1Murray-Darling Basin Act 2008

South Australia Murray-Darling Basin Act 2008 An Act to facilitate the operation of an agreement entered into between the Commonwealth, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the Australian Capital Territory to promote and co‑ordinate effective planning and management for the equitable, efficient and sustainable use of the water and other natural resources of the Murray‑Darling Basin; to make related amendments to the Development Act 1993, the Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Act 2000, the Natural Resources Management Act 2004, the River Murray Act 2003 and the Waterworks Act 1932; to repeal the Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation Part 2—Provisions relating to Basin Officials Committee 4 Appointment of member of Basin Officials Committee 5 Conditions and period of appointment Part 3—Construction and management of works 6 Construction of works 7 Acquisition of land 8 Construction and other powers of Minister 9 Status of Minister 10 Authorisation to pay compensation 11 Powers to dispose of certain lands 12 Land dedicated under the Crown Lands Act 1929 Part 4—Authorisations to enter and occupy land 13 Authorisation of persons to enter and occupy land 14 Entry and occupation of land Part 5—Miscellaneous 15 Exemption from taxes and charges 16 Appropriation 17 Certain documents to be laid before Parliament 18 Power of delegation 19 Offence to damage works 20 Regulations Schedule 1—Consequential amendments, repeal and transitional provisions Part 1—Preliminary 1 Amendment provisions Part 2—Amendment of Development Act 1993 2 Amendment of section 4—Interpretation 3 Amendment of section 48—Governor to give decision on development Part 3—Amendment of Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Act 2000 4 Amendment of section 3—Interpretation 5 Amendment of section 26—Amendment of salinity credits by Trust Part 4—Amendment of Natural Resources Management Act 2004 6 Amendment of section 3—Interpretation 7 Amendment of section 4—Interaction with other Acts 8 Amendment of section 87—Promotion of River Murray legislation and IGA 9 Amendment of section 89—Amendment of plans without formal procedures 10 Amendment of section 135—Permits 11 Amendment of section 146—Licences 12 Amendment of section 152—Basis of decisions as to allocations 13 Amendment of section 156—Reduction of water allocations 14 Amendment of section 160—Basis of decision as to transfer Part 5—Further amendment of Natural Resources Management Act 2004 15 Amendment of section 3—Interpretation 16 Amendment of section 146—Nature of water licences 17 Amendment of section 147—Water licences—applications and matters to be considered 18 Amendment of section 149—Variation of water licences 19 Amendment of section 150—Transfer of water licences 20 Amendment of section 154—Water allocations—matters to be considered 21 Amendment of section 155—Reduction of water allocation 22 Amendment of section 156—Variation of water allocations 23 Amendment of section 157—Transfer of water allocations 24 Amendment of section 159—Water resource works approvals—applications and matters to be considered 25 Amendment of section 161—Variation of approvals 26 Amendment of section 164A—Site use approvals—applications and matters to be considered 27 Amendment of section 164C—Variation of approvals 28 Amendment of section 164G—Delivery capacity entitlements—applications and matters to be considered 29 Amendment of section 164J—Variation of delivery capacity entitlements 30 Amendment of section 164K—Transfer of delivery capacity entitlements Part 6—Amendment of River Murray Act 2003 31 Amendment of section 3—Interpretation 32 Amendment of section 5—Interaction with other Acts 33 Amendment of section 9—Functions and powers of Minister 34 Amendment of section 22—Development of related policies and consideration of activities Part 7—Amendment of Waterworks Act 1932 35 Amendment of section 100—Save the River Murray Fund Part 8—Repeal of Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 36 Repeal of Murray-Darling Basin Act 1993 Part 9—Transitional provisions 37 References Legislative history