South Australian Repealed Acts

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NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 129

129—Activities not requiring a permit

        (1)         Subject to subsection (2) and (3), a permit is not required—

            (a)         to authorise a person to undertake an activity that the person is authorised to undertake by a water management authorisation;

            (b)         to authorise a person to erect, construct or enlarge contour banks to divert surface water solely for the purpose of preventing or reducing soil erosion but only if—

                  (i)         a regional NRM plan, or an approved action plan under Chapter 6 , that includes guidelines, recommendations or directions in relation to the erection or construction of contour banks is in force; and

                  (ii)         the contour banks are erected or constructed in accordance with those guidelines, recommendations or directions;

            (c)         to destroy vegetation growing in a watercourse or lake or on the floodplain of a watercourse pursuant to an obligation under Chapter 8 or in accordance with consent granted under the Native Vegetation Act 1991 ;

            (d)         to undertake an activity that is required to implement an approved action plan under this Act or an order or requirement under Chapter 9 ;

            (e)         to undertake an activity that is development for the purposes of the Development Act 1993 and that is authorised by a development authorisation under that Act;

            (f)         to undertake an activity that is required or authorised by—

                  (i)         an environment protection policy, an environment protection order, an environmental authorisation or a clean-up order under the Environment Protection Act 1993 ; or

                  (ii)         a protection order, a reparation order or a reparation authorisation under the River Murray Act 2003 ;

            (g)         to undertake an activity under an approved property plan under the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989 ;

            (h)         to undertake an activity under section 43 of the Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989 ;

                  (i)         to authorise a person to undertake an activity that he or she is authorised to undertake by a licence granted under Part 3 Division 2 of the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Act 1992 ;

            (j)         to undertake an activity in circumstances prescribed by the regulations.

        (2)         Subsection (1) does not apply to or in relation to—

            (a)         drilling, plugging, backfilling or sealing a well; or

            (b)         repairing, replacing or altering the casing, lining or screen of a well.

        (3)         If an activity is to be undertaken within the Murray-Darling Basin—

            (a)         subsection (1)(e) does not apply unless the application for the relevant development authorisation was referred to the Minister to whom the administration of the River Murray Act 2003 is committed under section 37 of the Development Act 1993 ; and

            (b)         in any event, subsection (1) does not apply if the operation of this section is excluded by the regulations.

        (3a)         In addition, subsection (1)(e) does not apply in relation to any activity of a class prescribed by the regulations under this subsection.

        (4)         A permit is not required to undertake an activity contemplated by subsection (2) if the well is within the ambit of Schedule 2 .