South Australian Repealed Acts

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NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT ACT 2004 - SECT 174

174—Preliminary

        (1)         The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette—

            (a)         declare that a specified provision of this Chapter applies to—

                  (i)         a specified class of animals; or

                  (ii)         a specified class of plants; and

            (b)         in addition, with respect to a class of animals or a class of plants specified under paragraph (a) , do either or both of the following:

                  (i)         declare that a specified area (which may be the whole or a part of the State) is a control area for that class of animals or plants for the purposes of that provision;

                  (ii)         declare that a prohibition contained in that provision operates as an absolute prohibition in relation to that class of animals or plants and control area (if any).

        (2)         The Minister may, by subsequent notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice under subsection (1) .

        (3)         A notice under subsection (1) cannot be made with respect to a class of native animals.

        (4)         Subsection (3) does not apply if the notice is being made to give effect to a provision of an NRM plan.

        (5)         For the purposes of this Chapter, there will be 3 categories of animals and plants declared under subsection (1) , being—

            (a)         Category 1; or

            (b)         Category 2; or

            (c)         Category 3.

        (6)         The following provisions will apply in relation to the assignment of animals and plants declared under subsection (1) to these categories:

            (a)         a particular class of animals or plants may be assigned to a category by a declaration of the Minister under subsection (1) , or by a separate notice published by the Minister in the Gazette under this subsection;

            (b)         a particular class of animals or plants may be assigned to different categories for different parts of the State and for the purposes of different provisions of this Chapter;

            (c)         any class of animals or plants that is not assigned to a category in the manner contemplated by paragraph (a) will be taken to be assigned to Category 1 in the particular circumstances.

        (7)         The Minister may, by subsequent notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a notice under subsection (6) .