Queensland Numbered Acts

SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2012 NO. 1

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents
           Part 1--Preliminary
   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
           Part 2--Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009
   3.      Act amended
   4.      Amendment of s 4 (Achievement of purposes)
   5.      Amendment of s 5 (Who are a distributor-retailer's participating local governments)
   6.      Insertion of new ch 1, pt 3, div 3
   7.      Amendment of s 8 (Establishment)
           8. Insertion of new s 18B
           9. Amendment of s 20 (Requirement for agreement)
   10.     Amendment of s 22 (Particular matters agreement may provide for)
   11.     Amendment of s 28 (General power to amend by agreement)
   12.     Replacement of ss 33–36
           13. Amendment of s 40 (Conduct of meetings)
   14.     Amendment of s 42 (Disclosure of interests)
   15.     Amendment of s 49 (Reserve power to give directions in public interest)
   16.     Insertion of new s 49A
           17. Amendment of s 50 (Publication of directions)
   18.     Replacement of s 51 (Local government directions relevant to duty)
   19.     Insertion of new s 52A
           20. Amendment of s 53 (Delegation)
           21. Amendment of s 53ARA (Definitions for div 1)
   22.     Amendment of s 53BA (Ownership of water infrastructure that becomes part of land)
   23.     Insertion of new ch 3A
   24.     Amendment of s 93 (Minister's power to make code)
   25.     Amendment of s 94 (Particular matters code may provide for)
   26.     Amendment of s 99AAA (Distributor-retailer to give report to commission)
   27.     Amendment of s 99AB (Obligation to comply with part)
   28.     Amendment of s 99AC (Application of complaints standard)
   29.     Amendment of s 99AD (Customer service charter)
   30.     Replacement of s 99AE (Updating of and access to customer service charter)
   31.     Amendment of s 99AFA (Distributor-retailer may accept meter reading by customer)
   32.     Amendment of s 99AG (Meters must be read annually)
   33.     Replacement of s 99AH (Methods and basis of charging)
   34.     Amendment of s 99AI (Special meter readings)
   35.     Replacement of s 99AJ (Meter accuracy test at customer's request)
   36.     Amendment of s 99AM (Notice of test results)
   37.     Amendment of s 99AN (Refund and adjustment if inaccuracy)
   38.     Amendment of s 99AO (Using testing instruments)
   39.     Replacement of s 99AT (Restricting water supply for not paying charges or giving security)
   40.     Amendment of s 99ATA (Publication etc. of charges)
   41.     Amendment of s 99ATB (Exemption from charges)
   42.     Amendment of s 99AU (Application of div 4)
   43.     Amendment of s 99AV (Matters required to be stated in account)
   44.     Replacement of s 99AW (Requirements for accounts included in rates notice)
   45.     Amendment of s 99AX (New owner's obligation to notify distributor-retailer)
   46.     Amendment of s 99AY (What is the SEQ design and construction code)
   47.     Amendment of s 99AZ (Requirement to have code)
   48.     Amendment of s 99BB (Public notice about availability of draft code)
   49.     Amendment of s 99BC (Preparing final code)
   50.     Amendment of s 99BD (Adopting code)
   51.     Amendment of s 99BE (When code has effect)
   52.     Amendment of s 99BF (Amendment of code)
   53.     Amendment of s 99BG (Power of Minister to direct distributor-retailer to take action about code)
   54.     Amendment of s 99BH (Power of Minister if distributor-retailer does not comply with direction)
   55.     Omission of ch 4A, pt 4 (Miscellaneous)
   56.     Amendment of s 99BJ (Requirement for distributor-retailer to have plan)
   57.     Amendment of s 99BK (Plan to be consistent with SEQ regional plan and planning assumptions)
   58.     Amendment of s 99BL(Requirement for distributor-retailer to review plan)
   59.     Amendment of s 99BM (Purposes of plan)
   60.     Amendment of s 99BO (Content of part A of plan)
   61.     Amendment of s 99BP (Content of part B of plan)
   62.     Amendment of s 99BQ (Matters distributor-retailer must have regard to in making plan)
   63.     Amendment of s 99BR (Process for making or amending plan)
   64.     Amendment of s 99BS (Content of regulation for making or amending plan)
   65.     Replacement of ss 99BT and 99BU
           66. Amendment of s 99BV (Distributor-retailer may charge for copies of documents)
   67.     Amendment of ch 5, pt 2 hdg (Participating local government price mitigation documents)
   68.     Amendment of s 99BW (Price mitigation plans)
   69.     Amendment of s 99BX (Final price paths)
   70.     Insertion of new s 99BZD
           71. Amendment of s 100C (Commission may make guidelines)
   72.     Amendment of s 100D (Application of Water Supply Act internal and external review provisions for decisions under Act)
   73.     Amendment of s 100DA (Requirement for distributor-retailer to give information)
   74.     Amendment of s 100F (Application of Water Supply Act enforcement provisions for particular offences)
   75.     Amendment of s 102 (Regulation-making power)
   76.     Insertion of new s 107A
           77. Insertion of new ch 6, pt 6
   78.     Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)
           Part 3--Amendment of Energy and Water Ombudsman Act 2006
   79.     Act amended
   80.     Replacement of s 7A (What is a water entity)
   81.     Insertion of new s 25A
           82. Replacement of s 64A (Scheme participation—water entities)
   83.     Amendment of s 67A (Amount of participation fee—water entity)
   84.     Insertion of new pt 12
   85.     Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)
           Part 4--Amendment of Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002
   86.     Act amended
   87.     Amendment of s 84 (Regulated work or on-site sewerage work by a public sector entity)
   88.     Amendment of s 85 (Process for assessing plans)
   89.     Amendment of s 86 (General process for assessing regulated work and on-site sewerage work)
   90.     Amendment of s 87 (Minor work)
   91.     Insertion of new pt 10, div 8
   92.     Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)
           Part 5--Amendment of Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997
   93.     Act amended
   94.     Insertion of new pt 16
           Part 6--Amendment of Queensland Competition Authority Regulation 2007
   95.     Regulation amended
   96.     Amendment of s 2 (Definitions)
           97. Amendment of s 2A (Declaration of monopoly business activity—Act, s 20)
           Part 7--Amendment of Water Act 2000
   98.     Act amended
   99.     Amendment of s 360ZCY (Content of market rules)
           Part 8--Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
   100.    Act amended
   101.    Amendment of s 114 (Application of div 5)
   102.    Amendment of s 138 (Guidelines for rate notice or account for supply of water to residential premises)
   103.    Amendment of s 169 (Restricting domestic water supply in particular circumstances)
   104.    Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)
           Part 9--Minor and consequential amendments
   105.    Acts amended
           SCHEDULE -- ACTS AMENDED