South Australia
Natural Resources Management (Financial Provisions) (2009/2010 Levy Exemption) Variation Regulations 2010
under the Natural Resources Management Act 2004

Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1	Short title
2	Commencement
3	Variation provisions
Part 2—Variation of Natural Resources Management (Financial Provisions) Regulations 2005
4	Revocation of regulation 18
5	Insertion of regulation 20
20	Exemption from levy—2009/2010

Part 1—Preliminary
1—Short title
These regulations may be cited as the Natural Resources Management (Financial Provisions) (2009/2010 Levy Exemption) Variation Regulations 2010.
2—Commencement
These regulations come into operation on the day on which they are made.
3—Variation provisions
In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Natural Resources Management (Financial Provisions) Regulations 2005
4—Revocation of regulation 18
Regulation 18—delete the regulation
5—Insertion of regulation 20
After regulation 19 insert:
20—Exemption from levy—2009/2010
	(1)	Subject to subregulation (2), a person who is the holder of a water licence that—
	(a)	has been granted in respect of a well in the prescribed area; and
	(b)	is endorsed with a water (taking) allocation for irrigation purposes,
is exempt from the requirement to pay a levy declared under section 101 of the Act for the 2009/2010 financial year in relation to the licence to the extent that the levy is based on the right to take water for irrigation purposes under the licence.
	(2)	An exemption under subregulation (1) is subject to the following conditions:
	(a)	that the holder of the licence pay to the Minister an amount calculated as follows:

where—
A is the amount to be paid
WA is the amount of water (expressed in megalitres) allocated to the person for irrigation purposes under the licence for the 2009/2010 financial year
LR is the relevant levy rate (per megalitre) that applies under Column C of Table 1;
	(b)	that any amount payable under paragraph (a) be paid by the holder of the licence to the Minister by a date and in a manner specified by the Minister by a notice served on the holder of the licence for the purposes of this regulation.
	(3)	In this regulation—
megalitre means 1 000 kilolitres;
prescribed area means the Tintinara Coonalpyn Prescribed Wells Area (see the Water Resources (Tintinara Coonalpyn Prescribed Wells Area) Regulations 2000).

Table 1—2009/2010 levy rate for irrigation allocation
A
Type of crop	B
Irrigation system used	C
Levy rate
$/ML	
Cucumber	S	$1.53	
Native flowers	D	$1.41	
Lawn/Turf	S	$1.64	
Lucerne	C/S
T/F	$1.50
$1.24	
Maize (Oct)	C	$0.72	
Nursery	N/A	$1.19	
Olive	D/S	$1.19	
Onion (Sep)	C
T	$0.73
$0.64	
Onion	D	$0.73	
Pasture/Dairy	C	$1.39	
Pasture	S	$1.50	
Potato	C	$1.00	
Potato (Nov)	C	$1.00	
Potato ("Nadine")	C	$0.91	
Starter Crop	P/T	$1.24	
Tomato (Nov)	FR	$1.18	
Vegetables	S	$1.18	
Vines	D/S	$1.89	
Cereals		$1.97	
Fodder		$1.50	
Oil seeds		$1.77	
D indicates a drip irrigation system
C indicates a centre pivot irrigation system
F indicates a flood irrigation system
FR indicates a furrow irrigation system
N/A indicates that there is no applicable irrigation system
S indicates a sprinkler or spray irrigation system
T indicates a travelling irrigation system
ML represents megalitres			
Note—
As required by section 10AA(2) of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1978, the Minister has certified that, in the Minister's opinion, it is necessary or appropriate that these regulations come into operation as set out in these regulations.
Made by the Governor
with the advice and consent of the Executive Council
on 24 June 2010
No 162 of 2010
MEC10/0009CS