South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears—
"development authorisation" has the same meaning as in the Development Act 1993 ;
"district" means the area defined as the McLaren Vale district by the plan deposited in the General Registry Office at Adelaide and numbered GP 3 of 2012 (being the plan as it exists on 26 June 2012);
"Planning Strategy" means the Planning Strategy under the Development Act 1993 ;
"relevant authority", in relation to a proposed development, means the body determined to be the relevant authority under the Development Act 1993 for the purpose of an application made under the Development Act 1993 in relation to the proposed development;
"relevant council" means a council whose area includes part of the district;
"residential development" means development primarily for residential purposes but does not include—
(a) the use of land for the purposes of a hotel or motel or to provide any other form of temporary residential accommodation for valuable consideration; or
(b) a dwelling for residential purposes on land used primarily for primary production purposes;
"rural area" means the area of the district not including townships;
"township" means an area marked as a township in the plan deposited in the General Registry Office at Adelaide and numbered GP 3 of 2012 (being the plan as it exists on 26 June 2012).
(2) A reference in this Act to the "special character" of the district is a reference to the identity and characteristics of the district and locations within the district, having regard to any relevant provisions of the Planning Strategy and the character values of the district.