Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) In preparing a draft Sustainable Water Strategy, the Minister must—
(a) consult with the consultative committee appointed by the Minister under section 22D;
S. 22E(1)(b) substituted by No. 23/2019 s. 11(1).
(b) give notice of the preparation of the Strategy to—
(i) any Authority whose interests the Minister considers are likely to be affected by the Strategy; and
(ii) each specified Aboriginal party for an area that is wholly or partly within the region for which the Strategy is being prepared;
(c) publish notice of the undertaking of the strategy and the preparation of the Strategy in a local newspaper circulating generally in the area to which the Strategy applies;
(d) make the draft Strategy available for inspection by the public for at least 2 months after its preparation;
(e) publish a notice in a newspaper circulating generally in the State and in a local newspaper circulating generally in the region which will be affected by the Strategy stating where and when the draft Strategy can be inspected and inviting public comment by a set date;
(f) consider any comments made by the set date;
(g) consider any comments of any panel appointed under section 22F ;
(h) make any appropriate changes to the draft Strategy.
S. 22E(2) inserted by No. 23/2019 s. 11(2).
(2) The set date in a notice under subsection (1)(e) must be a day not less than 35 days after the day on which the notice is published.
S. 22F inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 11.