Legislation

We have responsibility for providing advice on, and administering under delegated authority, a range of state acts committed to the Minister for Environment and Water.

These acts deal with the:

administration of Crown lands generally
creation and management of conservation and pastoral areas
protection of vegetation and wildlife or the welfare of animals generally
conservation, protection or management of cultural assets generally
conservation or management of specific public or cultural areas of the state
conservation, protection and management of natural resources, including water
challenge of addressing climate change
regulation of the water industry
provision or management of water, sewerage and stormwater services, facilities and schemes.

The following table lists all the acts and regulations administered by the department. Each listed piece of legislation below is linked to its location on the South Australia legislation website.

Act	Regulation
Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Act 2005	Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Regulations 2005
Animal Welfare Act 1985	Animal Welfare Regulations 2012
Arkaroola Protection Act 2012	none made
Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Act 1978	Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium Regulations 2021
Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007	none made
Coast Protection Act 1972	Coast Protection Regulations 2015
Coorong Environmental Trust Act 2021
Crown Land Management Act 2009	Crown Land Management Regulations 2010
Crown Rates and Taxes Recovery Act 1945	none made
Dog and Cat Management Act 1995	Dog and Cat Management Regulations 2017
Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Act 2000	Ground Water (Qualco-Sunlands) Control Regulations 2018
Groundwater (Border Agreement) Act 1985	none made
Heritage Places Act 1993	Heritage Places Regulations 2005 These regulations will be revoked on 1 August 2020 by Sch 2 of Heritage Places Regulations 2020. Heritage Places Regulations 2020 These regulations will come into operation on 1 August 2020.
Historic Shipwrecks Act 1981	Historic Shipwrecks Regulations 2017
Irrigation Act 2009	Irrigation Regulations 2009
Lake Eyre Basin (Intergovernmental Agreement) Act 2001	none made
Lands for Public Purposes Acquisition Act 1914	none made
Landscape South Australia Act 2019	Landscape South Australia (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2019 Landscape South Australia (General) Regulations 2020 Landscape South Australia (Water Management) Regulations 2020 Independent review of the Landscape South Australia Act 2019
Local Government Act 1999 (Schedule 1A - Implementation of Stormwater Management Agreement)	none made
Local Government (City of Enfield Loan) Act 1953	none made
Local Government (City of Woodville West Lakes Loan) Act 1970	none made
Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights Act 1984 (Division 1A - Co-management board for Mamungari Conservation Park	Maralinga Tjarutja Land Rights (Mamungari Conservation Park Co-management Board) Regulations 2019
Marine Parks Act 2007	Marine Parks (Statutory Authorisation Compensation) Regulations 2015 Marine Parks Regulations 2008 Marine Parks (Zoning) Regulations 2012
Metropolitan Area (Woodville, Henley and Grange) Drainage Act 1964	none made
Metropolitan Drainage Act 1935	none made
Murray-Darling Basin Act 2008	none made
National Environment Protection Council (South Australia) Act 1995
National Parks and Wildlife Act 1972	National Parks and Wildlife (Amendment of Schedules 7, 8 and 9 of Act) Regulations 2008 National Parks and Wildlife (Co-management Boards) Regulations 2016 National Parks and Wildlife (Fees) Regulations 2020 National Parks and Wildlife (Hunting) Regulations 2011 National Parks and Wildlife (Kangaroo Harvesting) Regulations 2018 National Parks and Wildlife (Kanku-Breakaways Conservation Park) Regulations 2013 National Parks and Wildlife (Mamungari Conservation Park) Regulations 2019 National Parks and Wildlife (National Parks) Regulations 2016 National Parks and Wildlife (Parking) Regulations 2012 National Parks and Wildlife (Protected Animals—Marine Mammals) Regulations 2010 National Parks and Wildlife (Wildlife) Regulations 2019 National Parks and Wildlife (Amendment of Schedules 7, 8 and 9 of Act) Regulations 2019
National Trust of South Australia Act 1955	National Trust of South Australia Act Regulations 1980 Rules of the National Trust of South Australia 2000
Native Vegetation Act 1991	Native Vegetation (Credit for Environmental Benefits) Regulations 2015 Native Vegetation Regulations 2017
Pastoral Land Management and Conservation Act 1989
Public Corporations Act 1993	Public Corporations (International Koala Centre of Excellence) Regulations 2018 The Public Corporations Act 1993 is committed to the Treasurer. The Public Corporations (International Koala Centre of Excellence) Regulations 2018 are committed to the Minister for Environment and Water, pursuant to section 43 the Public Corporations Act 1993.
Renmark Irrigation Trust Act 2009	Renmark Irrigation Trust Regulations 2009
River Murray Act 2003	River Murray Regulations 2017
River Murray Waters Agreement Supplemental Agreement Act 1963	none made
River Murray Waters (Dartmouth Reservoir) Act 1971	none made
Roxby Downs (Indenture Ratification) Act 1982	The Minister for Energy and Mining is the minister responsible for the act, however the Minister for Environment and Water has responsibility under the act for granting of a Special Water License by the Governor and for management conditions under the Special Water License.
South Eastern Water Conservation and Drainage Act 1992	none made
South Western Suburbs Drainage Act 1959	none made
Water (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2008	none made
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (South Australia) Act 2013	none made
Water Industry Act 2012	Water Industry Regulations 2012
Water Resources Act 1997	Water Resources (Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area) Regulations 2005 Water Resources (Far North Prescribed Wells Area) Regulations 2003 Water Resources (Lower Limestone Coast Prescribed Wells Area) Regulations 2004 Water Resources (Marne Saunders Prescribed Water Resources Area) Regulations 2005 Water Resources (McLaren Vale Prescribed Wells Area) Regulations 1990 Water Resources (Morambro Creek) Regulations 2001 Water Resources (Northern Adelaide Plains Prescribed Wells Area) Regulations 2004 Water Resources (Surface Water Prescribed Area - Clare Valley) Regulations 1999 Water Resources (Surface Water Prescribed Area - Morambro Catchment) Regulations 2001 Water Resources (Tintinara Coonalpyn Prescribed Wells Area) Regulations 2000
Wilderness Protection Act 1992	Wilderness Protection (Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area - Alteration of Boundaries) Regulations 2017 Wilderness Protection Regulations 2006

For other state parliament Acts and Regulations see: www.legislation.sa.gov.au

For information on other Australian legislation and legal matters, see SA Legislation weblinks or www.austlii.edu.au

Legislation

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