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Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978
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29I Dam licences—Bendigo Regional Park 125
29IA Works under water licences—Kerang and Shepparton Regional Parks 125
29IB Cutting and taking away fallen or felled trees—Shepparton Regional Park 126
Part 4A—Carlton Gardens Reserve—Special event management 127
29J Special event management declarations 127
29K Content of special event management declarations 127
29L Management of Carlton Gardens Reserve 128
29M Suspension of functions, powers and duties 129
29N Powers in relation to agreements and arrangements 130
29O Regulations and local laws to be suspended 130
29P Transitional provisions 131
29Q Effect of special event management declaration 131
29R Minister to give copy of declaration to committee of management 131
29S Special event management area to be restored 131
Part 5—General 132
Division 1—Miscellaneous 132
30 Minister may accept gifts etc. 132
30A Ownership of timber 132
31 Tour operator licence regulations 133
32 Regulations for cutting or taking away fallen or felled trees in firewood collection areas during firewood collection seasons 135
33 Payment of refunds 136
Division 2—General transitional provisions 136
34 Transitional provisions—Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2016 136
34A Transitional provision—Traditional Owner Settlement Amendment Act 2016 136
34B Transitional provision for tour operator licences—Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Amendment Act 2021 137
Part 6—Provisions relating to particular Crown land reserves 138
Division 1—Miscellaneous reserves 138
35 Deep Lead Nature Conservation Reserve (No. 2) 138
Division 2—Fifth Schedule reserves 140
43 Reserve descriptions 140
44 Land in Part 1 of Fifth Schedule deemed to be nature conservation reserves 140
45 Land in Part 2 of Fifth Schedule deemed to be cultural and natural heritage reserves 140
46 Land in Part 3 of Fifth Schedule deemed to be natural features reserves 141
47 Land in Part 4 of Fifth Schedule deemed to be historic and cultural features reserves 141
47A Purposes for land in Part 5 of the Fifth Schedule 141
47B Land in Part 4A of the Fifth Schedule deemed to be regional parks 141
47BA Murray River Park 142
47C Land in Part 6 of the Fifth Schedule deemed to be water reserves 143
47D Land in Part 7 of the Fifth Schedule deemed to be forest parks 143
Division 3—Transitional and miscellaneous provisions—Parks and Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2020 144
49 Land to become part of park on surrender to the Crown—Bendigo Regional Park 144
50 Land reserved temporarily for aerodrome purposes 145
50A Macedon Regional Park—Land not affected by enactment of certain Acts 145
50B Eldorado Historic Reserve—Land not affected by enactment of certain Acts 146
Division 5—Further transitional provisions—2006 Act 147
51 Definition 147
55 Protected forest—Kurth Kiln Regional Park 148
Division 5A—Further transitional provisions—2009 River Red Gums Act 149
63 Definitions 149
63A Transitional provision—Murray River Park 150
63B Cutting and taking away fallen or felled trees—Murray River Park 152
63C Grazing licences—Murray River Park 152
63D Land to become part of park on surrender to the Crown—Kerang Regional Park 153
Division 6—Transitional and miscellaneous provisions—Parks and Public Land Legislation Amendment (Central West and Other Matters) Act 2025 154
64 Bendigo Regional Park 154
65 Wandong Regional Park 156
Schedules 159
Second Schedule––Transitional provisions 160
Third Schedule 168
Fifth Schedule 169
Endnotes 181
1 General information 181
2 Table of Amendments 183
3 Explanatory details 196
**Version No.** **134**
**Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978**
**No. 9212 of 1978**
Version incorporating amendments as at
An Act to provide for the Reservation of Crown Lands for certain purposes and for the Management of such Reserved Lands and for other purposes.
**BE IT ENACTED by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Victoria in this present Parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows (that is to say):**