Managing your pastoral lease
Emergency and recovery support
Find out what emergency and recovery support is available to support pastoral businesses and pastoral communities, including bushfire, drought, storms and floods, and COVID-19.
24 hour Drought Hotline: 1800 931 314
Email: PIRSA.drought@sa.gov.au
Managing pastoral leases
Pastoral lease holders (lessees) must follow good land management practices, prevent land degradation, and endeavour to improve the condition of the land.
Pastoral leases are granted by the Pastoral Board under conditions set in the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989.
Lessee responsibilities
Lessees are responsible for complying with the conditions of their pastoral lease, including:
- paying lease rent and associated costs
- complying with relevant legislation and regulations
- allowing people to access their lease who have a right of access
- pasturing only the species of animals detailed in their lease
- not exceeding the maximum number of stock detailed in their lease
- only using the land for pastoral purposes
- maintaining fencing to a stock-proof standard and maintaining stock watering points
- if required, closing sections of land (and allowing land access points to be closed or moved) to support rehabilitation
- submitting annual stock returns by 31 July each year
- complying with Pastoral Board notices.
For full details see Section 22 of the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989.
It is the duty of a lessee throughout the term of a pastoral lease:
- to manage the lease according to good land management practices
- to prevent degradation of the land
- to endeavour, within the limits of financial resources, to improve the condition of the land.
For full details see Section 7 of the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989.
More information
Contacts
Pastoral land lease assessments:
Phone (08) 8429 0365
Access rights to pastoral land:
Phone (08) 8648 5346
General enquiries
Pastoral Unit
Phone: (08) 8429 0333
Email: DEW.Pastoral@sa.gov.au
