19CMinister may make management agreements with public authorities

19C Minister may make management agreements with public authorities S. 19C(1) amended by Nos 44/1986 s. 7, 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 10), 19/2018 s. 167, 42/2021 s. 110(1). (1) Where any land is vested in or controlled or managed by a public authority the Minister and the public authority may enter into an agreement for the management of the land by Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority as if it were part of a park specified in the agreement. (2) Where an agreement is in force under this section for the management of land— (a) the land shall, except as otherwise expressly provided in the agreement, be controlled and managed as if it were part of the park specified in the agreement; S. 19C(2)(b) amended by No. 10166 s. 10. (b) sections 9(2) and (3), 20, 21A, 36, 37, 38, 39, 41, 41A, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 47A, 47B, 47C and 48 and the regulations under this Act applying to the park shall have effect in and in respect of the land as if it were part of the park specified in the agreement; and S. 19C(2)(c) amended by Nos 38/1989 s. 9, 57/1995 s. 7, 45/2013 s. 6, 54/2015 s. 3. (c) such of sections 17A, 17B, 17C, 19G, 19K, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25A, 26, 26A, 33 and 40 as the agreement specifically provides shall have effect in and in respect of the land as if it were part of the park specified in the agreement; and S. 19C(2)(ca) inserted by No. 12/2016 s. 29. (ca) any or all of sections 141 to 149 of the **Land Act 1958**, as the agreement specifically provides, have effect in and in respect of the land as if the land were part of the park specified in the agreement; and S. 19C(2)(d) inserted by No. 57/1995 s. 7. (d) in the case of an agreement with respect to land which abuts a park in which there is a designated water supply catchment area, such of sections 32H, 32N and 38A as are specified in the agreement shall have effect with respect to the land as if it were part of the designated water supply catchment area specified in the agreement. S. 19C(3) inserted by No. 44/1986 s. 8, amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 10), 19/2018 s. 167, 42/2021 s. 110(2). (3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Act a public authority may by agreement under this section delegate to Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority any of the powers or functions imposed on the public authority by or under any Act. S. 19C(4) inserted by No. 44/1986 s. 8, amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 10), 19/2018 s. 167, 42/2021 s. 110(3). (4) A committee of management appointed under the **Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978** must not delegate any of its powers or functions under that Act in relation to any land in the agreement unless the agreement provides that Parks Victoria or the Great Ocean Road Coast and Parks Authority will undertake or carry out these powers and functions in a manner which is not detrimental to the purposes for which the land was reserved. S. 19D inserted by No. 9570 s. 6, amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 7, 19/2018 s. 168, 47/2025 s. 91.