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HUNTER WATER ACT 1991
- As at 1 March 2024
- Act 53 of 1991
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - PRELIMINARY
1. Name of Act
2. Commencement
3. Definitions
PART 2 - HUNTER WATER CORPORATION
4. Establishment of Corporation as a statutory SOC
4A. Functions of Corporation
4B. Board of Corporation
4C. Role of certain Ministers
PART 3 - TRANSFER OF ASSETS, RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES
5. Direction to transfer business undertaking
6. Excluded undertakings
7. Transfer of other assets, rights or liabilities
PART 4 - DISSOLUTION OF HUNTER WATER BOARD
8. Repeal of Hunter Water Board Act 1988 No 119
9. Dissolution of Hunter Water Board
10. Members of Hunter Water Board to vacate office
11. Corporation to be same legal entity as Hunter Water Board
PART 5 - PROVISIONS APPLYING TO THE CORPORATION
Division 1 - Operating licence
12. Grant of operating licence
13. Terms and conditions of operating licence
14. Amendment of operating licence
15. Term of operating licence
16. Area covered by operating licence
17. Contravention of operating licence
17A. Contravention of operating licence: action by Tribunal
17B. Administrative review of certain decisions of Tribunal concerning operating licence
18. Cancellation of operating licence
Division 1A - Regulatory functions of Tribunal
18A. Regulatory functions of Tribunal
Division 1B - Licence auditing functions of Tribunal
18B. Licence auditing functions of Tribunal
18C. Operational audits
18D. Cost of audit
Division 2 - Provisions relating to works
19. Ownership of works
20. Entry on to land
21. Exercise of powers of entry
22. Compensation
23. Power to open roads
24. Altering position of conduit
25. Interference with works
26. Compensation to Corporation for damage
27. Interference with works by trees
28. Corporation not liable to pay annual charge on pipes etc
Division 3 - Compulsory acquisition of land
29. Acquisition of land for purposes of this Act
Division 4 - Offences
30. Illegal diversion of water
30A. Unauthorised connections, alterations or use of works
31. Offence to discharge into works
31A. Penalty notices
32. Payment of penalty does not affect other proceedings
33. Persons causing offences
34. Disposal of proceedings for offence
Division 5 - Customer contracts
35. Publication of terms and conditions of customer contracts
36. Owner of land taken to have entered into customer contract
37. Division not to apply to certain contracts
38. Terms and conditions of customer contracts may be varied on 6 months' notice
Division 6 - Contract charges, availability charges, environmental levies and rates
39. Operating licence may specify basis for fixing contract charges, availability charges, environmental levies and rates
40. Successor in title liable for unpaid contract charges
41. Occupier may pay, and recover, charges etc in certain cases
42. Certain contract and service charges of Corporation not charge on land
43. Availability charges charge on land to which main available for connection
44. Transitional provisions: survival of unpaid amounts and amounts charged on land at transfer of business undertaking
45. Environmental levy charge on unserviced land
46. Rates on land within declared drainage areas charge on land
47. Certificate as to amounts due
Division 7 - New developments
48. Definitions
49. Application for compliance certificate
50. Issue of compliance certificate
51. Consent authority to notify Corporation of certain applications etc
Division 8 - Catchment areas and other special areas
52. Secretary of Department of Planning, Industry and Environment to have control of special areas
53. Special areas
54. Crown land in special areas
55. Exercise of functions by public bodies in special areas
56. Secretary to notify Corporation of certain proposals etc
57. Regulations concerning special areas
58. Continuation of previous regulation concerning special areas
59. Secretary to pay charges etc collected for abstraction of certain water to Corporation
60. Corporation etc may exercise Secretary's powers
Division 9 - Other matters
61. Disposal of waste products
62. Corporation in position of public authority in relation to drainage service
PART 6 - MISCELLANEOUS
63. Ministerial Corporation
64. Alteration of names
64A. Ministerial directions in the public interest
65. Provisions relating to certain staff
66. Provisions relating to subsidiaries
67. Regulations may authorise or exempt for purposes of Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth)
68. Act binds Crown
69. Work for water supply, sewerage or drainage
70. Regulations
71. (Repealed)
72. Transitional: commencement of amendments of certain Acts
73, 74. (Repealed)
75. Savings, transitional and other provisions
Schedule 1 (Repealed)
SCHEDULE 2
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