New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 387

387 Expert advisory panels

(1) The Minister may appoint expert advisory panels for the purpose of this Act.

(2) An expert advisory panel is to consist of such persons as, in the opinion of the Minister, have the qualifications and expertise appropriate to the matters proposed to be referred to it.

(3) An expert advisory panel has the function of investigating, and reporting to the Minister on, such of the following matters as are referred to it for investigation and report:

(a) any State Water Management Outcomes Plan to be established under section 6,

(b) the terms of reference to be set by the Minister under section 15 for the preparation of a draft management plan,

(c) the adequacy and appropriateness of the provisions of a draft management plan submitted to the Minister under section 37 or 40,

(d) the effectiveness, in relation to the furthering of the water sharing principles, of any bulk access regime established by a management plan to be made by the Minister under section 41,

(e) any management plan in respect of which a review is being carried out under section 43,

(f) any implementation program to be established under section 51.