90Application of Melbourne Strategic Assessment Fund

90 Application of Melbourne Strategic Assessment Fund

(1) There must be paid out of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment Fund amounts authorised by the Secretary, with the approval of the Minister, to be used for the following purposes—

(a) the acquisition of land, the management of land, and the carrying out of other activities on land, for the conservation of—

(i) Grassy Eucalypt Woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain; and

(ii) Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain;

(b) the acquisition of land, the management of land, and the carrying out of other activities in conservation areas, for the conservation of native vegetation or matters of national environmental significance;

(c) the carrying out of prescribed activities for the conservation of—

(i) native vegetation; or

(ii) prescribed matters of national environmental significance;

(d) costs and expenses that are associated with the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).

(2) There must also be paid out of the Fund—

(a) amounts authorised by the Secretary, with the approval of the Minister, for the payment of costs and expenses incurred—

(i) in administering this Act; and

(ii) in monitoring and reporting on the financial operations and financial position of the Fund; and

(b) amounts authorised by the Secretary for the payment of refunds and interest on refunds under Part 4 or the remission of interest under that Part.

(3) In this section—

Grassy Eucalypt Woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain means the ecological community included in the list of threatened ecological communities under section 181 of the EPBC Act described in the legislative instrument made under section 184(1)(a) of that Act, as then in force, and dated 18 June 2009;

Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain means the ecological community included in the list of threatened ecological communities under section 181 of the EPBC Act described in the legislative instrument made under section 184(1)(a) of that Act, as then in force, and dated 29 May 2008.