25   Abolition of Department of Land and Water Conservation and transfer of branches

(1)  The groups of staff who, in the opinion of the Director-General of the Premier’s Department:

(a)  are principally involved in the administration of the Crown Lands Act 1989 and other Acts administered by the Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Lands), or

(b)  are part of the minor ports unit in the Department of Land and Water Conservation, or

(c)  are principally involved in the administration of the Roads Act 1993 in relation to Crown roads,

      are removed from the Department of Land and Water Conservation and added to the Department of Lands.

(2)  The State Water business unit, the Town Water and Recycling Services branch and the group of staff principally involved in the administration of the Fish River Water Supply Scheme are removed from the Department of Land and Water Conservation and added to the Ministry of Energy and Utilities.

(3)  The Soil Services Unit is removed from the Department of Land and Water Conservation and added to the Department of Lands.

(4)  All other branches are removed from the Department of Land and Water Conservation and added to the Department of Sustainable Natural Resources.

(5)  The Department of Land and Water Conservation is abolished as a Department of the Public Service.

(6)  In any document, a reference to the Department of Land and Water Conservation is to be construed:

(a)  if used in or in relation to the Crown Lands Act 1989 or any other Act administered by the Minister Assisting the Minister for Natural Resources (Lands), as a reference to the Department of Lands, or

(b)  if used in relation to that part of the Department referred to in subclause (2), as a reference to the Ministry of Energy and Utilities, or

(c)  if used in relation to the Soil Services Unit, as a reference to the Department of Lands, or

(d)  in any other case, as a reference to the Department of Sustainable Natural Resources.