Heritage Act 2017

On completion of a draft World Heritage Management Plan for a listed place, the Steering Committee for that place must cause a notice of the draft plan to be published—

in a newspaper circulating generally in the area in which the listed place is located; and

in a daily newspaper circulating generally throughout Victoria.

A notice under subsection (1) must state—

the Steering Committee's intention to submit the draft World Heritage Management Plan to the Minister for approval; and

if the Executive Director intends to make a copy of the draft plan available in person in accordance with the requirements set out in section 254B, the place at which any person may inspect the draft plan; and

if the Executive Director intends to make a copy of the draft plan available electronically and on request in accordance with the requirements set out in sections 254C and 254D—

the address of the Department's website at which a copy of the draft plan is published; and

the Department's contact details for making a request to inspect a copy of the draft plan; and

the submission date for the draft plan, being at least 60 days after the date of the notice; and

that any person may make a written submission to the Steering Committee on the draft plan on or before that submission date.

During the inspection period, the Executive Director must make an up to date copy of a draft World Heritage Management Plan available in accordance with the public availability requirements.

In calculating a period of time under this section, the period from 24 December to 9 January next following is excluded.

In this section—

beginning on the day notice of the preparation of the draft World Heritage Management Plan is published under subsection (1)(a) or (b), whichever is earlier; and

ending on the submission date for the draft plan.