Energy, Environment and Climate Change
Please note: * denotes Acts that are managed between multiple portfolio agencies
Aboriginal Lands Act 1991*
Alpine Resorts Act 1983
Alpine Resorts (Management) Act 1997
- Alpine Resorts (Management) Regulations 2020
Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994*
- Catchment and Land Protection Regulations 2012
- Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016
Caulfield Racecourse Reserve Act 2017*
Climate Change Act 2017*
- Climate Change Regulations 2017
Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Act 2003
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987*
- Conservation, Forests and Lands (Contracts) Regulations 2021
- Conservation, Forests and Lands (Infringement Notice) Regulations 2013
- Conservation, Forests and Lands (Primary Industries Infringement Notices) Regulations 2013
Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978*
- Crown Land (Reserves) (Domestic Firewood) Regulations 2012
- Crown Land (Reserves) (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2021
Cultural and Recreational Lands Act 1963
Dental Hospital Land Act 2011
Electricity Industry Act 2000
Electricity Safety Act 1998
- Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation) Regulations 2013
- Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation Duties) Regulations 2017
- Electricity Safety (Cathodic Protection) Regulations 2019
- Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations 2020
- Electricity Safety (Equipment Safety Scheme) Regulations 2019
- Electricity Safety (General) Regulations 2019
- Electricity Safety (Management) Regulations 2019
- Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2020
Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005
Environment Protection Act 2017
- Environment Protection (Management of Tunnel Boring Machine Spoil) Regulations 2020
- Environment Protection Regulations 2021
- Environment Protection Transitional Regulations 2021
Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988*
- Flora and Fauna Guarantee Regulations 2020
Forests Act 1958*
- Forests (Fire Protection) Regulations 2014
- Forests (Domestic Firewood) Regulations 2012
- Forests (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2021
- Forests (Licences and Permits) Regulations 2019
- Forests (Recreation) (Temporary) Regulations 2021
Fuel Emergency Act 1977
Gas Industry Act 2001
Gas Safety Act 1997
- Gas Safety (Gas Installation) Regulations 2018
- Gas Safety (Safety Case) Regulations 2018
Geelong Lands (Steampacket Place) Act 1996
Geelong Market Site Act 1983
Great Ocean Road Environs Protection Act 2020
Heritage Rivers Act 1992
Land Act 1958*
- Land Regulations 2016
- Land (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2021
Land Conservation (Vehicle Control) Act 1972*
- Land Conservation (Vehicle Control) Regulations 2013
Land (Goonawarra Golf Course) Act 1988
Land (Reservations and other Matters) Act (various years)
Land (Revocation of Reservations -Metropolitan Land) Act 2016
Land (Revocation of Reservations - Regional Victoria Land) Act 2016
Land (Revocation of Reservations) Act (various years)
Land (Revocation of Reservations and Other Matters) Act 2009
Land (Revocation of Reservations) (Convention Centre Land) Act 2008
Land (St Kilda Triangle) Act 2006
Marine and Coastal Act 2018
Melbourne and Olympic Parks Act 1985*
Melbourne (Yarra Park) Land Act 1980*
Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Act 2020
- Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Regulations 2020
National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005
National Environment Protection Council (Victoria) Act 1995
National Gas (Victoria) Act 2008
- National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Regulations 2014
National Parks Act 1975
- National Parks Regulations 2013
- National Parks (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2021
Parks and Crown Land Legislation (Mount Buffalo) Act 2010
Parks Victoria Act 2018
Pipelines Act 2005
- Pipelines Regulations 2017
Planning and Environment Act 1987*
Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Act 1986*
- Pollution of Waters by Oil and Noxious Substances Regulations 2012
Queen Victoria Market Lands Act 1996
Reference Areas Act 1978
Renewable Energy (Jobs and Investment) Act 2017
Royal Agricultural Show-grounds Act 1931
Royal Agricultural Showgrounds Act 2003
Royal Botanic Gardens Act 1991
- Royal Botanic Gardens Regulations 2014
Royal Children's Hospital (Land) Act 2007
Royal Women’s Hospital Land Act 2012
Safety on Public Land Act 2004
South Melbourne Land Act 1986
Southgate Project Act 1994
State Electricity Commission Act 1958*
State Owned Enterprises Act 1992*
Sustainable Forest (Timber) Act 2004*
Sustainability Victoria Act 2005
Swan Hill Pioneer Settlement Authority (Repeal) Act 1994
Temperance Halls Act 1958
University of Melbourne Land Act 2000
Victorian Conservation Trust Act 1972
Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Act 2007
- Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Regulations 2018
- Victorian Energy Efficiency Target (Project-Based Activities)Regulations 2017
Victorian Environment Assessment Council Act 2001
Victorian Plantations Corporation Act 1993
