Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered ActsAfter Division 1 of Part 3AA of the Planning and Environment Act 1987 insert —
The objects of this Division are—
(a) to recognise the importance of green wedge land; and
(b) to protect, enhance and promote non‑urban values and non‑urban uses of green wedge land, and to give primacy to those values and uses; and
(c) to enable strategic planning for and management of green wedge land; and
(d) to provide for the beneficial use of green wedge land that contributes to the sustainability, prosperity, health and wellbeing of Victorians; and
(e) to support primary production on green wedge land and to enable its growth by preventing incompatible uses and development; and
(f) to manage threats of land use change that would detract from non‑urban values and non‑urban uses of green wedge land; and
(g) to recognise the connection and stewardship of traditional owners in relation to land that is green wedge land.
(1) A municipal council referred to in section 46AA must prepare a plan to manage green wedge land within its municipal district.
(2) A municipal council must prepare a green wedge management plan in accordance with any directions issued by the Minister under section 46AEA.
(3) On completing a green wedge management plan, the municipal council must give the Minister a copy of the plan.
The Minister may issue directions in relation to the preparation and content of green wedge management plans.
The Minister may require a municipal council referred to in section 46AA to prepare a revised green wedge management plan if 10 years have elapsed since the council gave the Minister a copy of its green wedge management plan under section 46AE(3).
The Minister, by notice published in the Government Gazette, may declare that a municipal council referred to in section 46AA is exempt from section 46AE(1).".
Division 2—Amendments in relation to distinctive areas and landscapes