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the appointment if the Parks Victoria Minister is different from the Minister administering this section; S. 14(4)(d) repealed by No. 90/2009 s. 18(1), new s. 14(4)(d) inserted by No. 19/2020 s. 85.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— (i) is taken to be registered in Victoria; and (ii) is registered under section 150, or has a licence in force under section 151, of that Act; (g) any combination of such persons and bodies. S. 14(5) amended by No. 47/2025 s. 15(1). (5) The Governor in Council or the Minister (as the case may be) may if the Governor in Council or the Minister thinks fit appoint as chairperson of a committee of management (not being a body corporate) appointed under subsection (1) or (2) any member of that committee for the time being in office. S. 14(6) amended by No. 47/2025 s. 15(2). (6) In any case where the Governor in Council or the Minister (as the case may be) has not appointed a chairperson of a committee of management pursuant to subsection (5) the committee may itself appoint as chairperson a member of the committee for the time being in office. S. 14(7) amended by No. 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 21.3, 21.4), repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 21.2). S. 14(8) amended by No. 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 21.5, 21.6), substituted by No. 58/2010 s. 46(2), repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 21.2). S. 14(8A) inserted by No. 58/2010 s. 46(2), repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 21.2). S. 14(9) amended by No. 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 items 21.7, 21.8), substituted by No. 58/2010 s. 46(2), repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 21.2). S. 14(9A) inserted by No. 58/2010 s. 46(2), repealed by No. 9/2020 s. 390(Sch. 1 item 21.2). S. 14(10) inserted by No. 10144 s. 5(1). (10) Without limiting the generality of section 2, every appointment of a committee of management made or purported to be made under the **Land Act 1958** or any corresponding previous enactment or under the **Carlton (Recreation Ground) Land Act 1966** or the **North Melbourne Lands Act 1966** that is in force immediately before the commencement of this Act— (a) in the case where the committee was a committee of management of land granted to trustees or jointly to the Minister and trustees, shall be deemed to have been made under subsection (1); or (b) in the case where the committee was a committee of management of land not being land granted to trustees, shall be deemed to have been made under subsection (2). S. 14A inserted by No. 9551 s. 4.