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DEVELOPMENT (SIGNIFICANT TREES) AMENDMENT BILL 2006

House of Assembly—No 41

As laid on the table and read a first time, 28 June 2006

South Australia

Development (Significant Trees) Amendment Bill 2006

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Development Act 1993.



Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Development Act 1993

4 Insertion of section 38A

38A Special notification requirements in relation to significant trees

Schedule 1—Transitional provision



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Development (Significant Trees) Amendment Act 2006.

2—Commencement

This Act will come into operation 2 months after the date of assent.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.


Part 2—Amendment of Development Act 1993

4—Insertion of section 38A

After section 38 insert:

38A—Special notification requirements in relation to significant trees

(1) If an application for a tree-damaging activity in relation to a significant tree is made, the relevant authority must—

(a) give notice, in writing, of the application to the member of the House of Assembly for the House of Assembly electoral district in which the significant tree is located; and

(b) publish notice of the application on a website maintained by the relevant authority.

(2) This section is in addition to, and does not derogate from, any other provision of this Act or another Act requiring any notification to be given in relation to the proposed development.


Schedule 1—Transitional provision

Section 38A of the Development Act 1993 as inserted by section 4 of this Act applies in relation to an application for a tree-damaging activity in relation to a significant tree whether the application is made before or after the commencement of section 4, provided that the application has not been determined before the commencement of section 4.

 


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