12Powers to enter into agreements and arrangements

12 Powers to enter into agreements and arrangements

(1) The Minister may enter into a written agreement with the Minister responsible for a Department or public authority for—

(a) the carrying out of works and undertakings in an alpine resort by the Department or authority which are of a kind ordinarily carried out by the Department or authority; or

(b) the provision of services in an alpine resort by the Department or authority which are of a kind ordinarily provided by the Department or authority.

S. 12(2) amended by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 4).

(2) In subsection (1), public authority does not include a municipal council within the meaning of the Local Government Act 2020.

S. 12(3) amended by No. 9/2022 s. 14(1).

(3) Where any land within the vicinity of an alpine resort is managed under a relevant law, Alpine Resorts Victoria may enter into a written agreement or written arrangement with the person or public authority who manages that land for the provision of cross country trail systems on the land and for the use of the systems for cross country skiing.

(4) An agreement or arrangement under subsection (3) may apply any section of this Act or any provision of the regulations made under this Act to the land which is the subject of the agreement or arrangement, and any section or provision which is so applied is applied with all the necessary modifications and any additional modifications or deletions that are specified in the agreement or arrangement.

S. 12(5) amended by No. 9/2022 s. 14(2).

(5) Despite anything to the contrary in any other Act, the person or public authority managing the land which is the subject of an agreement or arrangement under subsection (3) may, by that agreement or arrangement, delegate to Alpine Resorts Victoria any of the powers or functions imposed on the person or public authority by or under any Act.