Pastoral leases are limited to the natural surface of the land only, and the lessee has no right to the soil or timber.
Pastoral purposes are defined as:
a) the commercial grazing of livestock such as sheep, cattle and goats on native vegetation
b) agricultural, horticultural or other supplementary uses of land inseparable from, essential to, or normally carried out in conjunction with the grazing of authorized stock, including the production of stock feed
c) activities ancillary to the activities mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).
Pastoral land permits
Pastoral lessees seeking to carry out any other activity on the lease other than the primary pastoral use of grazing native vegetation with authorised stock.
Pastoral land lessee compliance
Looking after the rangelands is integral to pastoral land management and pastoral lessees are obliged to sustainably manage the rangelands in a way that promotes pastoral potential.
Pastoral Lands Board
The Pastoral Lands Board is a statutory authority established under Section 94 of the Land Administration Act 1997 (WA).
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