14Appointment of committees of management

14 Appointment of committees of management

(1) Where any land has been permanently reserved under this Act for the purposes of a public park or garden or for the recreation convenience or amusement of the people and has been granted to trustees or jointly to the Minister and trustees the Governor in Council may on the application of the trustees or of the Minister and the trustees (as the case may be) appoint a committee of management thereof and may at any time on a similar application revoke any such appointment or remove any person appointed as a member of the committee.

(2) Where any land has been reserved either temporarily or permanently under this Act and has not been granted to trustees the Minister may appoint a committee of management thereof and may at any time revoke any such appointment or remove any person appointed as a member of the committee.

(3) An appointment under subsection (1) or (2) may be subject to such conditions and shall be for such term as the Governor in Council or the Minister (as the case may be) determines in any particular case.

(4) A committee of management appointed under subsection (1) or (2) may consist of—

(a) any three or more persons;

S. 14(4)(b) substituted by No. 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item 21.2), amended by No. 58/2010 s. 46(1).

(b) a Council;

S. 14(4)(c) amended by No. 10187 s. 64, substituted by Nos 121/1994 s. 207(1), 17/2012 s. 84(1).

(c) a metropolitan water corporation within the meaning of the Water Act 1989;

S. 14(4)(ca) inserted by No. 121/1994 s. 207(1).

(ca) Melbourne Water Corporation;

S. 14(4)(cb) inserted by No. 121/1994 s. 207(1), substituted by Nos 66/2000 s. 49, 19/2018 s. 87.

(cb) Parks Victoria, and the Parks Victoria Minister must first approve the appointment if the Parks Victoria Minister is different from the Minister administering this section;

S. 14(4)(d) repealed by No. 90/2009 s. 18(1),
new s. 14(4)(d) inserted by No. 19/2020 s. 85.

(d) the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority, and the Minister administering the Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Act 2020 must first approve the appointment if the Minister administering the Great Ocean Road and Environs Protection Act 2020 is different from the Minister administering this section;

(e) any board, committee, commission, trust or other body corporate or unincorporate established by or under any Act for any public purpose;

S. 14(4)(f) substituted by Nos 9699 s. 23, 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 27).

(f) a company within the meaning of the Corporations Act that—