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NATIONAL PARKS ACT 1975 - SECT 19B

Parks Victoria to manage reserved land

S. 19B(1) amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 9), 50/2002 s. 4(2), 19/2018 s. 166(2).

    (1)     Where any land temporarily or permanently reserved under section 4 of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 is placed under the control and management of Parks Victoria pursuant to section 18 of that Act Parks Victoria shall control manage and use the land for the purposes for which it is reserved.

Note to s. 19B(1) inserted by No. 19/2018 s. 166(3).

Note

See section 67I of the Conservation, Forests and Lands Act 1987 for a transitional provision relating to section 18(1) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 .

S. 19B(2) amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 9), 19/2018 s. 166(4).

    (2)     For the purposes of this section Parks Victoria shall be deemed to have the same powers functions and duties as a committee of management under section 15(1) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 .

S. 19B(3) amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 9), 19/2018 s. 166(5).

    (3)     Despite subsections (1) and (2), where land is subject to an accepted recommendation, Parks Victoria may give effect to that accepted recommendation even if the accepted recommendation conflicts with the purposes for which the land is reserved.

S. 19B(4) amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 9), 19/2018 s. 166(4).

    (4)     The Governor in Council may on the recommendation of Parks Victoria make regulations for and with respect to any of the matters referred to in subparagraphs (ii) to (xi) of  section 13(1) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 in relation to the land as if—

S. 19B(4)(a) amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 9), 19/2018 s. 166(4).

        (a)     any reference in that section to a committee of management were a reference to Parks Victoria; and

        (b)     any reference in that section to the land were a reference to land under this section.

S. 19B(5) inserted by No. 9570 s. 5, amended by Nos 51/2016 s. 14(1), 19/2018 s. 166(6).

    (5)     Subsections (2A), (3A), (7) and (8) of section 13 of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 apply to regulations made under subsection (4) of this section as if they had been made under section 13(1) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act   1978 and as if the reference in subsection (8) to officers and servants employed by the committee of management or the trustee of any land was a reference to employees of Parks Victoria.

Note to s. 19B(5) inserted by No. 51/2016 s. 14(2).

Note

See section 34 of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 for transitional provisions relating to penalties.

S. 19B(6) inserted by No. 38/1989
s. 20, amended by Nos 70/1998 s. 14(Sch. item 9), 50/2002 s. 4(4), 19/2018 s. 166(4).

    (6)     Despite section 18(2) of the Crown Land (Reserves) Act 1978 , regulations made under section 13 of that Act continue to apply to land placed under the control and management of Parks Victoria under section 18 of that Act until regulations are made under subsection (4).

S. 19B(7) inserted by No. 38/1989 s. 20.

    (7)     A reference to an authorised officer in regulations to which subsection (6) applies is to be taken to mean an authorised officer under this Act.

S. 19C inserted by No. 9570 s. 6.



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