New South Wales Consolidated Acts

NATIONAL PARKS AND WILDLIFE ACT 1974 - SECT 74

74 Catchment areas and special areas--generally

(1) This section applies where--

(a) any lands reserved as a national park, historic site, state conservation area, regional park, nature reserve, karst conservation reserve or Aboriginal area or that comprise a wilderness area within the meaning of the Wilderness Act 1987 are wholly or partly within a catchment area or special area of a water authority, or

(b) the waters from any lands so reserved drain into a catchment area, special area or structure of a water authority.

(1A) This section does not apply to land referred to in subsection (1) (a) that is wholly or partly within a special area within the meaning of the Hunter Water Act 1991 .

(2) The Secretary (or, if a regional park is under the care, control and management of a local council, the council) must, before submitting to the Minister a plan of management for the national park, historic site, state conservation area, regional park, nature reserve, karst conservation reserve, Aboriginal area or wilderness area--

(a) refer the plan to the relevant water authority for its information, and

(b) also refer the plan to the Secretary of the Department of Industry, Skills and Regional Development if the relevant water authority is the Hunter Water Corporation, and

(c) also refer the plan to the Regulatory Authority (within the meaning of the Water NSW Act 2014 ) if the relevant water authority is Water NSW.

(3) The Minister must, before adopting the plan of management, consider any representations made by a person to whom or which the plan has been referred under subsection (2).

(4) In this section,
"water authority" means the Sydney Water Corporation, Water NSW, the Hunter Water Corporation or a water supply authority within the meaning of the Water Management Act 2000 .