Victorian Consolidated Legislation

National Parks Act 1975 - SECT 10

National Parks Advisory Council

10. National Parks Advisory Council



(1) For the purposes of this Act, there is a National Parks Advisory Council
consisting of 10 members of whom-

   (a)  one is the Secretary or his or her nominee;

   (b)  one is the Director;

   (c)  eight are appointed by the Governor in Council of whom-

   (i)  two must be persons with skills or experience relating to the
        preservation and the protection of parks;

   (ii) one must be a person who is a professor or teacher of ecology, biology
        or earth science at a university in Victoria;

   (iii) one must be a person with experience in local government who resides
        in a municipality in which there is a park;

   (iv) four must be persons (at least two of whom reside outside the
        metropolitan area) with experience in matters affecting the interests
        of the community.

(2) In this section metropolitan area means-

   (a)  metropolitan area within the meaning of section 201 of the Melbourne
        and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1958 (as in force immediately
        before its repeal); or

   (b)  any area declared by the Governor in Council under subsection (3) to
        be the metropolitan area.

(3) The Governor in Council may, by Order published in the Government Gazette,
declare an area to be the metropolitan area for the purposes of this section.

(4) An Order made under subsection (3) may apply, adopt or incorporate any
matter contained in any document formulated, issued, prescribed or published
by any person, whether-

   (a)  wholly or partially or as amended by order or other instrument; or

   (b)  as formulated, issued, prescribed or published at the time the order
        is made or at any time before then.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to the incorporation of a map or plan of an
area of land unless the map or plan is lodged in the Central Plan Office of
the Department of Sustainability and Environment.