{"id":"recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947","name":"Recreation Grounds (Joint Schemes) Act 1947","slug":"recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":106537,"registerId":"sa-recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Recreation Grounds (Joint Schemes) Act 1947","content":"South Australia\nRecreation Grounds (Joint Schemes) Act 1947\nAn Act relating to the provision of recreation grounds.\n\nContents\n1\tShort titles\n2\tInterpretation\n3\tIncorporation with Compulsory Acquisition of Land Act\n4\tJoint schemes\n5\tConfirmation of scheme\n6\tExecution of scheme\n7\tVariation of schemes\n8\tTermination of schemes\n9\tPayments by councils\n10\tPayments by Minister\nLegislative history\n\nThe Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:\n1—Short titles\nThis Act may be cited as the Recreation Grounds (Joint Schemes) Act 1947.\n2—Interpretation\nIn this Act—\ncouncil means council of a municipality or a district council district;\nthe Minister means the Minister of Education;\nparty means the Minister and any council which is a party to a scheme;\nscheme means scheme prepared under section 4 of this Act.\n3—Incorporation with Compulsory Acquisition of Land Act\n\t(1)\tThis Act is incorporated with the Compulsory Acquisition of Land Act 1925.\n\t(2)\tFor the purposes of the Compulsory Acquisition of Land Act 1925—\n\t(a)\ta party acquiring land pursuant to a scheme shall be deemed to be the promoter of an undertaking;\n\t(b)\tthe preparation or making available of land for use pursuant to the terms of a scheme shall be deemed to be works, and an undertaking.\n4—Joint schemes\n\t(1)\tThe Minister and any one or more councils may join in preparing a scheme under this section.\n\t(2)\tA scheme may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:\n\t(a)\tthe purchase or compulsory acquisition of land by all or any of the parties;\n\t(b)\tthe payment of the purchase money or compensation, and the shares thereof or contributions thereto, to be paid by the parties;\n\t(c)\tthat upon purchase the land will be vested in any one or more of the parties for the estates or interests specified in the scheme;\n\t(d)\tsubject to subsection (3) of this section, that each party and all persons authorised by a party, shall have such rights to the use and occupation of the land, and on such terms and conditions, and for such periods, as are specified in the scheme;\n\t(e)\tthat any party shall make a loan to any other party to the scheme on terms and conditions specified in the scheme as to repayment, interest and other matters;\n\t(f)\tthe construction of improvements on the land, and the maintenance and repair of any such improvements;\n\t(g)\tany other matters incidental to those mentioned above.\n\t(3)\tA scheme shall not be valid unless it provides among other things that the land to be purchased or acquired thereunder shall be available during the hours specified in the scheme for use by children attending a public school, as a school playground, or for the purposes of sport, recreation, physical culture or other activities.\n\t(4)\tIn preparing a scheme any person authorised by a party may act on behalf of that party.\n5—Confirmation of scheme\nA scheme prepared under this Act shall not be carried into effect until it has been confirmed by the Governor, and by every council which is a party to the scheme, at a duly convened meeting of that council.\n6—Execution of scheme\nWhen a scheme has been confirmed—\n\t(a)\tevery party thereto shall have power to carry it into effect and for that purpose may acquire land either by compulsory process or otherwise, enter into any other transaction, and do any other act, matter or thing which it is necessary or convenient to enter into or do for the purpose of carrying the scheme into effect;\n\t(b)\tany land purchased or acquired under the scheme shall be used in accordance with the scheme.\n7—Variation of schemes\nA scheme under this Act may be varied by a subsequent scheme confirmed as mentioned in section 5, but every scheme as so varied shall be subject to subsection (3) of section 4 of this Act.\n8—Termination of schemes\nA scheme may be terminated by a subsequent scheme, confirmed as mentioned in section 5. The terminating scheme shall provide for the sale or other disposal of the land and improvements, and the distribution of any proceeds of such sale or disposal.\n9—Payments by councils\nThis Act shall be a sufficient authority for a council which is party to a scheme to make any payments out of its revenue required for the purpose of carrying out the scheme.\n10—Payments by Minister\nAny money required by the Minister for carrying out a scheme shall be paid out of money provided by Parliament for that purpose.\nLegislative history\nNotes\n\t•\tFor further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.\nPrincipal Act\nYear\nNo\nTitle\nAssent\nCommencement\n1947\n39\nRecreation Grounds (Joint Schemes) Act 1947\n11.12.1947\n11.12.1947\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not available. No content was retrieved to compare against any original intent."},"complexity_factors":["No legislative text was retrievable — the source URL returned a 'Page Not Found' error","Analysis is based solely on the Act's title, providing minimal information","Complexity cannot be meaningfully assessed without access to the actual provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"The Recreation Grounds (Joint Schemes) Act 1947 appears to enable cooperative arrangements between councils or bodies to establish and manage shared public recreation grounds. It would mainly affect South Australian local councils, communities using jointly managed parks/ovals, and nearby landowners. The actual text wasn’t retrievable here; check legislation.sa.gov.au to read the law."