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NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 1991 - NOTES

NATIVE VEGETATION ACT 1991 - NOTES

Legislative history

Notes

• Please note—References in the legislation to other legislation or instruments or to titles of bodies or offices are not automatically updated as part of the program for the revision and publication of legislation and therefore may be obsolete.

• Earlier versions of this Act (historical versions) are listed at the end of the legislative history.

• For further information relating to the Act and subordinate legislation made under the Act see the Index of South Australian Statutes or www.legislation.sa.gov.au.

Legislation repealed by principal Act

The Native Vegetation Act 1991 repealed the following:

Native Vegetation Management Act 1985

Legislation amended by principal Act

The Native Vegetation Act 1991 amended the following:

South Australian Heritage Act 1978

Principal Act and amendments

New entries appear in bold.

Year

No

Title

Assent

Commencement

1991

16

Native Vegetation Act 1991

18.4.1991

18.4.1991 (Gazette 18.4.1991 p1294)

1993

56

Heritage Act 1993

27.5.1993

15.1.1994 (Gazette 27.10.1993 p1890)

2000

88

Development (System Improvement Program) Amendment Act 2000 as amended by 44/2002

21.12.2000

Sch 1 (cl 4)—21.12.2002 (s 7(5) Acts Interpretation Act 1915)

2001

16

Statutes Amendment (Avoidance of Duplication of Environmental Procedures) Act 2001

17.5.2001

Pt 5 (s 7)—14.6.2001 (Gazette 14.6.2001 p2221)

2002

44

Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2002

12.12.2002

19.12.2002 (Gazette 19.12.2002 p4736) except ss 3(b), (d)—(f), 414, 16—19, 2124, s 33F(1), (4)(a), (5), (6)(a) & (7) (as inserted by s 29), 32, 35, 36 and Sch—25.8.2003 (Gazette 21.8.2003 p3276)

2003

35

River Murray Act 2003

31.7.2003

Sch (cl 15)—24.11.2003 (Gazette 20.11.2003 p4203)

2004

23

Statutes Amendment (Courts) Act 2004

8.7.2004

Sch 1—1.9.2004 (Gazette 26.8.2004 p3402)

2004

34

Natural Resources Management Act 2004

5.8.2004

Sch 4 (cll 26(1) & 27(1), (2))—2.9.2004 (Gazette 2.9.2004 p3545); Sch 4 (cll 24, 25, 26(2)—(4), 27(3)—(5) & 28)—1.7.2005 (Gazette 30.6.2005 p2093)

2005

5

Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary Act 2005

14.4.2005

Sch 2 (cll 49—53)—1.7.2005 (Gazette 2.6.2005 p1684)

2005

20

Statutes Amendment (Environment and Conservation Portfolio) Act 2005

9.6.2005

Pt 4 (ss 25 & 26) & Sch 4—23.6.2005 (Gazette 23.6.2005 p1901)

2006

17

Statutes Amendment (New Rules of Civil Procedure) Act 2006

6.7.2006

Pt 53 (s 171)—4.9.2006 (Gazette 17.8.2006 p2831)

2009

84

Statutes Amendment (Public Sector Consequential Amendments) Act 2009

10.12.2009

Pt 96 (ss 226—229)—1.2.2010 (Gazette 28.1.2010 p320)

2013

80

Native Vegetation (Miscellaneous) Amendment Act 2013

5.12.2013

20.12.2013 except ss 11 & 14—7.7.2014 (Gazette 19.12.2013 p4926) and except ss 10(2), (3), 12 & 1517—3.12.2015 (Gazette 26.11.2015 p5108)

2015

8

Statutes Amendment (Boards and Committees—Abolition and Reform) Act 2015

18.6.2015

Pt 25 (ss 145—149)—1.7.2015 (Gazette 25.6.2015 p3076)

2016

29

Real Property (Electronic Conveyancing) Amendment Act 2016

16.6.2016

Sch 2—4.7.2016 (Gazette 30.6.2016 p2761)

