Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 124B

    (1)     A Catchment Management Authority, when performing a function or duty or exercising a power under this Act in relation to a declared area—

        (a)     must not act inconsistently with any part of a Statement of Planning Policy that is expressed to be binding on the Catchment Management Authority; and

        (b)     must have regard to those parts of the Statement of Planning Policy not expressed to be binding on the Catchment Management Authority; and

        (c)     must have regard to the principles set out in section 46AZL of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 .

S. 124B(2) substituted by No. 43/2021 s. 219(Sch.  1 item 14.2).

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to the performance of a function or the exercise of a power by a Catchment Management Authority 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. 124C inserted by No. 19/2020 s. 113.