Commissioner for Kangaroo Island Act 2014 (SA)

South Australia Commissioner for Kangaroo Island Act 2014 An Act to establish a Commissioner for Kangaroo Island and to provide for the development of management plans in relation to the co‑ordination and delivery of infrastructure and services on Kangaroo Island and other matters relating to Kangaroo Island; and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation 4 Interaction with other Acts 5 Act binds Crown Part 2—Commissioner for Kangaroo Island 6 Appointment of Commissioner 7 Terms and conditions of appointment 8 Functions of Commissioner 9 Provision of information 10 Ministerial direction 11 Appointment of acting Commissioner 12 Honesty and accountability 13 Staff 14 Delegation Part 3—Local advisory boards 15 Establishment of local advisory boards 16 Functions of local advisory board Part 4—Management plans 17 Preparation of management plans and amendments 18 Effect of management plans Part 5—Miscellaneous 19 Annual report 20 Review by ERD Committee 21 Regulations Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Commissioner for Kangaroo Island Act 2014. 3—Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— Commissioner means the person for the time being holding or acting in the office of Commissioner for Kangaroo Island under Part 2; council means a council established under the Local Government Act 1999; government agency means— (a) a State authority; or (b) an agency or instrumentality of the Crown in right of the Commonwealth; management plan means a management plan in force under Part 4; responsible Minister in relation to a State authority means— (a) if the authority is a person who holds an office established by an Act or a body established by or under an Act—the Minister responsible for the administration of that Act; or (b) if the authority is an administrative unit—the Minister responsible for that administrative unit; or (c) if the authority is an assessment panel appointed or constituted under Part 6 Division 2 of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016—the Minister responsible for the administration of that Act; or (d) in any other case—the Minister declared by the regulations to be the responsible Minister for the authority or, in the absence of such a declaration, the Minister responsible for the administration of this Act; State authority means— (a) a person who holds an office established by an Act; or (b) an administrative unit; or (c) a council; or (d) an assessment panel appointed or constituted under Part 6 Division 2 of the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016; or (e) any incorporated or unincorporated body— (i) established for a public purpose by an Act; or (ii) established for a public purpose under an Act (other than an Act providing for the incorporation of companies or associations, co‑operatives, societies or other voluntary organisations); or (iii) established or subject to control or direction by the Governor, a Minister of the Crown or any instrumentality or agency of the Crown or a council (whether or not established by or under an Act or an enactment); or (f) a person or body declared by the regulations to be an authority to which this Act applies, but does not include a body or entity excluded from the ambit of this definition by the regulations. 4—Interaction with other Acts Except where the contrary intention is expressed in this or any other Act, this Act is in addition to and does not limit or derogate from the provisions of any other Act. 5—Act binds Crown This Act binds the Crown in right of this State and also, so far as the legislative power of the State extends, the Crown in all its other capacities, but not so as to impose any criminal liability on the Crown.