{"id":"sr:catchment-and-land-protection-register-interests-regulations-2016","name":"Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016","slug":"catchment-and-land-protection-register-of-interests-regulations-2016","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"vic","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":181272,"registerId":"vic-sr:catchment-and-land-protection-register-interests-regulations-2016-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016","content":"Version No. 001\n\n**Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016**\n\n**S.R. No. 125/2016**\n\nVersion as at  \n23 October 2016\n\n**TABLE OF PROVISIONS**\n\n*Regulation Page*\n\n1 Objectives 1\n\n2 Authorising provision 1\n\n3 Commencement 1\n\n4 Revocation 1\n\n5 Definition 1\n\n6 Primary return 2\n\n7 Ordinary return 2\n\n8 Inspection of register of interests 2\n\nSchedule 1 3\n\nSchedule 2 4\n\nSchedule 3 5\n\n═══════════════\n\nEndnotes 6\n\n1 General information 6\n\n2 Table of Amendments 8\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation 9\n\n4 Explanatory details 10\n\n**Version No.** **001**\n\n**Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016**\n\n**S.R. No. 125/2016**\n\nVersion as at  \n23 October 2016\n\n\t1 Objectives\n\nThe objectives of these Regulations are—\n\n(a) to prescribe the form of returns under section 18K of the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**; and\n\n(b) to provide for applications to inspect the register of interests under section 18M of that Act.\n\n\t2 Authorising provision\n\nThese Regulations are made under section 95 of the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**.\n\n\t3 Commencement\n\nThese Regulations come into operation on 23 October 2016.\n\n\t4 Revocation\n\nThe Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2006[[1]](#endnote-1) are **revoked**.\n\n\t5 Definition\n\nIn these Regulations—\n\n***the Act*** means the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**.\n\n\t6 Primary return\n\nFor the purposes of section 18K(1) and (3) of the Act, the prescribed form of a primary return is the form set out in Schedule 1.\n\n\t7 Ordinary return\n\nFor the purposes of section 18K(4) of the Act, the prescribed form of an ordinary return is the form set out in Schedule 2.\n\n\t8 Inspection of register of interests\n\nFor the purposes of section 18M(2) of the Act, an application by a person to inspect the register is made in accordance with the regulations if it is made in the form set out in Schedule 3.\n\nSchedule 1\n\nRegulation 6\n\nPrimary Return\n\n(Surname) (Given names)\n\n(Name of Authority)\n\nDetails of registrable interests as at the date of this return—\n\n1. The name of any company or other body, corporate or unincorporate, in which you hold an office whether as a director or otherwise.\n\n2. The name or description of any company, partnership, association or other body in which you hold a beneficial interest exceeding $2000 in value.\n\n3. The address or description of any land in the region of the Authority or in a region which adjoins the Authority's region in which you hold any beneficial interest other than by way of security for any debt.\n\n4. A concise description of any trust in which you hold a beneficial interest or of which you are a trustee and in which a relative, as defined in section 18L(4) of the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**,  holds a beneficial interest.\n\n5. Any other substantial interest, whether of a pecuniary nature or not, of yours or of a relative, as defined in section 18L(4) of the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**, of which you are aware and which you ought reasonably to consider might appear to raise a material conflict between your private interest and your public duty as a member or nominated officer (as the case may be).\n\nSignature of person making return:\n\nSignature of witness:\n\nDate:\n\nSchedule 2\n\nRegulation 7\n\nOrdinary Return\n\n(Surname) (Given names)\n\n(Name of Authority)\n\nDetails of registrable interests in relation to the return period—\n\n1. The name of any company or other body, corporate or unincorporate, in which you held an office whether as a director or otherwise.\n\n2. The name or description of any company, partnership, association or other body in which you held a beneficial interest exceeding $2000 in value.\n\n3. The address or description of any land in the region of the Authority or in a region which adjoins the Authority's region in which you held any beneficial interest other than by way of security for any debt.\n\n4. A concise description of any trust in which you held a beneficial interest or of which you are a trustee and in which a relative, as defined in section 18L(4) of the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**, held a beneficial interest.\n\n5. Particulars of any gift of $2000 or more in value received by you from a person other than a relative, as defined in section 18L(4) of the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**.\n\n6. Any other substantial interest, whether of a pecuniary nature or not, of yours or of a relative, as defined in section 18L(4) of the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**, of which you are aware and which you ought reasonably to consider might appear to raise a material conflict between your private interest and your public duty as a member or nominated officer (as the case may be).\n\nSignature of person making return:\n\nSignature of witness:\n\nDate:\n\nSchedule 3\n\nRegulation 8\n\napplication to inspect register of interests\n\n(Surname) (Given names)\n\n(Address) (Postcode)\n\n(Telephone Number)\n\nI, the undersigned, apply under section 18M(2) of the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994, to the\n\n(Name of Catchment Management Authority)\n\nto inspect the register of interests the Authority maintains under section 18M(1) of that Act relating to:\n\n(Name(s) of person(s) whose return(s) is/are to be inspected) / /20\n\nfor the reason/s stated below:  \n\n\n(Signed) (Dated)\n\n═══════════════\n\nEndnotes\n\n1 General information\n\nSee [www.legislation.vic.gov.au](http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au) for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.\n\nThe Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016, S.R. No. 125/2016 were made on 11 October 2016 by the Governor in Council under section 95 of the **Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994**, No. 52/1994 and came into operation on 23 October 2016: regulation 3.\n\nThe Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 11 October 2026 (see section 5 of the **Subordinate Legislation Act 1994**).\n\nINTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)\n\nStyle changes\n\nSection 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.\n\nReferences to ILA s. 39B\n\nSidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression \"(1)\" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.\n\nInterpretation\n\nAs from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:\n\n• Headings\n\nAll headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nThis includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.  \nSee section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).