New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES ACT 2003 - SECT 20

20 Contents of draft plans

(1) A draft catchment action plan of an authority must include the following:

(a) the results that are expected to be achieved by the implementation of the plan and the time frames for achieving those results,

(b) for the purposes of annual implementation programs, the priorities for the funding or carrying out of catchment activities in the area of operations of the authority,

(c) any other matter that the Minister may direct to be included in the plan.

(1A) A draft plan:

(a) may also include provisions that relate to water quality or other non-regulatory water management issues, and

(b) must include any provisions relating to environmental water functions that are required by section 30A.

(2) In formulating a draft plan, the authority is to have regard to:

(a) the provisions of any environmental planning instrument under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979 that applies to land within its area of operations, and

(b) other existing natural resource management plans (including any such plans in the course of preparation) for its area of operations, and

(c) the need for the plan to comply with any State-wide natural resource management standards and to promote any such State-wide targets.

Note: Section 23 (2) provides that the Minister is not to approve a draft plan unless it complies with State-wide natural resource management standards, and promotes the achievement of State-wide targets, so far as they relate to the area of operations of the relevant authority.