Sch 2Regional catchment strategies and special area plans

Schedule 2—Regional catchment strategies and special area plans

1 Definitions

In this Schedule—

management plan means a regional catchment strategy or a special area plan.

2 Preparing a management plan

Sch. 2 cl. 2(1) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(a)).

(1) An Authority may prepare a management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(2) amended by No. 48/2021 s. 117.

(2) A management plan must be prepared in accordance with any guidelines established by the Minister.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(3) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(b)).

(3) In preparing a management plan the Authority must consult with—

(a) any Minister or public authority whose interests the Authority considers are likely to be affected by the management plan; and

(b) land owners in the area affected by the plan; and

Sch. 2 cl. 2(3)(ba) inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 126(1).

(ba) a representative of any specified Aboriginal party for an area that is wholly or partly within the area affected by the management plan; and

(c) any other people whose interests the Authority considers are likely to be affected by the management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(4) amended by No. 39/1998
s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(c)).

(4) An Authority may comply with subclause (3)(b) and (c) by—

(a) making the management plan available for inspection by the public for at least 4 weeks after its preparation; and

(b) publishing a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the area affected by the plan stating where and when the management plan can be inspected, and inviting public comment by a set date; and

(c) considering any comments made by the set date; and

(d) making any appropriate changes to the management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(4A) inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 126(2).

(4A) For the purposes of subclause (3)(ba), an Authority must give notice of the preparation of a management plan to each specified Aboriginal party for an area that is wholly or partly within the area affected by the management plan.

Sch. 2 cl. 2(4B) inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 126(2).

(4B) A notice under subclause (4A) must—

(a) specify the location of the management plan; and

(b) invite submissions on the management plan to be made in the manner specified in the notice by the date specified in subclause (4)(c).

Sch. 2 cl. 2(5) amended by No. 39/1998 s. 6(2)(Sch. 1 item 16(d)).