\n\n• Examples, diagrams or notes\n\nAll examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).\n\n• Punctuation\n\nAll punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after  \n1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.  \nSee section 36(3B).\n\n• Provision numbers\n\nAll provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after  \n1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).\n\n• Location of \"legislative items\"\n\nA \"legislative item\" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.\n\n• Other material\n\nAny explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).\n\n2 Table of Amendments\n\nThere are no amendments made to the Catchment and Land Protection (Register of Interests) Regulations 2016 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.\n\n3 Amendments Not in Operation\n\nThere are no amendments which were Not in Operation at the date of this publication.\n\n4 Explanatory details\n\n1. Reg. 4: S.R. No. 151/2006. 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The text shows no substantive expansion or narrowing of functions beyond replacing the previous form prescriptions."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, prescriptive subject matter confined to form templates and an inspection application process (regs 6–8; Schedules 1–3).","Dependence on definitions and duties in the Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 (references to ss 18K, 18L(4), 18M) creates interpretive dependence on the primary Act.","Monetary thresholds ($2,000) in Schedules 1–2 require valuation judgment by filers (Schedules 1–2, items 2 and 5).","Signature and witness formalities increase procedural compliance steps (Schedules 1–2).","Inspection application asks for reasons, which interacts with administrative discretion under the Act when the Authority processes requests (Schedule 3; reg 8)."],"plain_english_summary":"The Regulations set the exact forms that members and nominated officers of Catchment Management Authorities must use to lodge primary and ordinary disclosure returns and to apply to inspect the register of interests (regs 6–8; Schedules 1–3), and they revoke the 2006 instrument (reg 4). Affected persons must declare specified companies, land, trusts and gifts over $2,000 and sign the returns; the Authority keeps the register and handles inspection applications under the Act (reg 8)."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly scoped to its original purpose of prescribing forms for interest disclosure and public inspection. The 2016 version is a direct replacement of the 2006 regulations with no expansion of substantive obligations — it merely updates the forms and continues the existing administrative framework."},"complexity_factors":["Only 8 regulations total, with 3 short schedules consisting entirely of blank forms","Single defined term ('the Act') in the interpretation section","No cross-references between operative provisions — each regulation stands alone","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Substantive content delegated entirely to schedules (forms), which are straightforward declarations","Legislative machinery limited to basic authorisation, commencement, and revocation provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this legislation does:**\n\nThese regulations set up the paperwork and procedures for a **conflict-of-interest disclosure system** for people serving on Victoria's Catchment Management Authorities (CMAs) — the government bodies that manage land and water resources in different regions.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n\n- **Members and nominated officers** of Catchment Management Authorities (essentially board members and senior staff)\n- **Members of the public** who want to inspect these disclosure statements\n\n**What it requires:**\n\nThe regulations create three forms:\n\n1. **Primary Return (Schedule 1):** A one-off disclosure form for new appointees, requiring details about:\n   - Company directorships or offices held\n   - Financial interests over $2,000 in companies or partnerships\n   - Land ownership in or near the CMA's region\n   - Trust interests (where you or a relative benefits)\n   - Any other interests that might conflict with public duty\n\n2. **Ordinary Return (Schedule 2):** An annual update that includes everything in the primary return **plus**:\n   - Gifts worth $2,000 or more received from non-relatives\n\n3. **Inspection Application (Schedule 3):** A form for any member of the public who wants to look at these disclosure statements, requiring them to state their reasons for the request.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n\nThese rules ensure transparency about potential conflicts of interest. If a CMA member owns land that might benefit from a funding decision, or holds shares in a company bidding for a water project, that information must be recorded and available for public scrutiny. This helps prevent decisions being made for private gain rather than public benefit.\n\nThe regulations replace earlier 2006 rules and will automatically expire in 2026 unless remade (a standard \"sunset clause\" for subordinate legislation)."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available content (which is largely version history metadata), there is no evidence that the scope of these regulations changed from their original intent. They appear to have been made and remain in force in their original form as a straightforward administrative instrument supporting the register established under the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Operates as subordinate legislation (regulations) under a parent Act, requiring understanding of both instruments together","Involves property law concepts (registered interests, obligations running with land) that can be unfamiliar to laypeople","Limited substantive content was provided — only version history metadata was available, preventing full analysis of operative provisions","Interaction with broader Victorian land title and conveyancing system adds a layer of practical complexity for property transactions"],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations establish how Victoria’s Catchment and Land Protection Register of Interests is run — what entries are recorded, who can access them, and how the register is maintained. They affect landowners, farmers, catchment authorities and anyone checking a property’s legal interests. The register can impose enforceable land‑use duties (like a caveat) that follow a property, and the provided document contains only version/administrative metadata, not full substantive rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/catchment-and-land-protection-register-of-interests-regulations-2016","history":"/api/acts/catchment-and-land-protection-register-of-interests-regulations-2016/history","analysis":"/api/acts/catchment-and-land-protection-register-of-interests-regulations-2016/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/catchment-and-land-protection-register-of-interests-regulations-2016/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/catchment-and-land-protection-register-of-interests-regulations-2016/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/catchment-and-land-protection-register-of-interests-regulations-2016/documents"}}