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Water Act 1989
124BObligations of Catchment Management Authorities in relation to declared areas
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124B Obligations of Catchment Management Authorities in relation to declared areas
(1) A Catchment Management Authority, when performing a function or duty or exercising a power under this Act in relation to a declared area—
(a) must not act inconsistently with any part of a Statement of Planning Policy that is expressed to be binding on the Catchment Management Authority; and
(b) must have regard to those parts of the Statement of Planning Policy not expressed to be binding on the Catchment Management Authority; and
(c) must have regard to the principles set out in section 46AZL of the **Planning and Environment Act 1987**.
S. 124B(2) substituted by No. 43/2021 s. 219(Sch. 1 item 14.2).
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the performance of a function or the exercise of a power by a Catchment Management Authority in relation to—
S. 124C inserted by No. 19/2020 s. 113.
124C Obligations of Corangamite Catchment Management Authority and Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority in relation to the Great Ocean Road region
(1) The Corangamite Catchment Management Authority or Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority, when performing a function or duty or exercising a power under this Act or any other Act—
(a) must not act inconsistently with any part of an approved Great Ocean Road strategic framework plan that is expressed to be binding on the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority or Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (as the case requires) in relation to the Great Ocean Road scenic landscapes area; and
(b) must have regard to the Great Ocean Road coast and parks protection principles in relation to the Great Ocean Road coast and parks; and
(c) must have regard to those parts of an approved Great Ocean Road strategic framework plan not expressed to be binding on the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority or Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (as the case requires) in relation to the Great Ocean Road region.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the performance of a function or the exercise of a power by the Corangamite Catchment Management Authority or Glenelg Hopkins Catchment Management Authority (as the case requires) in relation to a declared project within the meaning of the **Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009**.