South Australian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

UPPER SOUTH EAST DRYLAND SALINITY AND FLOOD MANAGEMENT ACT 2002 - SECT 18

18—Requirement for a licence

        (1)         A person must not—

            (a)         construct any works within the Project Area; or

            (b)         remove any works within the Project Area; or

            (c)         close-off, obstruct or in any other way interfere with any works or water resource within the Project Area; or

            (d)         undertake any other activity within the Project Area,

if to do so would, or would be likely to—

            (e)         interfere with—

                  (i)         any Project works; or

                  (ii)         any proposal under the Project works scheme; or

            (f)         stop, increase, decrease or otherwise affect—

                  (i)         the movement of water on, or to or from, any land; or

                  (ii)         the flow of water into or from any Project works; or

                  (iii)         the flow of water in or into or from a water resource or part of a water resource; or

            (g)         alter any water table or salinity level in the Project Area; or

            (h)         without limiting paragraph (e) , (f) or (g) , adversely affect to any significant degree any key environmental feature; or

                  (i)         without limiting a preceding paragraph, adversely affect to any significant degree any part of the Project Undertaking,

unless the person is acting in pursuance of a licence granted under this Division by the Minister.

Maximum penalty:

If the offender is a body corporate—$200 000.

If the offender is a natural person—$100 000 or imprisonment for 2 years, or both.

        (2)         Subsection (1) extends to any works in existence before the commencement of this Act, but not so as to give rise to any criminal liability under this Act with respect to an act that occurred before that commencement.

        (3)         Subsection (1) does not give rise to any criminal liability under this Act with respect to an act undertaken under a condition of a licence issued under section 43 of the South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Act 1992 (including a licence granted before the commencement of this Act).

        (4)         Subsection (1) does not apply—

            (a)         to any person or authority exempted by the regulations; or

            (b)         in any prescribed circumstances.