68Authority is committee of management

68 Authority is committee of management

(1) On the commencement day, the Authority is taken to be the committee of management appointed under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 in respect of land referred to in subsection (2).

(2) The Minister may by Order published in the Government Gazette declare an area of land reserved under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 to be initial Great Ocean Road land.

(3) The Minister may only make a declaration under subsection (2) if the Minister is satisfied that an old body is the committee of management appointed under the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 in respect of the land immediately before the making of the declaration.

(4) A declaration under this section must identify the land to which it applies by reference to a numbered plan lodged in the Central Plan Office.

(5) On the appointment of the Authority as committee of management of initial Great Ocean Road land the old bodies cease to be the committees of management in respect of that land.