Victorian Consolidated Legislation

National Parks Act 1975 - SECT 27A

Agreement with electricity company

27A. Agreement with electricity company



(1) The Minister may enter into an agreement with an electricity company-

   (a)  to manage and control; or

   (b)  to carry out duties, functions and powers related to the company's
        purpose in-

any area that is used for the purposes of or in connection with the company's
purpose, being an area of a national park, State park or land referred to in
Schedule Three, other than land that is a wilderness zone or a remote and
natural area or a reference area under the Reference Areas Act 1978.

(2) An agreement under subsection (1)-

   (a)  must be in writing; and

   (b)  may be amended from time to time or terminated by further written
        agreement between the parties; and

   (c)  must contain provisions with respect to the protection and
        conservation of the land subject to the agreement.

(3) Despite subsection (1), an agreement under that subsection may apply to
the carrying out of duties, functions and powers related to the purpose of a
transmission company in a reference area to the extent to which they were so
carried out immediately before the commencement of section 29 of the
Electricity Industry (Further Miscellaneous Amendment) Act 1997.

(4) In this section-

electricity company means a transmission company or distribution company
within the meaning of the Electricity Industry Act 2000;

company's purpose means-

   (a)  in relation to an electricity company that is a transmission company,
        the transmission of electricity;

   (b)  in relation to an electricity company that is a distribution company,
        the distribution or supply of electricity.