Victorian Consolidated Legislation

National Parks Act 1975 - SECT 32N

Restricted areas in designated water supply catchment areas

32N. Restricted areas in designated water supply catchment areas



(1) The Minister may by notice published in the Government Gazette, prohibit,
regulate or control access of persons to that part of a designated water
supply catchment area that is specified in the notice.

(2) The Minister must not make a notice under subsection (1) unless-

   (a)  the Minister is of the opinion that it is necessary to do so to
        prevent access of persons to that part of the designated water supply
        catchment area for the purposes of-

   (i)  protecting that area for the purposes of water supply; or

   (ii) maintaining the water quality of and otherwise protecting the water
        resources of that area; and

   (b)  the Minister has, before doing so, consulted the Minister responsible
        for the managing water authority for that area.

(3) A notice under subsection (1)-

   (a)  may be general or of limited application; and

   (b)  takes effect from the date of publication in the Government Gazette or
        from any later date specified in the notice; and



   (c)  in the absence of a date specified in the notice, continues to have
        effect until 90 days after publication of the notice in the Government
        Gazette; and

   (d)  may not provide that it continues to have effect for any period
        exceeding 12 months.

(4) As soon as possible after publication of the notice in the Government
Gazette, the Minister must publish a notice in a newspaper circulating
generally in the area likely to be affected by the notice stating that he or
she has published the notice.

(5) Part 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994 applies to a notice under
this section as if that notice were a statutory rule within the meaning of
that Act that had been laid before Parliament on the day on which the notice
was published in the Government Gazette.

(6) A person must comply with a notice under this section.

Penalty: 20 penalty units.