 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (9). Ins 1989 No 98, Sch 1. |
Sec 22B | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (10). |
Sec 22C | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1. |
Sec 22D | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (4) (15); 1981 No 90, Sch 1; 1989 No 98, Sch 1. |
Sec 22E | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (9). |
Secs 22F, 22G | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Subst 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (11). Am 1989 No 98, Sch 1. |
Sec 22H | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (12) (am 1984 No 153, Sch 16), 5 (16). |
Sec 22HA | Ins 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (13). |
Sec 22I | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Subst 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (14). Am 1989 No 98, Sch 1. |
Sec 22J | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1978 No 128, Schs 4 (15), 5 (17). |
Sec 22K | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (16); 1989 No 98, Sch 1; 2009 No 17, Sch 3.15 [2]. |
Sec 22L | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). |
Sec 22M | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (17); 1989 No 98, Sch 1. |
Sec 22N | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). |
Sec 22O | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 3 (5); 1985 No 201, Sch 5 (6); 1989 No 98, Sch 1, 1992 No 112, Sch 1. |
Sec 22P | Ins 1947 No 11, sec 2 (1). Rep 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (18). Ins 1985 No 201, Sch 6 (7). |
Sec 23 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c). Subst 1985 No 201, Sch 4. Rep 1988 No 101, Sch 1 (4). |
Sec 23A | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (3). Rep 2000 No 92, Sch 8.25 [4]. |
Sec 23B | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (3). Rep 1988 No 101, Sch 1 (6). |
Sec 23C | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (3). Am 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (10); 1988 No 101, Sch 1 (6). Rep 2000 No 92, Sch 8.25 [5]. |
Sec 24 | Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (5). Subst 1992 No 34, Sch 1. |
Sec 25 | Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (5); 1992 No 34, Sch 1. |
Sec 25A | Ins 1952 No 27, sec 2 (e). Am 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1992 No 57, Sch 1. |
Sec 25B | Ins 1952 No 27, sec 2 (e). Am 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (18); 1992 No 111, Sch 2. |
Sec 25C | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (4). Am 1988 No 101, Sch 1 (7). |
Sec 26 | Am 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (19); 1986 No 105, Sch 1 (11). |
Sec 26A | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (5). Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1. |
Sec 26B | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (5). |
Sec 26C | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (5). Am 1996 No 24, Sch 1. |
Sec 26D | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (5). |
Sec 27 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1978 No 128, Schs 3 (6), 4 (20); 1985 No 201, Sch 5 (7); 1989 No 236, Sch 2 (8). |
Sec 28 | Am 1978 No 128, Schs 4 (21), 5 (19). |
Sec 29 | Am 1978 No 128, Schs 3 (7), 5 (20); 1985 No 201, Sch 5 (8); 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (7); 1989 No 236, Sch 2 (9); 1999 No 85, Sch 2.61; 2007 No 94, Schs 2, 4. |
Sec 30A | Ins 1978 No 128, Sch 4 (22). Am 1987 No 209, Sch 32 (4); 1990 No 46, Sch 1; 1992 No 34, Sch 1; 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [2]; 2008 No 62, Sch 1.30 [4]. |
Sec 31 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1972 No 26, sec 6 (i); 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (12); 1989 No 236, Sch 1 (8). |
Sec 31A | Ins 1988 No 101, Sch 1 (8). |
Sec 32 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1972 No 26, sec 6 (j); 1976 No 4, Sch 5; 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (21); 1986 No 142, Sch 1 (8); 1986 No 205, Sch 2; 1989 No 89, Sch 2. Rep 1989 No 236, Sch 1 (9). |
Sec 32A | Ins 1987 No 209, Sch 32 (5). |
Sec 33 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c). Rep 1972 No 26, sec 6 (k). |
Sec 34 | Am 1949 No 8, sec 17 (1) (c); 1972 No 26, sec 6 (l); 1985 No 201, Sch 3 (8). |
Sec 35 | Am 1978 No 128, Sch 3 (8); 1985 No 201, Sch 5 (9); 1989 No 236, Sch 2 (10). |
Sec 36 | Subst 1978 No 128, Sch 5 (22). Rep 1987 No 48, Sch 32. |
First Sch | Rep 1985 No 201, Sch 3 (9). Ins 1987 No 209, Sch 32 (6). Am 1989 No 236, Sch 1 (10); 2008 No 62, Sch 1.30 [5]. |
Second, Third Schs | Rep 1985 No 201, Sch 3 (9). |
Fourth Sch | Ins 1980 No 11, Sch 1 (6). Am 1997 No 102, Sch 2.8. |
Fifth Sch | Ins 1988 No 101, Sch 1 (9). |
Sixth Sch | Ins 1992 No 34, Sch 1. Rep 1997 No 133, Sch 5.3 [3]. |
