Environment, Climate Change, and Water
Aboriginal Lands Act 1991
Alpine Resorts Act 1983
Alpine Resorts (Management) Act 1997
- Alpine Resorts (Management) Regulations 2009
Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994*
- Catchment and Land Protection Regulations 2012
- Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2006
Climate Change Act 2010
- Climate Change Regulations 2011
Coastal Management Act 1995
Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability Act 2003
Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987*
- Conservation, Forests and Lands (Contracts) Regulations 2010
- 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 2011
Cultural and Recreational Lands Act 1963
Dental Hospital Land Act 2011
Environment Protection Act 1970
- Environment Protection (Distribution of Landfill Levy) Regulations 2010
- Environment Protection (Environment and Resource Efficiency Plans) Regulations 2007
- Environment Protection (Fees) Regulations 2012
- Environment Protection (Industrial Waste Resource) Regulations 2009
- Environment Protection (Residential Noise) Regulations 2008
- Environment Protection (Scheduled Premises and Exemptions) Regulations 2007
- Environment Protection (Ships' Ballast Water) Regulations 2006
- Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions) Regulations 2003
- Subordinate Legislation (Environment Protection (Vehicle Emissions) Regulations 2003) Extension Regulations 2012
Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988*
- Flora and Fauna Guarantee Regulations 2011
Forests Act 1958*
- Forests (Fire Protection) Regulations 2014
- Forests (Domestic Firewood) Regulations 2012
- Forests (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2011
- Forests (Licences and Permits) Regulations 2009
- Forests (Recreation) Regulations 2010
Geelong Lands (Steampacket Place) Act 1996
Geelong Market Site Act 1983
Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act 1985
Heritage Rivers Act 1992
Land Act 1958*
- Land Regulations 2006
- Land (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2011
Land Conservation (Vehicle Control) Act 1972*
- Land Conservation (Vehicle Control) Regulations 2013
Melbourne and Olympic Parks Act 1985
Melbourne (Yarra Park) Land Act 1980
Murray Darling Basin Act 1993
National Environment Protection Council (Victoria) Act 1995
National Parks Act 1975
- National Parks Regulations 2013
- National Parks (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2011
Parks and Crown Land Legislation (Mount Buffalo) Act 2010
Parks Victoria Act 1998
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
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 Owned Enterprises Act 1992*
Sustainable Forest (Timber) Act 2004*
Sustainability Victoria Act 2005
Temperance Halls Act 1958
University of Melbourne Land Act 2000
Victorian Conservation Trust Act 1972
Victorian Environment Assessment Council Act 2001
Victorian Plantations Corporation Act 1993
- Victorian Plantations Corporation (Register of Plantation Licences) Regulations 2008
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 (Subdivisional Easements and Reserves) Regulations 2011
- Water (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2011
- Water (Notice of Disposition of Land) Regulations 2010
- Water (Register of Interests) Regulations 2010
- Water (Resource Management) Regulations 2007
Water (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2008
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
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 2009
- Wildlife (Tour Operator Licence Fee) Regulations 2011
Zoological Parks and Gardens Act 1995
Energy
Electricity Industry Act 2000
- Electricity Industry (Confidentiality of Information) Regulations 2000
- Electricity Industry (Hazelwood and Energy Brix Sale) Regulations 1996
- Electricity Industry (Non-franchise Customers) Regulations 1995
- Electricity Industry (Prohibited Interest) Regulations 2003
- Electricity Industry (Trade Practices) Regulations 1994
Electricity Safety Act 1998
- Electricity Safety (Bushfire Mitigation) Regulations 2003
- Electricity · Safety (Bushfire Mitigation) Regulations 2013
- Electricity Safety (Cathodic Protection) Regulations 2009
- Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations 1999
- Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations 2005
- Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations 2010
- Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) Regulations 2015
- Electricity Safety (Electric Line Clearance) (Interim) Regulations 2004
- Electricity Safety (Electrical Appeals Board) Regulations 1999
- Electricity Safety (Electrical Appeals Board) (Revocation) Regulations 2002
- Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 1999
- Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Regulations 2009
- Electricity Safety (Equipment Efficiency) Revocation Regulations 2012
- Electricity Safety (Equipment) Regulations 1999
- Electricity Safety (Equipment) Regulations 2009
- Electricity Safety (Infringements) Regulations 2000
- Electricity Safety (Installations) Regulations 1999
- Electricity Safety (Installations) Regulations 2009
- Electricity Safety (Management) Regulations 1999
- Electricity Safety (Management) Regulations 2009
- Electricity Safety (Network Assets) Regulations 1997
- Electricity Safety (Network Assets) Regulations 1999
- Electricity Safety (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2010
- Electricity Safety (Stray Current Corrosion) Regulations 1999
- Electricity Safety (Stray Current Corrosion) Regulations 2009
Energy Safe Victoria Act 2005
Fuel Emergency Act 1977
Gas Industry Act 2001
- Gas Industry (Appeal Tribunal) Regulations 1999
- Gas Industry (Authorisation) Regulations 1999
- Gas Industry (MSO Rules) Regulations 1999
- Gas Industry (MSO Rules) Regulations 2009
- Gas Industry (MSO Rules) Revocation Regulations 2009
- Gas Industry (Supply) (Revocation) Regulations 199
Gas Safety Act 1997
- Gas Safety (Gas Appeals Board) Regulations 2000
- Gas Safety (Gas Appeals Board) (Revocation) Regulations 2002
- Gas Safety (Gas Installation) Regulations 1999
- Gas Safety (Gas Installation) Regulations 2008
- Gas Safety (Gas Quality) Regulations 1999
- Gas Safety (Gas Quality) Regulations 2007
- Gas Safety (Safety Case) Regulations 1999
- Gas Safety (Safety Case) Regulations 2008
National Electricity (Victoria) Act 2005
National Gas (Victoria) Act 2008
- National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Regulations 2009
- National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Regulations 2009
- National Gas (Victoria) (Declared System Provisions) Regulations 2014
Pipelines Act 2005
- Pipelines Regulations 1988
- Pipelines Regulations 2000
- Pipelines Regulations 2007
State Electricity Commission Act 1958*
- State Electricity Commission Wiring Regulations 1992
- State Electricity Commission (Cathodic Protection) Regulations 1988
- State Electricity Commission (Energy Efficiency Labelling) (Clothes Washing Machines) Regulations 1990
- State Electricity Commission (Energy Efficiency Labelling) (Refrigerative Air Conditioners) Regulations 1988
- State Electricity Commission (Energy Efficiency Labelling) (Rotary Clothes Dryers) Regulations 1989
- State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics Exemptions) Regulations 1992
- State Electricity Commission (Licensing of Electrical Mechanics) Regulations 1992
- State Electricity Commission (Registration of Electrical Contractors) Regulations 1992
Sustainability Victoria Act 2005
Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Act 2007
- Victorian Energy Efficiency Target Regulations 2008
Victorian Renewable Energy Act 2006
Local Government and Suburban development
City of Greater Geelong Act 1993*
City of Melbourne Act 2001
- City of Melbourne (Electoral) Regulations 2012
Libraries Act 1988*
- Library Purposes Trusts Regulations 2010
Local Government Act 1989*
- Local Government (Electoral) Regulations 2016
- Local Government (Planning and Reporting) Regulations 2014
- Local Government (General) Regulations 2015
- Local Government (Long Service Leave) Regulations 2012
Local Government (Brimbank City Council) Act 2009
Local Government (Rural City of Wangaratta) Act 2013
Municipal Association Act 1907
Municipalities Assistance Act 1973
Prahran Mechanics’ Institute Act 1899
Victoria Grants Commission Act 1976
Urban Renewal Authority Victoria Act 2003
Planning
Architects Act 1991
- Architects Regulations 2015
Building Act 1993
- Building Regulations 2006
- Plumbing Regulations 2008
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
City of Greater Geelong Act 1993*
Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2013
Electronic Conveyancing National Law (Victoria)
Environment Effects Act 1987
Geographic Place Names Act 1998
Heritage Act 1995
- Heritage (General) Regulations 2015
- Heritage (Historic Shipwrecks) Regulations 2007
- Heritage (Infringement Notice) Regulations 2012
Instruments Act 1958*
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 2010
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
*This Act is not solely administered by DELWP. Parts of this Act may be administered by another portfolio agency. For more detail on the allocation of responsibility for the administration of Acts of Parliament to ministers refer to the Victorian Government General Order.
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: 26/02/19