Natural Resources Management Act 2004.
An Act to promote sustainable and integrated management of the State's natural resources; to make provision for the protection of the State's natural resources; to repeal the Animal and Plant Control (Agricultural Protection and Other Purposes) Act 1986, the Soil Conservation and Land Care Act 1989 and the Water Resources Act 1997; and for other purposes. |
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| FAOLEX Id:
| LEX-FAOC054143 |
| Countries:
| Australia |
| Regions:
| OCEANIA;Australia and New Zealand;South Pacific;Indian Ocean |
| Territorial Subdivision:
| South Australia |
| Date of original Text:
| 02/09/2004 |
| Date of Consolidation:
| 26/07/2007 |
| Implemented by:
| LEX-FAOC083263 Natural Resources Management Regulations 2005. 05/07/2007 |
| Repeals:
| LEX-FAOC044090 Animal and Plant Control (Agricultural Protection and Other Purposes) Act 1986. 24/11/2003 |
| Repeals:
| LEX-FAOC002469 Soil Conservation and Land Care Act. 24/11/2003 |
| Repeals:
| LEX-FAOC001718 Water Resources Act 1997 (Act No. 27 of 1997). 24/11/2003 |
| Related Web Site:
| www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/sa/consol_act/ |
| Type of Text:
| Legislation |
| Abstract:
| The objects of this Act include assisting in the achievement of ecologically sustainable development in the State by establishing an integrated scheme to promote the use and management of natural resources in a manner that recognises and protects the intrinsic values of natural resources; seeks to protect biological diversity and, insofar as is reasonably practicable, to support and encourage the restoration or rehabilitation of ecological systems and processes that have been lost or degraded; provides for the protection and management of catchments and the sustainable use of land and water resources and, insofar as is reasonably practicable, seeks to enhance and restore or rehabilitate land and water resources that have been degraded; seeks to support sustainable primary and other economic production systems with particular reference to the value of agriculture and mining activities to the economy of the State; provides for the prevention or control of impacts caused by pest species of animals and plants that may have an adverse effect on the environment, primary production or the community; promotes educational initiatives and provides support mechanisms to increase the capacity of people to be involved in the management of natural resources. |
| Comment:
| Last amended by Act No. 24 of 2007. |
| Main subjects:
| Environnment gen. |
