South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts26—Substitution of sections 40 to 42
Sections 40 to 42 (inclusive)—delete the sections and substitute:
40—Granting of leases and corresponding licences in circumstances of emergency
(1) The Minister may grant an emergency lease in an area to which this Part applies, on his or her own initiative or on the application of the holder of a pilot lease, production lease or research lease, if the Minister is satisfied that circumstances of emergency exist such that the granting of the lease is warranted for the protection of the environment or the preservation of endangered aquaculture stock.
(2) An emergency lease may be granted in respect of an area within or outside an aquaculture zone, but may not be granted in respect of an area within an aquaculture exclusion zone.
(3) The Minister may grant a corresponding licence for an emergency lease containing specified conditions, on his or her own initiative or on application, without public notice of the application being published and without the matter being referred to the EPA.