18Land manager to prepare management plans for reserves

18 Land manager to prepare management plans for reserves S. 18(1) amended by Nos 9505 s. 5(6)(a)(b)(ii), 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.17), 87/1997 item 11(a)), 19/2018 s. 230(2). (1) The land manager shall— (a) with respect to each wildlife reserve in existence at the commencement of this section, prepare a plan of management as soon as practicable after the commencement of this section; and S. 18(1)(b) amended by No. 9505 s. 5(6)(b)(i)(ii). (b) with respect to each State Wildlife Reserve constituted after the said commencement prepare a plan of management as soon as practicable after the constitution of the State Wildlife Reserve; and S. 18(1)(c) inserted by No. 9505 s. 5(6)(c), amended by Nos 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.17), 87/1997 item 11(a)), 19/2018 s. 230(2). (c) with respect to each Nature Reserve brought under the management and control of the land manager pursuant to section 14(b)(ii), prepare a plan of management as soon as practicable after the commencement of this subsection. S. 18(2) amended by Nos 41/1987 s. 103(Sch. 4 item 76.17), 87/1997 item 11(b)), 19/2018 s. 230(3). (2) The Minister may adopt a plan of management without alteration, or with such alterations as he thinks reasonable, or may refer the plan back to the land manager for further consideration. S. 18(3) amended by No. 9505 s. 5(6)(d). (3) Every plan of management when sanctioned by the Minister shall be the working plan for the State Wildlife Reserve or the Nature Reserve to which it relates. S. 18(4) amended by No. 9505 s. 5(6)(d). (4) A plan of management may be amended from time to time with the approval of the Minister and shall, as amended, thereafter be the plan of management of the State Wildlife Reserve or the Nature Reserve to which it relates. S. 18(4A) inserted by No. 19/2018 s. 230(4). (4A) A plan of management under this section may be included as part of a land management plan within the meaning of Division 4 of Part 3 of the **Parks Victoria Act 2018**. S. 18(5) inserted by No. 62/2010 s. 133. (5) In the case of any appointed land of a Traditional Owner Land Management Board, a plan of management under this section of any State Wildlife Reserve or Nature Reserve does not have effect if a joint management plan (within the meaning of the **Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987**) is in effect for that land. S. 18(6) inserted by No. 26/2018 s. 99. (6) On and after the preparation of a Marine and Coastal Strategy, the Secretary must ensure that a plan of management, to the extent that the plan applies to marine and coastal Crown land, is prepared having regard to the requirements for preparing a coastal and marine management plan in Division 1 of Part 7 of the **Marine and Coastal Act 2018**. S. 18(7) inserted by No. 26/2018 s. 99. (7) In this section— ***coastal and marine management plan*** has the same meaning as in the **Marine and Coastal Act 2018**; ***marine and coastal Crown land*** has the same meaning as in the **Marine and Coastal Act 2018**; S. 18(7) def. of *Marine and Coastal Strategy* amended by No. 22/2022 s. 195. ***Marine and Coastal Strategy*** has the same meaning as in the **Marine and Coastal Act 2018**. S. 18A inserted by No. 82/2009 s. 41, amended by No. 62/2010 s. 134, substituted by No. 19/2018 s. 231.