2017

5

Statutes Amendment (Planning, Development and Infrastructure) Act 2017

28.2.2017

Pt 20 (ss 57 to 59)—19.3.2021 (Gazette 4.3.2021 p823)

2019

33

Landscape South Australia Act 2019

21.11.2019

Sch 5 (cll 51 to 56)—1.7.2020 (Gazette 25.6.2020 p3502)

2019

45

Supreme Court (Court of Appeal) Amendment Act 2019

19.12.2019

Sch 1 (cl 68)—1.1.2021 (Gazette 10.12.2020 p5638)

2021

45

Unclaimed Money Act 2021

25.11.2021

Sch 1 (cl 12)—25.11.2023 (s 27(6) Legislation Interpretation Act 2021)

Provisions amended

New entries appear in bold.

Entries that relate to provisions that have been deleted appear in italics.

Provision

How varied

Commencement

Long title

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

Pt 1





s 2

deleted by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

s 3





s 3(1)





Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary

inserted by 5/2005 Sch 2 cl 49(1)

1.7.2005

biological diversity

deleted by 20/2005 s 25

23.6.2005

biological diversity or biodiversity

inserted by 20/2005 s 25

23.6.2005

breach

inserted by 44/2002 s 3(a)

19.12.2002



amended by 80/2013 s 4(1)

20.12.2013

building

inserted by 44/2002 s 3(a)

19.12.2002

conciliator

deleted by 44/2002 s 3(b)

25.8.2003

ERD Court

inserted by 44/2002 s 3(c)

19.12.2002

heritage agreement

deleted by 56/1993 Sch 2

15.1.1994

landscape management region

inserted by 33/2019 Sch 5 cl 51(1)

1.7.2020

Minister for the Adelaide Dolphin Sanctuary

inserted by 5/2005 Sch 2 cl 49(2)

1.7.2005

land

substituted by 44/2002 s 3(d)

25.8.2003

Murray-Darling Basin

inserted by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(a)

24.11.2003

native vegetation

amended by 44/2002 s 3(e)

25.8.2003



amended by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(b)

24.11.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 4(2), (3)

20.12.2013

NRM region

inserted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 24(1)

1.7.2005



deleted by 33/2019 Sch 5 cl 51(2)

1.7.2020

owner

amended by 44/2002 s 3(f), Sch

25.8.2003

River Murray Protection Area

inserted by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(c)

24.11.2003

soil conservation district

deleted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 24(2)

1.7.2005

s 3A

inserted by 44/2002 s 4

25.8.2003

s 4





s 4(2)

substituted by 44/2002 s 5

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 5(1)

20.12.2013



amended by 5/2017 s 57

19.3.2021

s 4(2a)

inserted by 44/2002 s 5

25.8.2003

s 4(2ab)

inserted by 80/2013 s 5(2)

20.12.2013

s 4(2b)—(2c)

inserted by 44/2002 s 5

25.8.2003

s 4A

inserted by 80/2013 s 6

20.12.2013

Pt 2





s 6

amended by 44/2002 s 6

25.8.2003

Pt 3





Pt 3 Div 1





s 8





s 8(1)

amended by 44/2002 s 7, Sch

25.8.2003



amended by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 25

1.7.2005



amended by 80/2013 s 7(1), (2)

20.12.2013



amended by 8/2015 s 145(1), (2)

1.7.2015



amended by 33/2019 Sch 5 cl 52

1.7.2020

s 8(3)

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 7(3)

20.12.2013

s 8(5)

deleted by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

s 8(6)

amended by 8/2015 s 145(1)

1.7.2015

s 8(8)

inserted by 80/2013 s 7(4)

20.12.2013

s 9





s 9(1)

amended by 8/2015 s 146

1.7.2015

s 9(2)

amended by 80/2013 s 8

20.12.2013



amended by 8/2015 s 146

1.7.2015

s 9(3)

amended by 8/2015 s 146

1.7.2015

s 10

amended by 8/2015 s 147

1.7.2015

s 11





s 11(2)

