Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) The Minister may determine that an area which is subject, or which is likely to be subject, to bushfires is a designated bushfire prone area.
(2) A determination under subregulation (1) must be published in the Government Gazette and takes effect on the later of—
(a) the day of publication; or
(b) any later day specified in the determination.
(3) The Minister must prepare a map that describes all areas that are designated from time to time as bushfire prone areas by a determination under subregulation (1).
Note
The map prepared for the purposes of this subregulation, including the map as
amended from time to time,
will be published on the Land Channel website
www.land.vic.gov.au.
(4) If the Minister alters a designated bushfire prone area or creates a new designated bushfire prone area in a determination under subregulation (1), the Minister must, as soon as practicable after making the determination, amend the map prepared under subregulation (3) to describe the altered designated bushfire prone area or the new designated bushfire prone area (as the case requires).
(5) The Minister must give a copy of any map prepared under this regulation to the Authority.
(6) The Minister must make a copy of any map given to the Authority under subregulation (5) available without charge for inspection by members of the public during normal office hours at the office of the Authority.
(7) The Minister must, as soon as practicable after preparing any map under this regulation, give a copy of the map to each council in relation to which a designated bushfire prone area described by the map is wholly or partially within the council's municipal district.
(8) A council must make a copy of the most recent map given to the council under subregulation (7) available for inspection by members of the public without charge during business hours at the office of that council.