South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 31

31—Special powers to carry out works

        (1)         Without limiting any other provision of this Act, a regional NRM board may—

            (a)         construct, maintain or remove any infrastructure; and

            (b)         excavate any land; and

            (c)         inspect, examine or survey any land and for that purpose—

                  (i)         fix posts, stakes or other markers on the land; and

                  (ii)         dig trenches or sink test holes in the land to determine the nature of the top soil and underlying strata; and

                  (iii)         remove samples for analysis; and

            (d)         alter water table levels, stop or reduce the flow of water in a watercourse, divert water flowing in a watercourse to another watercourse or to a lake or control the flow of water in any other manner; and

            (e)         hold water in a watercourse or lake or by any other means; and

            (f)         divert water to an underground aquifer, dispose of water to a lake, underground aquifer or the sea, or deal with water in any other manner; and

            (g)         deepen, widen or change the course of a watercourse, deepen or widen a lake or take action to remove any obstruction to the flow of water; and

            (h)         undertake any other form of work (including work undertaken for the purposes of stormwater management or flood mitigation); and

                  (i)         undertake any testing, monitoring or evaluation; and

            (j)         undertake any other activity of a prescribed kind.

        (2)         A regional NRM board must not exercise a power under subsection (1)(a) , (b), (g) or (h) in relation to private land with the intention that any infrastructure, devices or works will be permanent unless—

            (a)         it is intended that the owner of the private land will undertake the care, control or management of any relevant infrastructure, devices or works and the regional NRM board is acting with the agreement of the owner; or

            (b)         the board has first acquired an easement or other appropriate interest over the relevant land.

        (3)         Subsection (2) does not limit or affect the ability of a regional NRM board to acquire land by agreement for the purpose of constructing any infrastructure or performing any work.

        (4)         In this section—

"lake" includes an artificial lake, dam or reservoir.