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

s 12





s 12(2) and (3)

deleted by 84/2009 s 226

1.2.2010

s 13

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003



substituted by 84/2009 s 227

1.2.2010

s 14





s 14(1)

s 14 amended by 88/2000 Sch 1 cl 4(c), (d)

21.12.2002



s 14 amended and redesignated as s 14(1) by 44/2002 s 8(a), (b)

25.8.2003



amended by 5/2017 s 58

19.3.2021

s 14(2)

inserted by 44/2002 s 8(b)

25.8.2003



substituted by 80/2013 s 9

20.12.2013



amended by 33/2019 Sch 5 cl 53

1.7.2020

s 14(3)

inserted by 44/2002 s 8(b)

25.8.2003

s 15





s 15(5a) and (5b)

inserted by 44/2002 s 9

25.8.2003

s 15(6) and (7)

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

s 15(8)

inserted by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(d)

24.11.2003

s 15(9)

inserted by 5/2005 Sch 2 cl 50

1.7.2005

s 16





s 16(1)

amended by 8/2015 s 148

1.7.2015

s 16(2)

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003



substituted by 84/2009 s 228

1.2.2010

s 16(3)

substituted by 84/2009 s 228

1.2.2010

Pt 3 Div 2

deleted by 44/2002 s 10

25.8.2003

Pt 3 Div 3





s 21





s 21(3)

amended by 44/2002 s 11(a)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 10(1)

20.12.2013

s 21(3a)

inserted by 44/2002 s 11(b)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 10(2), (3)

3.12.2015

s 21(6)

substituted by 44/2002 s 11(c)

25.8.2003



substituted by 80/2013 s 10(4)

20.12.2013

s 21(6a)—(6c)

inserted by 80/2013 s 10(4)

20.12.2013

s 21(7)

inserted by 44/2002 s 11(c)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 10(5)

20.12.2013

relevant land

amended by 80/2013 s 10(6), (7)

20.12.2013

Pt 4

heading substituted by 44/2002 s 12

25.8.2003

Pt 4 Div 1

heading inserted by 44/2002 s 12

25.8.2003

s 23

substituted by 56/1993 Sch 2

15.1.1994

s 23(1)

substituted by 44/2002 s 13

25.8.2003

s 23A

inserted by 56/1993 Sch 2

15.1.1994

s 23A(3)

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

s 23B

inserted by 56/1993 Sch 2

15.1.1994

s 23B(3)

amended by 44/2002 s 14

25.8.2003

s 23C

inserted by 56/1993 Sch 2

15.1.1994



deleted by 44/2002 s 15

19.12.2002

Pt 4 Div 2

inserted by 44/2002 s 16

25.8.2003

Pt 4 Div 3

heading inserted by 44/2002 s 17

25.8.2003

s 24





s 24(1a)

inserted by 44/2002 s 18(a)

25.8.2003

s 24(4)

amended by 44/2002 s 18(b)

25.8.2003

s 25





s 25(1)

substituted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 26(1)

2.9.2004



amended by 80/2013 s 11(1), (2)

7.7.2014

s 25(2)

amended by 44/2002 s 19(a)

25.8.2003



amended by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(e)

24.11.2003



amended by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 26(2)

1.7.2005



(d) deleted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 26(3)

1.7.2005



amended by 80/2013 s 11(3), (4)

7.7.2014



amended by 33/2019 Sch 5 cl 54(1)

1.7.2020

s 25(3a)

inserted by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(f)

24.11.2003

s 25(3b)

inserted by 5/2005 Sch 2 cl 51(1)

1.7.2005

s 25(4)

amended by 44/2002 s 19(b)

25.8.2003

s 25(5a) and (5b)

inserted by 44/2002 s 19(c)

25.8.2003

s 25(5c)

inserted by 44/2002 s 19(c)

25.8.2003



substituted by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(g)

24.11.2003



substituted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 26(4)

1.7.2005



substituted by 5/2005 Sch 2 cl 51(2)

1.7.2005



amended by 33/2019 Sch 5 cl 54(2)

