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The Environment, Resources and Development Court (ERD Court) is a specialist court in the Australian state of
South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...
. It deals with disputes and enforcement of laws relating to the development and management of land, the natural and built environment and natural resources. The ERD Court was established by the ''Environment, Resources and Development Court Act 1993''. It has jurisdiction under legislation relating to the natural and
built environment The term built environment refers to human-made conditions and is often used in architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, public health, sociology, and anthropology, among others. These curated spaces provide the setting for human ac ...
, heritage, water,
native title Aboriginal title is a common law doctrine that the land rights of indigenous peoples to customary tenure persist after the assumption of sovereignty to that land by another colonising state. The requirements of proof for the recognition of ab ...
and mining. The senior judge and other judges of the ERD Court are judges in the District Court of South Australia. Masters of the Court are also designated from the District Court. The Court also has magistrates (drawn from the
Magistrates Court of South Australia The Magistrates Court of South Australia is the lowest level court in the state of South Australia. The Magistrates Court, then known as the Court of Petty Sessions, was established in 1837, by the ''Court of Sessions Act 1837''. It has both O ...
) and commissioners who are not lawyers, but are experts in fields relevant to the Court. Since 15 December 2022, Judge Michael Durrant (appointed to the Court on 28 February 2019) has held the position of senior judge of the Court.


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