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Water Act 1989
171KObligations of certain water corporations in relation to the Great Ocean Road region
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171K Obligations of certain water corporations in relation to the Great Ocean Road region
(1) The Barwon Region Water Corporation, Gippsland and Southern Rural Water Corporation or Wannon Region Water Corporation, 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 Barwon Region Water Corporation, Gippsland and Southern Rural Water Corporation or Wannon Region Water Corporation (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 Barwon Region Water Corporation, Gippsland and Southern Rural Water Corporation or Wannon Region Water Corporation (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 Barwon Region Water Corporation, Gippsland and Southern Rural Water Corporation or Wannon Region Water Corporation (as the case requires) in relation to a declared project within the meaning of the **Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009**.