The general functions of the Commissioner shall include ¾

(a) the prevention and mitigation of land degradation;

(b) the promotion of soil conservation;

(c) the encouragement of landholders and the public generally to utilise land in such a manner as will tend towards the prevention and mitigation of land degradation and the promotion of soil conservation; and

(d) the education of landholders and the public generally in the objects and practice of soil conservation.

[Section 13 inserted by No. 42 of 1982 s. 16.]