South Australian Consolidated Acts South Australian Consolidated Acts15—Powers and functions of the Trust
(1) Subject to this
Act, the functions of the Trust are as follows:
(a) to
carry out development projects and to provide services for local communities
within the area; and
(b) to
make grants and loans to community organisations within the area and otherwise
to foster the development and work of such organisations; and
(c) to
exercise such powers, and carry out such functions of a local governing body
in relation to its area or any part thereof as may be conferred upon, or
assigned to, the Trust, under this Act; and
(d) to
carry out works to improve, or otherwise to promote or facilitate the
improvement of, communications to country districts (whether within or outside
the area).
(2) The Governor may,
by regulation, declare that specified provisions of the
Local Government Act 1934 shall apply in relation to the Trust and its
area—
(a) as
if the Trust were a district council, and the area of the Trust were a
district, as defined in that Act; and
(b) with
such further modifications as may be specified in the regulation.
(3) A regulation shall
not be made for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section unless the
Minister has certified—
(a) that
a notice prepared by the Minister setting out the substance and effect of the
proposed regulation was published in a newspaper circulating throughout the
area at least one month before the proposed date of the making of the
regulation; and
(b) that
the Minister has considered the objections (if any) made to him in relation to
the proposed regulation.
(4) A regulation made
for the purposes of subsection (2) of this section shall come into
force—
(a) upon
the day next following the day on which the time for disallowance of the
regulation expires; or
(b) upon
the day fixed in the regulation as the day on which it will come into force,
whichever is the later.