MINING, MCLAREN VALE AND BAROSSA VALLEY

In reply to the Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Leader of the Opposition) (29 September 2011) (First Session).

The Hon. G.E. GAGO (Minister for Agriculture, Food and Fisheries, Minister for Forests, Minister for Regional Development, Minister for the Status of Women, Minister for State/Local Government Relations): The Minister for Planning has been advised:

1. The Character Preservation Bills for the McLaren Vale and Barossa Valley do not prohibit mining in the character districts. Clause 7 of the respective Bills do however provide that a person or body involved in the administration of an Act, including the Mining Act 1971, must, in exercising powers and functions in relation to the districts, act consistently with and seek to further the objects of the Act(s).