Victorian Numbered Acts

WATER AND CATCHMENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 23 OF 2019) - SECT 22

    (1)     After section 31(1)(a) of the Principal Act insert —

    "(ab)     give notice of the preparation of the draft management plan and a copy of the draft management plan to any specified Aboriginal party for an area that is wholly or partly within the area that is the subject of a declaration under section 27(1); and".

    (2)     After section 31(1) of the Principal Act insert —

    "(1AA)     A notice under subsection (1)(ab) must—

        (a)     invite submissions on the draft management plan to be made in the manner specified in the notice; and

        (b)     set a date by which submissions must be made, which must be a day not less than 35 days after the day on which the notice is issued.".

    (3)     At the foot of section 31 of the Principal Act insert —

" Note

The preparation of a draft management plan may be a land use activity under the Traditional Owner Settlement Act 2010 if it relates to public land to which a land use activity agreement under that Act applies.".