Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Catchment and Land Protection Act 1994 - SECT 22

Transfer of management responsibility

22. Transfer of management responsibility



(1) A land owner may agree in writing with the lessee or an occupier of the
land or with any person having management or control of the land ("the new
land manager") that the new land manager will have sole responsibility for
carrying out, in relation to the land, a duty imposed by a relevant provision
on the land owner.

(2) While the agreement is in force, a relevant provision applies to the land
covered by the agreement as if it referred to the new land manager instead of
the land owner.

(3) The land owner and the new land manager may, by a further written
agreement, vary or terminate an agreement under subsection (1).

(4) If a special area plan exempts a land owner from a duty under a relevant
provision and places the duty on another person, the relevant provision
applies to that person in respect of that duty as if it referred to that
person instead of to a land owner.

(5) In this section, relevant provision means any provision of the following-

   (a)  Part 3;

   (b)  Division 3 of Part 4, other than section 34;

   (c)  Part 5, other than section 40;

   (d)  Part 5A;

   (e)  Division 2 of Part 8;

   (f)  Part 9.

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