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Pastoral Land Act 1992
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The objects of this Act are:
(a) to provide a form of tenure of Crown land that facilitates the
sustainable use of land for pastoral purposes and the
economic viability of the pastoral industry;
(b) to provide for:
(i) the monitoring of pastoral land so as to detect and
assess any change in its condition;
(ii) the prevention or minimisation of degradation of or other
damage to the land and its indigenous plant and animal
life; and
(iii) the rehabilitation of the land in cases of degradation or
other damage;
(c) to recognise the right of Aboriginal persons to follow traditional
pursuits on pastoral land;
(d) to provide reasonable access for the public across pastoral
land to waters and places of public interest; and
(e) to provide a procedure to establish Aboriginal community
living areas on pastoral land.