Development (Schedule 14) Variation Regulations 2017 (SA)

South Australia

Development (Schedule 14) Variation Regulations 2017

under the Development Act 1993

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Development Regulations 2008

4            Variation of Schedule 14—State agency development exempt from approval

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Development (Schedule 14) Variation Regulations 2017.

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 Development Regulations 2008

4—Variation of Schedule 14—State agency development exempt from approval

1. Schedule 14, clause 1(1)(b)—after subparagraph (iia) insert:

   (iib)the construction, reconstruction or alteration of a battery storage facility for the purposes of supporting the security or reliability of the State's power system; or

   (iic)the construction, reconstruction or alteration of electricity generating plant—

   (A)that is of a temporary nature; and

   (B)that has a generating capacity of more than 50 MW,

   for the purposes of supporting the security or reliability of the State's power system; or

   (iid)any infrastructure, structures, equipment or works associated with or ancillary to development under subparagraph (iib) or (iic), including electricity powerlines, poles and fences, fuel supply infrastructure and roads or other means of access to such development; or

2. Schedule 14, clause 1—after subclause (2) insert:

   (2a)Development of a kind referred to in subparagraphs (iib) to (iid) of subclause (1)(b) may only be undertaken at a site identified by the Minister by notice published in the Gazette.

   (2b)A notice published under subclause (2a) may—

   (a)identify 1 or more sites for the purposes of that subclause; and

   (b)be varied or revoked by further notice published in the Gazette.

3. Schedule 14, clause 1—after subclause (3) insert:

   (4)Subparagraph (iic) of subclause (1)(b) expires on 1 July 2020.

4. Schedule 14—after clause 5 insert:

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In this Schedule—

battery storage facility means a facility for the purposes of 1 or more batteries of a total capacity of more than 25 MW that are capable of being charged, storing energy and discharging it into the State's power system;

electricity generating plant means electricity generating plant within the ambit of paragraph (a) of the definition of electricity infrastructure in section 4(1) of the Electricity Act 1996;

power system has the same meaning as in the Electricity Act 1996.

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 22 June 2017

No 188 of 2017