Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 84AAA

In this Part—

"land manager", in relation to specified Crown land, means—

        (a)     if responsibility for the management of the land is given by an Act to a person, that person; or

        (b)     if responsibility for the management of the land is not given by an Act to a person, the Minister administering the Act under which the land is managed;

"levee" means a mound or bank (whether or not on a waterway) constructed primarily of earth, stone or gravel, the purpose of which is to obstruct or deflect the flow of water over the surface of land;

"maintenance", in relation to a levee, includes reconstruction of a part of the levee;

"specified Crown land" means land that is—

        (a)     reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 ; or

        (b)     reserved forest within the meaning of the Forests Act 1958 ; or

        (c)     unreserved Crown land under the Land Act 1958 ; or

        (d)     described in Schedule Two, Two B, Three or Four to the National Parks Act 1975 other than—

              (i)     a wilderness zone (within the meaning of that Act); or

              (ii)     a remote and natural area (within the meaning of that Act); or

              (iii)     a designated water supply catchment area (within the meaning of that Act); or

        (e)     a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve within the meaning of the Wildlife Act 1975 —

but does not include—

        (f)     a natural catchment area within the meaning of the Heritage Rivers Act 1992 ; or

        (g)     an area proclaimed to be a reference area under the Reference Areas Act 1978 .

Division 2—Authority conferred by permits

S. 84AAB inserted by No. 53/2014 s. 4.