South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts14—Functions of the Council
(1) The Council has
the following functions:
(a) to
keep the condition of the native vegetation of the State under review; and
(b) to
advise the Minister in relation to—
(i)
the preservation, enhancement and management of existing
native vegetation; and
(ii)
the re-establishment of native vegetation on land where
native vegetation has been cleared or degraded; and
(iii)
research into the preservation, enhancement and
management of native vegetation and the re-establishment of native vegetation
on cleared land; and
(c) to
keep the principles of clearance of native vegetation under review and to
advise the Minister of any changes to the principles that it considers are
necessary or desirable; and
(d) to
determine applications for consent to clear native vegetation under Part 5;
and
(da) to
assess and respond to applications referred to the Council under the
Development Act 1993 ; and
(e) to
encourage research into the preservation, enhancement and management of
existing native vegetation; and
(f) to
encourage the re-establishment of native vegetation on land from which
native vegetation has been cleared; and
(g) to
administer the Fund pursuant to Division 3; and
(h) such
other functions as are assigned to the Council under this or any other Act.
(2) The Council must,
when assessing an application referred to the Council, take into account, and
seek to further, the objects of this Act and the
principles of clearance of native vegetation so far as they are relevant to
that application, and must not provide a response that is seriously at
variance with those principles.
(3) If the Council has
reason to believe that a person may have acted in contravention of this Act,
the Council should investigate the matter as expeditiously as possible.