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#### 16 Management plans to be consistent with other instruments
16 Management plans to be consistent with other instruments
> > (1) A management plan must be consistent with—
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> > > (a) the State Water Management Outcomes Plan, and
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> > > (b) any State environmental planning policy under the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203), and
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> > > (c) any protection of the environment policy under the [Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1997-156), and
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> > > (d) any regulation under the [Water NSW Act 2014](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2014-074) or the [Googong Dam Catchment Area Act 1975](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1975-004), and
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> > > (e) State government policy, including State government policy in relation to the environmental objectives for water quality and river flow.
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> > (2) For the purposes of this section, State government policy includes such matters as are declared by the regulations to be State government policy.
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> **s 16:** Am 2008 No 69, Sch 1 \[1\]; 2014 No 74, Sch 3.43 \[1\].