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose of enabling joint schemes between the Minister and councils for recreation grounds with mandatory school access. No significant scope creep is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 10 short sections (approximately 1,200 words total)","Just 4 defined terms in the interpretation section (council, Minister, party, scheme)","Single incorporation by reference to the Compulsory Acquisition of Land Act 1925","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond basic validity requirements","Straightforward procedural structure: prepare → confirm → execute → vary/terminate","No delegated legislation provisions or regulatory powers"],"plain_english_summary":"This law lets the South Australian Education Minister and local councils team up to buy land and build recreation grounds together.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Allows the Minister and one or more councils to create a **joint scheme** — a formal agreement to acquire land for public recreation\n- The land can be bought normally or compulsorily acquired (taken with compensation)\n- The scheme sets out who owns the land, who pays what, and who can use it\n\n**Key requirements:**\n- **School access is mandatory:** Any land acquired must be available for public school children to use as playgrounds or for sport and recreation during specified hours\n- **Approval needed:** Schemes must be confirmed by the Governor and by every participating council\n- **Can be changed or ended:** Schemes can be varied or terminated by new schemes, with termination requiring sale of the land and distribution of proceeds\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- Local councils (municipal and district councils)\n- The Minister for Education\n- Public school children (who get guaranteed access)\n- Local communities (who get shared recreation facilities)\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is a practical tool for sharing costs and responsibilities between state and local government. Instead of councils or the state working alone, they can pool resources to create bigger, better recreation facilities — with the catch that school kids always get first dibs on using them."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No indication in the provided text that the Act departs from its original framing. The statute establishes powers for the Minister and local councils to prepare, confirm and carry out joint schemes to acquire, vest, use, improve and dispose of land for recreation and school playgrounds (see s4 generally), incorporates compulsory-acquisition procedures (s3), and sets funding responsibilities (s9–s10). The provisions and limits shown reflect a consistent, self-contained scope rather than a change from the Act’s stated purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Interplay with compulsory-acquisition law (incorporated by s3(1) and treated as promoter/undertaking in s3(2)(a)-(b)) creates procedural and legal requirements beyond the Act itself.","Broad but enumerated scheme powers in s4(2)(a)-(g) allow many possible transactions (purchase, vesting, loans, construction, maintenance), increasing variation in implementation.","Mandatory public-school access requirement (s4(3)) constrains how land may be used and recorded in schemes.","Decision and approval points: schemes must be confirmed by the Governor and each participating council (s5), concentrating formal authority in those actors.","Execution powers in s6 permit compulsory acquisition and other transactions, creating potential administrative and financial processes to follow.","Variation and termination routes (s7–s8) provide flexibility but require fresh confirmation and dispositions of land/proceeds, producing transactional steps and accounting consequences.","Payment and funding allocation: councils may pay from revenue (s9); Minister payments require parliamentary appropriation (s10), which creates clear but separate funding paths and potential coordination issues.","Delegation/agency: persons authorised by a party may act on its behalf (s4(4)), introducing administrative delegation choices and recordkeeping obligations.","Potential for intra-scheme financial arrangements (loan powers in s4(2)(e)) raises contractual and interest/repayment monitoring responsibilities."],"plain_english_summary":"Creates a simple legal framework allowing the Minister of Education and one or more local councils to form a joint scheme to acquire, hold, improve, manage and dispose of land for recreation and school playgrounds. Schemes may use compulsory-acquisition procedures and must make land available for school children during specified hours. Participating councils fund their share from council revenue; the Minister’s contribution comes from parliamentary appropriations. Schemes require formal confirmation and can set use rights, loans between parties, maintenance obligations and termination arrangements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947","history":"/api/acts/recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947/history","analysis":"/api/acts/recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/recreation-grounds-joint-schemes-act-1947/documents"}}