Melbourne Strategic Assessment (Environment Mitigation Levy) Act 2020

There must be paid out of the Melbourne Strategic Assessment Fund amounts authorised by the Secretary, with the approval of the Minister, to be used for the following purposes—

the acquisition of land, the management of land, and the carrying out of other activities on land, for the conservation of—

Grassy Eucalypt Woodland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain; and

Natural Temperate Grassland of the Victorian Volcanic Plain;

the acquisition of land, the management of land, and the carrying out of other activities in conservation areas, for the conservation of native vegetation or matters of national environmental significance;

the carrying out of prescribed activities for the conservation of—

native vegetation; or

prescribed matters of national environmental significance;

costs and expenses that are associated with the purposes mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c).

There must also be paid out of the Fund—

amounts authorised by the Secretary, with the approval of the Minister, for the payment of costs and expenses incurred—

in administering this Act; and

in monitoring and reporting on the financial operations and financial position of the Fund; and

amounts authorised by the Secretary for the payment of refunds and interest on refunds under Part 4 or the remission of interest under that Part.

In this section—