Victorian Current Acts

CONSERVATION, FORESTS AND LANDS ACT 1987 - SECT 33

S. 33(1) amended by No. 53/2017 s. 4(1).

    (1)     Subject to subsection (1A), the Minister must give notice of—

        (a)     any draft Code of Practice which the Minister proposes to make;

        (b)     any variation of a Code of Practice which the Minister proposes to make;

        (c)     any revocation of a Code of Practice which the Minister proposes to make.

S. 33(1A) inserted by No. 53/2017 s. 4(2).

    (1A)     The Minister is not required to give notice under subsection (1) if satisfied that the draft Code of Practice or proposed variation of a Code of Practice is of a fundamentally declaratory or machinery nature.

    (2)     A notice under subsection (1) must be published—

        (a)     in the Government Gazette; and

        (b)     in a newspaper circulating generally throughout the State.

    (3)     A notice under subsection (1) must—

        (a)     state where a copy of the draft Code of Practice, variation or revocation (as the case requires) may be obtained; and

S. 33(3)(b) amended by Nos 53/2017 s. 4(3), 38/2021 s. 25(1).

        (b)     state that submissions may be made to the Minister and that they must be made within such time (being not less than 28 days from the publication of the notice) as is specified in the notice.

S. 34 substituted by No. 48/2004 s. 128.