Water Management Act 2000

The Minister may, by order in writing, establish a program for implementing a management plan or Minister’s plan (an implementation program).

Before establishing the first implementation program for a management plan, the Minister must consult with the management committee by which the plan was prepared.

An implementation program must set out the means by which the Minister intends that the objectives of the relevant management plan or Minister’s plan are to be achieved.

On establishing an implementation program, the Minister must ensure that—

notice of that fact is published in the authorised manner to persons in the area to which the program relates, and

copies of the program (as currently in force) are made available for inspection during normal office hours, free of charge, at suitable locations within the area.

The Minister is to ensure that the implementation program is reviewed each year for the purpose of determining whether the implementation program is effective in implementing the management plan or Minister’s plan to which it relates.

The results of each review under this section are to be included in the relevant annual reporting information prepared for the Department under the Government Sector Finance Act 2018.