{"id":"water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001","name":"Water Resources (Morambro Creek) Regulations 2001","slug":"water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"sa","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":238262,"registerId":"sa-water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-06","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Water Resources (Morambro Creek) Regulations 2001","content":"South Australia\nWater Resources (Morambro Creek) Regulations 2001\nunder the Water Resources Act 1997\n\nContents\n1\tShort title\n2\tCommencement\n3\tDeclaration of prescribed watercourse\n4\tThe establishment and prescribed periods\nLegislative history\n\n1—Short title\nThese regulations may be cited as the Water Resources (Morambro Creek) Regulations 2001.\n2—Commencement\nThese regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.\n3—Declaration of prescribed watercourse\nThat part of Morambro Creek marked in blue on G.R.O. plan No. 149/2001 (including Cockatoo Lake and Nyroca Channel) is declared to be a prescribed watercourse.\n4—The establishment and prescribed periods\n\t(1)\tThe establishment period in relation to the prescribed watercourse declared by regulation 3 commenced on 1 July 1996 and ended at the commencement of the prescribed period (22 April 1999).\n\t(2)\tThe prescribed period in relation to the prescribed watercourse declared by regulation 3 commenced on 22 April 1999 and will end on 31 March 2003.\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 regulations\nYear\nNo\nReference\nCommencement\n2001\n32\nGazette 12.4.2001 p1605\n12.4.2001: r 2\n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulations remain tightly focused on their original purpose: declaring a specific watercourse as prescribed and setting the relevant time periods. There is no evidence of scope creep—the instrument does exactly what its enabling authority permits and no more."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 regulations total, with minimal text","No defined terms section—relies entirely on parent Act definitions","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Simple temporal logic with fixed dates (no conditional triggers or calculations)","Single geographic reference to a map plan number","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested conditions"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:**\nThese regulations declare a specific stretch of Morambro Creek in South Australia—including Cockatoo Lake and Nyroca Channel—as a **\"prescribed watercourse\"** under the Water Resources Act 1997.\n\n**What \"prescribed watercourse\" means:**\nWhen a watercourse is \"prescribed,\" it triggers special legal controls over who can take water from it, how much they can take, and what protections apply to the water resource. Think of it like zoning for water—it moves the creek from general rules into a tightly regulated regime.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **Landholders and water users** along Morambro Creek who want to pump, divert, or use water from the creek, lake, or channel\n- **The South Australian government**, which now manages water allocations in this area through permits and licensing\n- **Environmental managers**, as prescription typically brings ecological protection requirements\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis designation was part of a time-limited intervention. The regulations set two key periods:\n- **Establishment period:** 1 July 1996 to 22 April 1999 (when the system was being set up)\n- **Prescribed period:** 22 April 1999 to 31 March 2003 (when full legal controls applied)\n\nThe prescription allowed the government to cap water use, protect existing users' rights, and manage the resource sustainably during a critical period. The map reference (G.R.O. plan No. 149/2001) ensures everyone knows exactly which geographic area is covered."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"These regulations simply declare the prescribed watercourse and fix the establishment and prescribed periods. The instrument contains no provisions extending or narrowing that scope beyond the declarations and dates shown (regs 3–4); there is no indication within this instrument of any later amendment or scope change."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow, single geographic focus defined by external map (G.R.O. plan No. 149/2001) (reg 3).","Temporal specificity: two fixed date ranges establish retrospective and active regulatory windows (reg 4).","Substantive effect depends on cross-reference to the Water Resources Act 1997 (instrument creates scope but not regulatory rules).","Minimal text and no procedural detail in the regulations themselves, so legal effect largely rests on the parent Act and administrative practice."],"plain_english_summary":"These regulations declare a specific part of Morambro Creek (including Cockatoo Lake and Nyroca Channel) a prescribed watercourse (reg 3) and set the exact establishment and prescribed periods: establishment 1 July 1996–22 April 1999; prescribed period 22 April 1999–31 March 2003 (reg 4). The effect is to bring that mapped area within the Water Resources Act 1997 regulatory framework, so water users and land managers in that area are subject to the Act’s controls for the fixed period (regs 3–4)."},"summary":{"complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Scope change cannot be assessed as the legislative text was not available. The regulation title suggests a geographically and subject-matter specific instrument focused on Morambro Creek water resources, which appears consistent with its narrow titular scope, but no content was available to confirm whether the regulation's actual provisions expanded or narrowed from any original intent."},"complexity_factors":["The actual legislative text was not retrievable — only a 'Page Not Found' error was returned from the SA Legislation website","No substantive content was available to assess complexity of the regulation's provisions","Score of 1 reflects the inability to analyse the document, not the inherent simplicity of the legislation itself","Water resource regulations of this type can range from straightforward to moderately complex depending on their provisions, but this cannot be determined here"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation governs use and management of water in Morambro Creek — likely setting who may take water, how much, and conditions for use — and thus affects landowners, farmers and irrigators in the creek’s catchment. It matters because it would allocate water rights, impose environmental and drought-related limits, and sit under South Australia’s broader water resources regime.\n\nNote: the regulation text was unavailable for review; confirm details with SA authorities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001","history":"/api/acts/water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001/history","analysis":"/api/acts/water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/water-resources-morambro-creek-regulations-2001/documents"}}