Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The provisions of this Act do not apply to or with respect to any extractive industry exempted by notice published in the Government Gazette by the Minister from compliance with any of those provisions of this Act relating to extractive industries whether unconditionally or on specified conditions and either wholly or to such an extent as is specified.
(2) Despite any contrary provision in any other Act administered by the Minister administering the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 if there is provision under any of those Acts to issue or grant a lease, licence, permit or authority allowing for the search for stone or the carrying out of an extractive industry, a person is not required to obtain such a lease, licence, permit or authority if the person has complied with the provisions of this Act relating to extractive industries with respect to the searching for stone or the carrying out of the extractive industry.
(3) Subsection (1) does not affect any lease, licence, permit or authority issued or granted under an Act administered by the Minister referred to in subsection (2).
(4) The provisions of this Act relating to extractive industries do not apply to or with respect to the extraction or removal of stone from land that is a farm if the stone is intended in good faith only to be used on that farm for the purposes of a dam or other farm works and not for sale or any other commercial use.
(5) The provisions of this Act relating to extractive industries do not apply to or with respect to the carrying out of any extractive activity within the meaning of the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 .
S. 5AB inserted by No. 6/2009 s. 8.