1.7.2020

Pt 4A

inserted by 80/2013 s 12

3.12.2015

Pt 5

heading substituted by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

Pt 5 Div 1





s 26





s 26(1)

amended by 44/2002 s 20(a)

19.12.2002



amended by 80/2013 s 13(1)

20.12.2013

s 26(2)

amended by 44/2002 s 20(a)

19.12.2002



amended by 80/2013 s 13(2)

20.12.2013

s 26(2a)

inserted by 44/2002 s 20(b)

19.12.2002

s 26(3)





the prescribed period

inserted by 44/2002 s 20(c)

19.12.2002



amended by 80/2013 s 13(3)

20.12.2013

the prescribed rate

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

s 27





s 27(1)

s 27 amended and redesignated as s 27(1) by 44/2002 s 21(a)—(c)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 14(1)

7.7.2014

s 27(2)—(4)

inserted by 44/2002 s 21(c)

25.8.2003

s 27(4a)—(4d)

inserted by 80/2013 s 14(2)

7.7.2014

s 27(5)

inserted by 44/2002 s 21(c)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 14(3), (4)

7.7.2014

s 27(6)

inserted by 44/2002 s 21(c)

25.8.2003

s 27(7)

inserted by 80/2013 s 14(5)

7.7.2014

s 28





s 28(2)

amended by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

s 28(3)

amended by 44/2002 s 22(a), (b)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 15(1)

3.12.2015

s 28(4)

inserted by 44/2002 s 22(c)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 15(2)

3.12.2015

s 28(5)

inserted by 44/2002 s 22(c)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 15(3)

3.12.2015

s 28(6)

inserted by 44/2002 s 22(c)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 15(4)

3.12.2015

s 28(7)

inserted by 44/2002 s 22(c)

25.8.2003



amended by 80/2013 s 15(5)

3.12.2015

s 29





s 29(1)

amended by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 27(1)

2.9.2004

s 29(4a)

inserted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 27(2)

2.9.2004

s 29(4b)

inserted by 80/2013 s 16(1)

3.12.2015

s 29(5)

substituted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 27(3)

1.7.2005



substituted by 33/2019 Sch 5 cl 55

1.7.2020

s 29(7)

deleted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 27(4)

1.7.2005

s 29(8)

substituted by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 27(5)

1.7.2005

s 29(9a)

inserted by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(h)

24.11.2003

s 29(9b) and (9c)

inserted by 5/2005 Sch 2 cl 52

1.7.2005

s 29(10)

substituted by 44/2002 s 23(a)

25.8.2003

s 29(11)

substituted by 44/2002 s 23(a)

25.8.2003



amended by 20/2005 s 26(1)

23.6.2005

s 29(12)

deleted by 44/2002 s 23(a)

25.8.2003



inserted by 20/2005 s 26(2)

23.6.2005

s 29(12a) and (12b)

inserted by 80/2013 s 16(2)

3.12.2015

s 29(15)

deleted by 44/2002 s 23(b)

25.8.2003

s 29(17)

inserted by 88/2000 Sch 1 cl 4(e)

21.12.2002



amended by 5/2017 s 59

19.3.2021

s 29A

inserted by 16/2001 s 7

14.6.2001

s 29A(2)

amended by 80/2013 s 17

3.12.2015

s 30

substituted by 44/2002 s 24

25.8.2003

s 30A

inserted by 44/2002 s 24

25.8.2003

Pt 5 Div 2





s 31

substituted by 44/2002 s 25

19.12.2002



deleted by 80/2013 s 18

20.12.2013

s 31A

inserted by 44/2002 s 25

19.12.2002

s 31A(4)

amended by 17/2006 s 171

4.9.2006

ss 31B31D

inserted by 44/2002 s 25

19.12.2002

s 31E

inserted by 44/2002 s 25

19.12.2002

s 31E(3)

substituted by 80/2013 s 19(1)

20.12.2013

s 31E(4)

amended by 80/2013 s 19(2)

