Floodplain Management Plan for the Barwon-Darling Valley Floodplain 2017 (2017-328) (NSW)

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Floodplain Management Plan for the Barwon-Darling Valley Floodplain 2017

under the

Water Management Act 2000

I, NIALL BLAIR, the Minister for Regional Water, in pursuance of section 50 of the Water Management Act 2000, do, by this Order, make the following Minister's Plan for the Barwon- Darling Valley Floodplain.

Dated this 29" dayof June 2017.

NIALL BLAIR MLC Minister for Regional Water

Explanatory note This Order is made under section 50 of the Water Management Act 2000.

The object of this Order is to make the Floodplain Management Plan for the Barwon-Darling Valley Floodplain 2017. The concurrence of the Minister for the Environment was obtained prior to the

making of this Order.

Published LW 30 June 2017 (2017 No 328)

Floodplain Management Plan for the Barwon-Darling Valley Floodplain 2017

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