Victorian Numbered Acts

YARRA RIVER PROTECTION (WILIP-GIN BIRRARUNG MURRON) ACT 2017 (NO. 49 OF 2017) - SECT 80

After section 3F of the Local Government Act 1989 insert —

        " 3G     Obligations of Council in relation to Yarra River land

    (1)     A Council that is a responsible public entity within the meaning of the Yarra River Protection (Wilip-gin Birrarung murron) Act 2017 —

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

        (b)     must have regard to the Yarra protection principles, and those parts of a Yarra Strategic Plan not expressed to be binding on the Council, 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.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply to the performance of a function or the exercise of a power by a Council in relation to a declared project within the meaning of the Major Transport Projects Facilitation Act 2009 .".

Division 7—Amendment of National Parks Act 1975