Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The Minister may make a declaration in respect of an environmental entitlement to apply water in a water system, authorising the application of water available to be applied under any water allocation for the environmental entitlement in a subsequent water season.
(2) A declaration under subsection (1) may apply to—
(a) environmental entitlements in a water system or part of a water system; or
(b) a class or classes of environmental entitlements in a water system or part of a water system.
(3) Any application of water under a declaration of the Minister under subsection (1) is subject to—
(a) the terms and conditions of the environmental entitlement to which the water allocation applies; and
(b) any terms and conditions specified by the Minister in the declaration.
(4) The Minister must cause notice of the making of a declaration under subsection (1) to be—
(a) published in the Government Gazette; and
(b) in a newspaper circulating generally in the area to which the declaration applies.
(5) A declaration under subsection (1) has effect on the publication of notice of the making of the declaration in the Government Gazette.
S. 48N inserted by No. 99/2005 s. 24.