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198 Application of Division
S. 198(1) amended by Nos 54/1992 s. 56(f), 121/1994 s. 190(17)(b), 66/2000 s. 30(1), substituted by No. 85/2006 s. 83.
(1) This Division applies to—
(a) Melbourne Water Corporation, in relation to Melbourne Water Corporation's waterway management district; and
(b) any other Authority to the extent that that Authority has a waterway management district to which the Minister declares that this Division applies.
S. 198(2) inserted by No. 121/1994 s. 190(17)(c), repealed by No. 66/2000 s. 30(2)*,* new s. 198(2) inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 83.
(2) A declaration under this section must be in writing and published in the Government Gazette.
S. 198(3) inserted by No. 85/2006 s. 83.
(3) Any declaration made by the Minister under this section as in force before the commencement of section 83 of the **Water (Governance) Act 2006**, being a declaration in force immediately before that commencement, is deemed, on and from that commencement, to be a declaration made by the Minister under this section as amended by section 83 of that Act.