Water Act 1989

The Minister must appoint a consultative committee to advise the Minister on a review to be undertaken under section 22P.

The following provisions apply with respect to the membership of a consultative committee appointed under this section—

the Minister must make sure that, so far as it is possible—

all relevant interests are fairly represented on the committee;

the membership consists of persons who have knowledge or experience in the matters to be covered by the review;

the membership consists of persons who represent the community to which the review relates;

the membership consists of at least one Aboriginal person residing in Victoria who has knowledge or experience in the matters to be covered by the review;

at least one half of the membership must consist of persons, who are owners or occupiers of land in the area to which the review relates, appointed after consultation by the Minister with bodies representative of those persons;

any public statutory body which the Minister considers to be directly affected by the review must, after consultation with the Minister, be represented on the committee.

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