Victorian Current Acts

CATCHMENT AND LAND PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SECT 15

    (1)     Each Catchment Management Authority must have a board consisting of—

        (a)     a chairperson; and

        (b)     not less than 5 and not more than 8 other members—

appointed by the Minister, after consultation with the Minister administering the Water Act 1989 and the Minister administering the Agricultural Industry Development Act 1990 .

    (2)     The board of each Authority must consist of persons with experience and knowledge of one or more of the following—

        (a)     land management;

        (b)     water resources management and the water industry;

        (c)     waterway management;

        (d)     environment or natural resources management;

        (e)     primary industry;

        (f)     strategic or business planning;

        (g)     financial management.

S. 15(3) substituted by No. 48/2021 s. 137.

    (3)     More than one half of the members of the board of each Catchment Management Authority must be persons whose principal occupation is—

        (a)     primary production; or

        (b)     providing advice about primary production; or

        (c)     engaging in research about primary production.

New s. 16 inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 151.