20.12.2013

s 31E(9)

amended by 80/2013 s 19(3)

20.12.2013

s 31EA

inserted by 80/2013 s 20

20.12.2013

s 31F

inserted by 44/2002 s 25

19.12.2002

s 32





s 32(1)

amended by 44/2002 s 26

19.12.2002



amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 68

1.1.2021

s 32(2)

amended by 45/2019 Sch 1 cl 68

1.1.2021

s 33 before substitution by 80/2013





s 33(1)

amended by 44/2002 s 27

19.12.2002

s 33

substituted by 80/2013 s 21

20.12.2013

Pt 5 Div 3

inserted by 44/2002 s 28

19.12.2002

s 33A





s 33A(2)

(b) deleted by 80/2013 s 22(1)

20.12.2013

s 33A(3)

(b), (c), (d) deleted by 80/2013 s 22(2)

20.12.2013

s 33A(7) and (8)

deleted by 84/2009 s 229

1.2.2010

s 33D





s 33D(2)

amended by 80/2013 s 23

20.12.2013

Pt 5A

inserted by 44/2002 s 29

19.12.2002



expired: s 33G—omitted under Legislation Revision and Publication Act 2002

(1.1.2007)

Pt 5B

inserted by 44/2002 s 29

19.12.2002

s 33I





s 33I(10)

amended by 45/2021 Sch 1 cl 12 

25.11.2023

s 33I(14)

amended by 20/2005 Sch 4

23.6.2005



deleted by 29/2016 Sch 2

4.7.2016

Pt 6





s 33J before substitution by 80/2013

inserted by 44/2002 s 30

19.12.2002



amended by 23/2004 Sch 1

1.9.2004

s 33J

substituted by 80/2013 s 24

20.12.2013

s 33K

inserted by 80/2013 s 24

20.12.2013

s 34





s 34(1)

amended by 44/2002 s 31(a)

19.12.2002

s 34(2)

amended by 44/2002 s 31(a), (b)

19.12.2002

s 34(3)

amended by 44/2002 s 31(a)

19.12.2002

s 34(3a)

inserted by 44/2002 s 31(c)

19.12.2002

s 34(4)

inserted by 56/1993 Sch 2

15.1.1994

s 34(5)—(8)

inserted by 80/2013 s 25

20.12.2013

s 35





s 35(1)

substituted by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003



substituted by 80/2013 s 26(1)

20.12.2013

s 35(2)

deleted by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

s 35(3)

deleted by 80/2013 s 26(2)

20.12.2013

s 35(5)

inserted by 44/2002 s 32

25.8.2003

s 36

amended by 56/1993 Sch 2

15.1.1994



substituted by 44/2002 s 33

19.12.2002

s 37

deleted by 44/2002 s 34

19.12.2002

ss 40A and 40B

inserted by 44/2002 s 35

25.8.2003

s 41 before substitution by 80/2013





s 41(2)

amended by 44/2002 s 36

25.8.2003

s 41(3)

amended by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(i)

24.11.2003

s 41

substituted by 80/2013 s 27

20.12.2013

Sch 1





cl 1

amended by 35/2003 Sch cl 15(j)

24.11.2003



amended by 34/2004 Sch 4 cl 28

1.7.2005



amended by 5/2005 Sch 2 cl 53

1.7.2005



amended by 33/2019 Sch 5 cl 56

1.7.2020

Sch 2





cl 1

deleted by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

cl 4

inserted by 8/2015 s 149

1.7.2015

Sch 3

deleted by 44/2002 Sch

25.8.2003

Historical versions

Reprint No 1—15.1.1994



Reprint No 2—14.6.2001



Reprint No 3—21.12.2002



Reprint No 4—25.8.2003



Reprint No 5—24.11.2003



1.9.2004 (electronic only)



2.9.2004



23.6.2005 (electronic only)



1.7.2005



4.9.2006



1.2.2010



20.12.2013



7.7.2014



1.7.2015



3.12.2015



4.7.2016



1.7.2020



1.1.2021



19.3.2021