Victorian Current Acts

WATER ACT 1989 - SECT 206

    (1)     As soon as practicable after an Order is published in the Government Gazette under section 205, the Authority that requested the making of the Order must—

        (a)     publish notice of the Order in a newspaper circulating generally in the area affected; and

        (b)     notify any council or public statutory body that functions in the area; and

S. 206(1)(c) amended by Nos 46/1998
s. 7(Sch. 1), 85/2006 s. 89.

        (c)     notify the Secretary to the Department and all responsible authorities under the Planning and Environment Act 1987 that are likely to be affected by the declaration; and

        (d)     notify the owners of land in the area.

    (2)     A responsible authority referred to in subsection (1)(c) must, in relation to any planning scheme, have regard to the particulars of the declaration.

    (3)     A council or other public statutory body that has power to do so must prevent land uses that are inconsistent with any identified flood hazards.