- Victorian Plantations Corporation (Register of Plantation Licences) Regulations 2018
Victorian Renewable Energy Act 2006
Water Industry Act 1994*
- Water Industry (Reservoir Parks Land) Regulations 2014
- Water Industry (Waterways Land) Regulations 2013
Wildlife Act 1975*
- Wildlife (State Game Reserves) Regulations 2014
- Wildlife Regulations 2013
- Wildlife (Game) Regulations 2012
- Wildlife (Marine Mammals) Regulations 2019
- Wildlife (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2021
Zoological Parks and Gardens Act 1995
Planning
Please note: * denotes Acts that are managed between multiple portfolio agencies
Architects Act 1991
- Architects Regulations 2015
Building Act 1993
- Building Regulations 2018
Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Act 2002
- Building and Construction Industry Security of Payment Regulations 2013
Casino Control Act 1991*
- Casino Control (Fees) Regulations 2015
Cladding Safety Victoria Act 2020
- Cladding Safety Victoria Regulations 2020
Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2013
Electronic Conveyancing National Law (Victoria)
Environment Effects Act 1978
Geographic Place Names Act 1998
Heritage Act 2017
- Heritage Regulations 2017
- Heritage (Underwater Cultural Heritage) Regulations 2017
Instruments Act 1958*
Local Government Act 1989*
Nudity (Prescribed Areas) Act 1983
Planning and Environment Act 1987*
- Planning and Environment Regulations 2015
- Planning and Environment (Fees) Regulations 2016
Planning and Environment (Planning Schemes) Act 1996
Project Development and Construction Management Act 1994*
Property Law Act 1958*
Residential Tenancies Act 1997*
- Residential Tenancies (Caravan Parks and Movable Dwellings Registration and Standards) Regulations 2020
South Yarra Project (Subdivision and Management) Act 1985
Subdivision Act 1988*
- Subdivision (Fees) Regulations 2016
- Subdivision (Procedures) Regulations 2011
- Subdivision (Registrar's Fees) Regulations 2016
- Subdivision (Registrar's Requirements) Regulations 2011
Survey Co-ordination Act 1958
- Survey Co-ordination Regulations 2014
Surveying Act 2004
- Surveying (Cadastral Surveys) Regulations 2015
- Surveying (Registration Fees) Regulations 2015
Transfer of Land Act 1958*
- Subdivision (Registrar's Fees) Regulations 2016
- Transfer of Land (Fees) Regulations 2016
Valuation of Land Act 1960*
- Valuation of Land Regulations 2014
Victorian Planning Authority Act 2017
Solar Homes
Please note: * denotes Acts that are managed between multiple portfolio agencies
Climate Change Act 2017
- Climate Change Regulations 2017
Renewable Energy (Jobs and Investment) Act 2017
Water
Please note: * denotes Acts that are managed between multiple portfolio agencies
Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994*
- Catchment and Land Protection Regulations 2012
- Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987*
Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act 1985
Murray Darling Basin Act 1993
State Owned Enterprises Act 1992*
Water Act 1989
- Water (Trade Waste) Regulations 2014
- Water (Estimation, Supply and Sewerage) Regulations 2014
- Water (Lake Eildon Recreational Area) (Houseboats) Regulations 2013
- Water (Drillers' Licences) Regulations 2012
- Water (Resource Management) Regulations 2017
- Water (General) Regulations 2021
- Water (Infringements) Regulations 2020
- Water (Tagged Water Allocations) Interim Regulations 2020
Water (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2008
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
Water Industry Act 1994*
Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017
Legislation governing domestic firewood collection
The legislation and regulations that establish the rules for domestic firewood collection are:
- Forests Act 1958
- Forests (Domestic Firewood) Regulations 2012
- Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978
- Crown Land (Reserves) (Domestic Firewood) Regulations 2010.
There are heavy penalties for not complying with these rules, including fines of up to 50 penalty units (current value of the maximum fine is $7,928.50) or one year imprisonment.
- On-the spot fines are issued for a range of offences, including:
- taking more than the daily limit of 2 cubic metres of firewood from a firewood collection area during a firewood collection season
- cutting or taking wood for domestic firewood use from state forest outside a designated firewood collection area
- bringing heavy vehicles / machinery into a firewood collection area
- collecting firewood within 20 metres of a watercourse
- cutting live or dead standing trees
- cutting or taking a visibly hollow log or a log growing moss or fungi
- driving off road.
- Under the Forests (Domestic Firewood) Regulations 2012 it is an offence to:
- tow or winch fallen trees along the ground
- fill a chainsaw with oil or fuel unless it is on an impermeable surface
DELWP and Parks Victoria conduct routine, random or targeted patrols of forest areas, and authorised officers issue on-the-spot fines for firewood offences, with an option to take people to court for major offences.
If you would like to report an offence or misconduct please contact our Customer Service Centre on 136 186.
Page last updated: 16/07/21