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NATIONAL PARKS ACT 1975 - SECT 20A

Obligations of Secretary and Parks Victoria in relation to Yarra River land

S. 20A(1) amended by No. 19/2018 s. 172(2).

    (1)     The Secretary or Parks Victoria

S. 20A(1)(a) amended by No. 19/2018 s. 172(2).

        (a)     must not act inconsistently with any part of a Yarra Strategic Plan that is expressed to be binding on the Secretary or Parks Victoria when performing a function or duty or exercising a power under this Act in relation to Yarra River land; and

S. 20A(1)(b) amended by No. 19/2018 s. 172(2).

        (b)     must have regard to the Yarra protection principles, and those parts of a Yarra Strategic Plan not expressed to be binding on the Secretary or Parks Victoria, when performing a function or duty or exercising a power under this Act in relation to the Yarra Strategic Plan area that may affect Yarra River land.

S. 20A(2) amended by No. 19/2018 s. 172(2), substituted by No. 43/2021 s. 219(Sch.  1 item 8.1).

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to the performance of a function or the exercise of a power by the Secretary or Parks Victoria in relation to—

        (a)     a declared project within the meaning of the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009 ; or

        (b)     a Suburban Rail Loop project within the meaning of the Suburban Rail Loop Act 2021 .

S. 20B (Heading) amended by Nos 40/2020 s. 71(1), 42/2021 s. 113(1).

S. 20B inserted by No. 17/2018 s. 19.



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