Coorong Environmental Trust Act 2021 (SA)

South Australia Coorong Environmental Trust Act 2021 An Act to establish the Coorong Environmental Trust, to provide for the administration of the Trust, and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation Part 2—Coorong Environmental Trust Division 1—Establishment of Trust 4 Establishment of Trust Division 2—Membership of Trust 5 Members 6 Rights and liabilities of membership 7 Calling of meetings 8 Procedures at meetings 9 Voting at meetings 10 Trust rules Part 3—Management of Trust 11 Board of management 12 Directors term of office and remuneration 13 Removal from office 14 Staff of Trust 15 Disclosure of interest 16 Director's duties of honesty, care and diligence 17 Validity of acts and immunity of members 18 Presiding member and deputy presiding member 19 Proceedings 20 Delegation Part 4—Functions and powers of Trust 21 Functions Part 5—Miscellaneous 22 Advisory committees 23 Accounts and audit 24 Annual report 25 Power of delegation 26 Regulations Legislative history

The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows: Part 1—Preliminary 1—Short title This Act may be cited as the Coorong Environmental Trust Act 2021. 2—Commencement This Act will come into operation 3 months after the day on which it is assented to by the Governor. 3—Interpretation In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears— board means the board of directors established as the governing body of the Trust under Part 3; Coorong means— (a) the Coorong and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert Wetland, as designated by the Commonwealth under Article 2 of the Ramsar Convention for inclusion in the List of Wetlands of International Importance; (b) any other land, waterway or area designated by the Minister by notice in the Gazette; director means a person appointed as a member of the board under Part 3; Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation means the Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation that is a registered native title body corporate within the meaning of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth and includes its successors and assigns; waterway means a river, creek or other natural watercourse (whether modified or not) in which water is contained or flows whether permanently or from time to time and includes— (a) a dam or reservoir that collects water flowing in a watercourse; and (b) a lake through which water flows; and (c) a channel (but not a channel declared by regulation to be excluded from the ambit of this definition) into which the water of a watercourse has been diverted; and (d) part of a watercourse; and (e) an estuary through which water flows; Trust means the Coorong Environmental Trust established under Part 2.