South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 114

114—Refund of levies

        (1)         A regional NRM plan or the regulations may set out natural resources management practices designed to conserve, protect, maintain or improve the quality or state of natural resources of a specified kind that will form the basis of an application for a refund of the levy imposed under this Part.

        (2)         Without limiting subsection (1) , natural resources management practices may include—

            (a)         the establishment of, or participation in, a drainage scheme, or a scheme to restore or rehabilitate natural resources; or

            (b)         the establishment or maintenance of infrastructure, plant or equipment; or

            (c)         other initiatives.

        (3)         The plan or the regulations must specify the amount of the refund that may be applied for.

        (4)         A person who has undertaken or adopted practices referred to in subsection (1) in a financial year may apply for a refund of the whole or a part of a levy (or a component of a levy) under this Part paid by that person for that year.

        (5)         The application must be made to the relevant regional NRM board.

        (6)         A regional NRM board must grant an application under this section if the relevant criteria set out in the regional NRM plan or the regulations have been satisfied.

        (7)         Without limiting the criteria that may be used, a plan or regulations may specify accreditation by a specified body as the criterion or one of the criteria on which an application will be granted.

        (8)         An applicant may apply to the Minister for a review of a decision of a regional NRM board under this section.

        (9)         On the granting of an application, the relevant regional NRM board must pay to the applicant the amount of the refund applied for.

        (10)         The Minister may also grant a refund of, or an exemption from, the whole or a part of a levy (or a component of a levy)—

            (a)         as a condition of a water management authorisation; or

            (b)         under the terms of a management agreement under the River Murray Act 2003 ; or

            (c)         by notice in the Gazette.

        (11)         A refund under this section may be granted on conditions determined by the regional NRM board or by the Minister.

        (12)         Without limiting subsection (11) , a condition may be that the person who has the benefit of the refund pay a fee to cover—

            (a)         any administrative costs associated with granting the refund; or

            (b)         any monitoring or assessment costs associated with ensuring that specified criteria or conditions are met.