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CATCHMENT AND LAND PROTECTION ACT 1994 - SCHEDULE 2

Schedule 2—Regional catchment strategies and special area plans

        1     Definitions

In this Schedule—

"management plan" means a regional catchment strategy or a special area plan.

        2     Preparing a management plan

Sch. 2 cl. 2(1) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(a)).

    (1)     An Authority may prepare a management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(2) amended by No. 48/2021 s. 117.

    (2)     A management plan must be prepared in accordance with any guidelines established by the Minister.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(3) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(b)).

    (3)     In preparing a management plan the Authority must consult with—

        (a)     any Minister or public authority whose interests the Authority considers are likely to be affected by the management plan; and

        (b)     land owners in the area affected by the plan; and

Sch. 2 cl. 2(3)(ba) inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 126(1).

        (ba)     a representative of any specified Aboriginal party for an area that is wholly or partly within the area affected by the management plan; and

        (c)     any other people whose interests the Authority considers are likely to be affected by the management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(4) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(c)).

    (4)     An Authority may comply with subclause (3)(b) and (c) by—

        (a)     making the management plan available for inspection by the public for at least 4 weeks after its preparation; and

        (b)     publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the area affected by the plan stating where and when the management plan can be inspected, and inviting public comment by a set date; and

        (c)     considering any comments made by the set date; and

        (d)     making any appropriate changes to the management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(4A) inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 126(2).

    (4A)     For the purposes of subclause (3)(ba), an Authority must give notice of the preparation of a management plan to each specified Aboriginal party for an area that is wholly or partly within the area affected by the management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(4B) inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 126(2).

    (4B)     A notice under subclause (4A) must—

        (a)     specify the location of the management plan; and

        (b)     invite submissions on the management plan to be made in the manner specified in the notice by the date specified in subclause (4)(c).

Sch. 2 cl. 2(5) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(d)).

    (5)     An Authority may take any other steps it thinks appropriate to involve the community in the preparation of a management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(6) inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 126(3).

    (6)     In preparing a management plan the Authority must take into account—

        (a)     any of the following agreements that are relevant to the area affected by the management plan—

              (i)     a recognition and settlement agreement and any further agreement to a recognition and settlement agreement;

              (ii)     an Aboriginal cultural heritage land management agreement within the meaning of the Aboriginal Heritage Act 2006 that is recorded on the Victorian Aboriginal Heritage Register under section 145 of that Act; and

        (b)     any determination of native title that native title exists in relation to the area affected by the management plan.

        3     Approval of plan

Sch. 2 cl. 3(1) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(e)).

    (1)     After complying with clause 2, an Authority must submit its management plan to the Minister for approval.

Sch. 2 cl. 3(2) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(f)).

    (2)     The Minister may approve or refuse to approve the management plan or return it to the Authority with any recommendations for change that the Minister thinks appropriate.

    (3)     Before approving the management plan the Minister must consult with any other Minister whose interests the Minister considers are likely to be affected by the management plan.

        4     Operation of plan

    (1)     The Minister must publish notice of approval of a management plan in the Government Gazette.

    (2)     The management plan comes into operation on the date that notice is published in the Government Gazette or on any later day stated in the plan.

        5     Plan to be available for inspection

    (1)     The Secretary must without delay give notice of the approval of a management plan to each Minister or public authority whose interests the Secretary considers are likely to be affected by the plan.

    (2)     The Secretary must make a management plan available for inspection by the public during normal office hours at places designated by the Secretary by notice published in the Government Gazette.

    (3)     On payment of a fee determined in accordance with the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 , a person may obtain from the Secretary a copy of or extract from a management plan.

        6     Amendment of plan

This Schedule applies to an amendment of a management plan in the same way as it does to a management plan.

        7     Revocation of plan

Sch. 2 cl. 7 amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(g)).

On the recommendation of the Authority of the region in which a management plan applies the Minister may, by order published in the Government Gazette, revoke the management plan.

Sch. 3
repealed by No. 74/2000 s. 3(Sch. 1 item 15.2).

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Sch. 4 amended by No. 52/1998
s. 311(Sch. 1 item 12.6), repealed by No. 85/2006 s. 159.

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