Landscape South Australia (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2019 (SA)

South Australia Landscape South Australia (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2019 under the Landscape South Australia Act 2019

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 3 Interpretation Part 2—Governance 4 Appointment of initial members to regional landscape boards during transitional period 5 Regional NRM boards 6 NRM groups 7 NRM Committees 8 Financial statements and annual reports Part 3—Financial matters (including levies) 9 Amounts outstanding under Water Resources Act 1997 10 Funds to assist in implementation of Act 11 Additional transitional financial years Part 4—Water management 12 General 13 Bundled water licences 13A Water Register Part 5—Miscellaneous 14 Regional landscape board staff 15 Landscape affecting activities 16 Control or quarantining of a plant or animal Legislative history

Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title These regulations may be cited as the Landscape South Australia (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2019. 3—Interpretation In these regulations, unless the contrary intention appears— Act means the Landscape South Australia Act 2019.

Part 2—Governance 4—Appointment of initial members to regional landscape boards during transitional period Sections 15(4) and (5) and 16 of the Act do not apply in relation to a regional landscape board until 1 January 2021. 5—Regional NRM boards (1) For the purposes of Schedule 5 clause 90(2)(c) of the Act, section 26(1a) and (2) of the repealed Act will not apply in relation to a regional NRM board to which a notice in the Gazette under subclause (1) of that clause applies. (2) In connection with the operation of Schedule 5 clause 90(1) of the Act— (a) if a person is appointed under that clause as the sole member of a regional NRM board—they will be taken to be the presiding member of the board under the repealed Act; and (b) if 2 or more persons are appointed under that clause as the members of a regional NRM board—the Minister may appoint 1 of the persons as the presiding member of the board under the repealed Act. 6—NRM groups (1) An NRM group that has not been abolished under section 46 of the repealed Act before the designated day will continue in existence until abolished by the Minister by notice in the Gazette under this regulation. (2) In connection with subregulation (1)— (a) subject to any direction of the Minister, the NRM group will be responsible to the regional landscape board or boards with regions that coincide with any part of the area within which the NRM group operates; and (b) sections 47 to 62 (inclusive), other than section 61, of the repealed Act will continue to apply to and in relation to the NRM group subject to the following provisions: (i) a reference in those sections to a relevant regional NRM board or boards will be taken to be a reference to the relevant regional landscape board or boards referred to in paragraph (a); and (ii) a reference in those sections to a relevant regional NRM plan will be taken to include a reference to a relevant regional landscape plan; and (iii) the functions of the NRM group will include supporting the objects of the Act and assisting in other ways to support the administration of the Act at the local level; and (c) on the abolition of the NRM group the Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, provide for the vesting or distribution of any outstanding property, assets or rights of the NRM group, and attach any liability of the NRM group to the Minister or to a regional landscape board (as the Minister thinks fit). (3) In this regulation— designated day means the designated day under Schedule 5 clause 90 of the Act. 7—NRM Committees (1) A committee established by a regional NRM board under section 35 of the repealed Act and in existence immediately before the designated day will, subject to the Act, be taken to be a committee established under section 36 of the Act by a regional landscape board or boards with a region, or any part of a region that coincides with the region of the NRM board (and then may be reconstituted or dissolved by the regional landscape board or boards as they think fit). (2) In this regulation— designated day means the designated day under Schedule 5 clause 90 of the Act. 8—Financial statements and annual reports (1) The Chief Executive will be responsible for— (a) the finalisation of the accounts and financial statements for the 2019/2020 financial year for regional NRM boards and NRM groups; and (b) the preparation of an annual report relating to the activities of regional NRM boards and NRM groups for the 2019/2020 financial year. (2) Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to an NRM group that continues in existence during any part of the 2020/2021 financial year. (3) If a regional landscape board established during the 2019/2020 financial year does not hold any money during that financial year, the board is not required to prepare and provide an annual report for that financial year to the Minister.