107ESecretary may request information relating to land from Councils

107E Secretary may request information relating to land from Councils

(1) The Secretary, for or in connection with the administration of, or in carrying out the Secretary's functions under this Act or the regulations, may make a written request to a Council for the following information relating to land in the municipal district of that Council—

(a) the address of the land;

(b) the name, address and contact details of the owner of the land;

(c) if the owner does not occupy the land, the name, address and contact details of the occupier (if available);

(d) the zone under the planning scheme applying to the land;

(e) the purpose for which the land is used;

(f) any numbers or codes held by the Council which can be used to identify the land.

(2) A Council must make available to the Secretary any information relating to land in the municipal district of the Council that has been requested in writing by the Secretary under subsection (1).

Council has the same meaning as in section 3(1) of the Local Government Act 2020;

planning scheme means a planning scheme made under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 as that planning scheme is in force from time to time.

Part 8—Enforcement

Division 1—Inspectors

108 Inspectors

S. 108(1) amended by Nos 46/1998 s. 7(Sch. 1), 108/2004 s. 117(1) (Sch. 3 item 116.1).

(1) The Secretary may, by instrument appoint any person employed under Part 3 of the Public Administration Act 2004 to be an inspector for the purposes of all or any of the provisions of this Act and in respect of all or any livestock.

S. 108(2) substituted by No. 57/2003 s. 8(1).

(2) If the Secretary makes an order under section 105 that an outbreak of exotic disease exists in any part or area of Victoria or in any part or area of Australia, the Secretary may, by instrument appoint—

(a) any suitably qualified person to be an inspector;

S. 108(2)(b) amended by Nos 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 97.2(a)), 1/2024 s. 15(1).

(b) persons employed or engaged by emergency services agencies within the meaning of the Emergency Management Act 1986 to be inspectors—

for the purposes of all or any of the provisions of this Act and in respect of all or any livestock specified in the instrument for the period that the order remains in force.

S. 108(2AA) inserted by No. 48/2010 s. 39(1), amended by No. 1/2024 s. 59(2).