State Development Coordination and Facilitation Bill 2025 (SA)

South Australia State Development Coordination and Facilitation Bill 2025 A Bill For An Act to provide for the coordination, facilitation and promotion of development in the State for economic, social and environmental purposes, including to support transition to and economic development of net zero carbon emission industries, to establish the Coordinator General's Office, to make related amendments to the Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 and the Urban Renewal Act 1995, and for other purposes.

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Short title 2 Commencement 3 Interpretation 4 Primary principle Part 2—Coordinator General's Office Division 1—Coordinator General's Office 5 Establishment of Coordinator General's Office 6 Constitution of CGO etc 7 Removal from office 8 Casual vacancies 9 Ministerial direction Division 2—Functions etc 10 Functions generally 11 Cooperation by designated authorities Division 3—Related matters 12 Procedures 13 Minister's representative may attend meetings 14 Vacancies or defects in appointment of members 15 Disclosure of relevant interests 16 Remuneration 17 Staff 18 Delegation Part 3—Project coordination and facilitation Division 1—Preliminary 19 Interpretation 20 Effect of Part etc Division 2—Project declarations and establishment of State development areas 21 Coordinated projects 22 Designated projects 23 Establishment of State development areas Division 3—Functions—projects generally 24 CGO may vary or specify time periods relating to certain functions Division 4—Functions—declared projects Subdivision 1—General 25 CGO may call in designated function 26 CGO may impose, amend etc conditions on certain decisions 27 CGO may review certain decisions Subdivision 2—Particular functions relating to State development areas 28 State development areas—functions generally 29 State development areas—planning functions Subdivision 3—Interaction with other Acts 30 Division of land etc in State development area 31 Impact assessed development 32 Assessment of essential infrastructure and State agency development 33 Applications for prescribed approvals under Mining Act 1971 or certain designated Acts Subdivision 4—Expedited approval where regulatory requirements satisfied 34 Definitions 35 Statement of regulatory requirements for facilitated projects 36 Expedited approvals where facilitation certificate issued Subdivision 5—Other functions 37 CGO may be authorised to undertake essential infrastructure works 38 Entry onto land etc 39 Compulsory acquisition of land 40 CGO may take over State projects 41 Revocation of community land classification for land acquired Division 5—Other matters 42 Disallowable notices—protected areas and general environmental duty 43 Disallowable notices—consultation and publication 44 Disallowable notices—Parliamentary scrutiny Part 4—Miscellaneous 45 Limitation on time allowed for appeal or review of decisions 46 Certain applicants to provide reports, information or material 47 Provision of information 48 Confidentiality 49 Amendment of notices etc 50 Recovery of costs 51 Annual report 52 Regulations and fee notices Schedule 1—Designated Acts Schedule 2—Disclosure of relevant interests 1 Interpretation 2 Disclosure of relevant interests 3 Register 4 Compliance with Schedule 5 Restrictions on publication Schedule 3—Related amendments Part 1—Amendment of Planning, Development and Infrastructure Act 2016 1 Amendment of section 3—Interpretation 2 Amendment of section 75—Complying changes—Planning and Design Code 3 Amendment of section 76—Minor or operational amendments 4 Amendment of section 94—Relevant authority—Commission 5 Amendment of section 108—Categorisation 6 Amendment of section 162—Interpretation 7 Amendment of heading to Part 13 Division 1 Subdivision 2 8 Amendment of section 163—Initiation of scheme 9 Insertion of section 163A 163A Initiation of scheme—primary infrastructure in relation to declared project area or designated growth area 10 Amendment of section 165—Scheme coordinator 11 Amendment of section 166—Consideration of proposed scheme 12 Amendment of section 167—Adoption of scheme 13 Amendment of section 169—Funding arrangements 14 Amendment of section 173—Creation of charge Part 2—Amendment of Urban Renewal Act 1995 15 Amendment of section 7G—Preliminary 16 Amendment of section 7H—Establishment of precincts 17 Amendment of section 7I—Precinct plans