62QAppointment of Authority as land manager

62Q Appointment of Authority as land manager

(1) Subject to subsection (4), on the recommendation of the Minister and the Minister administering a relevant land management Act, the Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may appoint the Authority as the body that controls and manages any Crown land within the Great Ocean Road coast and parks described in the Order.

(2) On 1 November 2025, the Authority becomes the body that controls and manages any Crown land referred to in Schedule 1 for which the Authority has not been appointed as the body that controls and manages that land, before that date, by—

(a) an order under subsection (1); or

(b) an order under section 16C(1) of the National Parks Act 1975.

(3) If the Authority becomes the body that controls and manages Crown land under subsection (2), on and from 1 November 2025—

(a) the Authority is taken to control and manage that land; and

(b) if an entity other than the Authority was the committee of management for that land immediately before 1 November 2025—

(i) that entity is taken to no longer be the committee of management for that land; and

(ii) the Authority is taken to be appointed as the committee of management for that land.

The Authority may have been appointed committee of management under section 14 of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978, or be taken to be the committee of management for land under section 68, for land referred to in Schedule 1.

(4) Subject to subsection (5), the Governor in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may amend a description of Crown land in Schedule 1.

(5) The Minister must not recommend to the Governor in Council that an Order made under subsection (1) or a description of Crown land in Schedule 1 be amended unless—

(a) the Minister has given the Authority written notice of the proposed amendment; and

(b) the Minister considered any written submissions about the proposed amendment made by the Authority—

(i) within 60 days after notice was given under paragraph (a); or

(ii) any longer period agreed to by the Authority and the Minister; or

(ii) any lesser period agreed to by the Authority; and

(c) the Minister administering the relevant land management Act consents to the proposed amendment.

(6) The Governor in Council, by Order published in the Government Gazette, may amend a description of Crown land in an Order made under subsection (1), or in Schedule 1, if a description of a reserve in the Fifth Schedule to the included in the Order is amended by an Act of Parliament.