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CLIMATE CHANGE ACT 2017 (NO. 5 OF 2017) - SECT 35

Content of adaptation action plan

    (1)     An adaptation action plan must include—

        (a)     a statement of the roles and responsibilities of the Government of Victoria and other governments, persons and bodies in relation to the relevant system; and

        (b)     an assessment, in relation to the relevant system, of the extent to which existing policies of the Government of Victoria address the statement of priorities of a climate change strategy; and

        (c)     if identified under the assessment referred to in paragraph (b), a list of further actions over the next 5 years that could address the statement of priorities of a climate change strategy.

    (2)     In addition to subsection (1), an adaptation action plan may include—

        (a)     a summary of any other climate change implications for the relevant system, including risks or vulnerabilities not included in the statement of priorities, and any possible actions to address those implications; or

        (b)     information about any other proposals from any person or body, including the business sector or wider community, that relate to adaptation of the relevant system that the nominated Minister considers relevant; or

        (c)     any other data relied on in the development of the plan that the nominated Minister considers relevant; or

        (d)     any other information the nominated Minister considers necessary.

    (3)     The nominated Minister must ensure that an adaptation action plan includes a report on the implementation and effectiveness, as at the time the plan is prepared, of any previous adaptation action plan prepared by that Minister.



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