Administrative Changes Orders 1977–2023

Transfer of DNR staff to DECC All branches (other than the staff referred to in subclauses (2)–(4A)) are removed from the Department of Natural Resources and added to the Department of Environment and Climate Change.

Note—

The transferred staff include the following—

DNR staff involved in the administration of the Native Vegetation Act 2003,

DNR staff involved in the administration of the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003,

DNR staff involved in environmental water management and environmental water recovery programs,

DNR staff involved in riverbank, coastal and floodplain management and policy (including the administration of the Coastal Management, Estuary Management and Floodplain Management Programs),

DNR staff involved in soil and vegetation management and policy.

Transfer of certain DNR staff to Department of Lands The group of staff who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, are principally involved in the administration of the Western Lands Act 1901, the Hay Irrigation Act 1902 or the Wentworth Irrigation Act 1890 are removed from the Department of Natural Resources and added to the Department of Lands.

Transfer of certain DNR staff to DWE The groups of staff who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet—

are principally involved in the administration of the Water Act 1912 and the Water Management Act 2000 (other than staff principally involved in environmental water management and environmental water recovery programs), or

are principally involved in the administration of the Murray–Darling Basin Act 1992 (including in connection with proposed Commonwealth water legislation relating to the Murray–Darling Basin),

are removed from the Department of Natural Resources and added to the Department of Water and Energy.

Transfer of certain DNR staff to Department of Primary Industries The group of staff who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet—

are principally involved in providing soil conservation services to landowners (including in connection with salinity and acid-sulphate soils), or

are principally involved in forestry structural adjustment, or

are principally involved in the administration of the Plantations and Reafforestation Act 1999,

(Repealed)

are removed from the Department of Natural Resources and added to the Department of Primary Industries.

Transfer of certain DNR corporate services staff to Department of Primary Industries or Department of Commerce The group of staff who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Department of Premier and Cabinet, are principally involved in providing human resources, payroll, finance, information technology and other corporate services—

being such staff, if any, as that Director-General assigns to the Department of Primary Industries instead of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, are removed from the Department of Natural Resources and added to the Department of Primary Industries, or

being such staff, if any, as that Director-General assigns to the Department of Commerce instead of the Department of Environment and Climate Change, are removed from the Department of Natural Resources and added to the Department of Commerce.

Abolition of DNR The Department of Natural Resources is abolished as a Division of the Government Service.

References to DNR In any document, a reference to the Department of Natural Resources is to be construed—

as a reference to the Department of Lands if used in relation to the staff referred to in subclause (2), or

as a reference to the Department of Primary Industries if used in relation to the staff referred to in subclause (4) or (4A) (a), or

as a reference to the Department of Commerce if used in relation to the staff referred to in subclause (4A) (b), or

as a reference to the Department of Water and Energy if used in relation to the staff referred to in subclause (3), or

in any other case, as a reference to the Department of Environment and Climate Change.