Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Water Act 1989 - SECT 29

Consultative committee

29. Consultative committee



(1) If the Minister makes a declaration under section 27(1), the Minister must
appoint a consultative committee to prepare a draft management plan for the
area that is the subject of the declaration.

(2) The following provisions apply with respect to the membership of a
consultative committee appointed under this section-



   (a)  the Minister must make sure that, so far as is possible-

   (i)  all relevant interests are fairly represented on the committee;

   (ii) the membership consists of persons who have knowledge or experience in
        the matters to be covered in the management plan;

   (b)  at least one half of the membership must consist of persons who are
        owners or occupiers of land in the area concerned appointed after
        consultation by the Minister with bodies representative of those
        persons;

   (c)  any public statutory body which the Minister considers to be directly
        affected by the declaration must, after consultation by the Minister
        with it, be represented on the committee.

(3) Unless the area that is the subject of the declaration is wholly within an
urban area, the persons referred to in subsection (2)(b) must be farmers who
own or occupy farming land in the area, appointed by the Minister after
consultation with the Victorian Farmers Federation.

(4) Section 318(2) to (6) applies to a consultative committee appointed under
this section.