16AManagement agreements with Traditional Owner Land Management Boards

16A Management agreements with Traditional Owner Land Management Boards (1) The Secretary may enter into a management agreement with a Traditional Owner Land Management Board for or relating to— (a) the management of any land in a park that is appointed land of that Board; or (b) the carrying out of specified functions, powers or duties in relation to the management of any land in a park, that is appointed land of that Board. S. 16A(2) amended by No. 42/2021 s. 103(1). (2) The Secretary must consult with Parks Victoria, or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority for land managed under this Act that is controlled and managed by the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority, before entering into a management agreement under subsection (1). (3) In entering into a management agreement under subsection (1), the Secretary must have regard to any agreement entered into under Division 5 of Part 8A of the **Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987** in relation to the land. (4) If an agreement under subsection (1)— S. 16A(4)(a) amended by No. 42/2021 s. 103(2)(a). (a) provides for a Traditional Owner Land Management Board to manage any land in a park that would otherwise be managed by Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority under this Act or any other enactment, Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority (as the case may be) does not have power to manage that land, to the extent of the agreement; or S. 16A(4)(b) amended by No. 42/2021 s. 103(2)(b). (b) provides for a Traditional Owner Land Management Board to carry out any function, power or duty in relation to any land in a park that would otherwise be carried out by Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority, Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority (as the case may be) does not have power to carry out that function, power or duty, to the extent of the agreement. (5) Subsection (4) has effect despite any provision of this Act or any other enactment to the contrary. S. 16B inserted by No. 62/2010 s. 126.