143Land over which bee site licence may be granted

143 Land over which bee site licence may be granted (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may grant a bee site licence over the following land— (a) unreserved Crown land under this Act; (b) reserved Crown land under the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978**, except for land that is managed by— S. 143(1)(b)(i) amended by No. 42/2021 s. 95(1). (i) a committee of management that is not Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority; or (ii) a trustee; Note to s. 143(1)(b) amended by No. 42/2021 s. 95(2). Reserved Crown land under the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** includes land that is managed by Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority as committee of management. (c) reserved forest within the meaning of the **Forests Act 1958**; (d) the following land under the **National Parks Act 1975**— (i) a park within the meaning of that Act; S. 143(1)(d)(ii) amended by Nos 19/2018 s. 149(1), 42/2021 s. 95(3). (ii) land managed by Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority in accordance with a management agreement under section 16A, 19A or 19C of that Act, if the agreement specifically provides that any or all of sections 141 to 149 of this Act apply to that land; S. 143(1)(d)(iii) amended by Nos 19/2018 s. 149(1), 42/2021 s. 95(4). (iii) land leased by the Minister and managed by Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority in accordance with section 19E of that Act, if the lease specifically provides that any or all of sections 141 to 149 of this Act apply to that land; (iv) land ordered by the Governor in Council to be treated as a park under section 19F of that Act, if the land is specified in Schedule Four to that Act as being subject to any or all of sections 141 to 149 of this Act; (e) a State Wildlife Reserve or a Nature Reserve within the meaning of the **Wildlife Act 1975**. (2) The centre of a bee site licence area must not be located on, or within 800 metres of, any of the following land— (a) a wilderness park described in Schedule Two A to the **National Parks Act 1975**; (b) a wilderness zone described in Schedule Five to the **National Parks Act 1975**; (c) a natural catchment area described in Schedule 2 to the **Heritage Rivers Act** **1992**; (d) a reference area proclaimed under the **Reference Areas Act 1978**; S. 143(2)(e) substituted by No. 19/2018 s. 149(2). (e) land which is subject to an accepted recommendation— (i) that the land be a reference area under the **Reference Areas Act 1978**; and (ii) that has been wholly accepted by Government or partly accepted if that partial acceptance includes the recommendation that the land be a reference area. No. 3709 s. 135. S. 144 amended by Nos 96/1994 s. 33(c)(d), 10/2004 s. 15(Sch. 1 item 14.4), substituted by No. 12/2016 s. 16.