Your Reponsibilities

Responsibilities of Victorian Landholders

Legal Booklets for Farmers

There are eight booklets covering various legal aspects of managing a farm:

Designed for use by land managers and primary producers, the booklets provide a list of the relevant legislation and explains their purpose.

Each booklet consists of the following sections:

• Key terms, acronyms and abbreviations – an explanation of some of the language and terms used throughout the booklet.
• Introduction – a summary of the intention of the legislation.
• Roles and responsibilities – an explanation of roles played by national, state and local governments, their agencies and farmers.
• Relevant laws, guidelines and Codes – the relevant Acts, guidelines and Codes covering farm management in Victoria.
• Legislation and the farmer – A table of potential situations with an explanation of a farmer’s obligations or the implications under the relevant Acts in Victoria.