AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CONSERVATION OF SOIL ORDINANCE, 1947.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM.

No. 2 of 1947

	The Conservation of Soil Ordinance 1947 relates to the mitigation of erosion and the conservation of Soil resources for the purposes connected therewith in the Australian Capital Territory.

	Provision is made in Section 4 of the Ordinance for the constitution of a Soil Conservation Service consisting of a Council of 5 members, Secretary and other necessary employees, the Council having the power to co-opt any person to assist it in reaching its conclusions.

	The functions and powers of the Council are set out in Sections 6 and 7 of the draft Ordinance.

	The preparation of the ordinance has been largely influenced by the desirability of creating an ordinance analogous to Soil Conservation Acts of the States to accord with a resolution of the Commonwealth Standing Committee on Soil Conservation which was subsequently approved by Cabinet, that Soil Conservation law, should, as far as practicable be uniform in all States.