South Australian Consolidated Regulations South Australian Consolidated Regulations14A—Water affecting activities—section 127(5a)
(1) Subject to this
regulation, a person is exempt from the operation of paragraph (a) or (b)
of section 127(5a) of the Act if the person may lawfully take water from
the prescribed watercourse, lake or well or surface water prescribed area
under the Act without holding a water allocation that relates to the relevant
water resource.
(2)
Subregulation (1) does not apply in relation to a prescribed watercourse,
lake or well or a surface water prescribed area to the extent that the water
allocation plan for the prescribed water resource expressly requires water
resource works approvals or site use approvals despite the fact that water may
be lawfully taken without holding a water allocation.