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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
House of Assembly—No 128
As laid on the table and read a first time, 14 September
2005
South Australia
Waterworks
(Water Management Measures—Use of Rainwater) Amendment Bill 2005
A Bill For
An Act to amend the Waterworks Act 1932 and to
make a related amendment to the Sewerage Act 1929.
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Short title
2 Commencement
3 Amendment provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Waterworks
Act 1932
4 Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
5 Amendment of section 10—Regulations
6 Amendment of section 40—Supply of
meters
7 Amendment of section 45—Alteration
etc to pipes, fittings etc
Part 3—Amendment of Sewerage
Act 1929
8 Amendment of
section 55—Rain water not to be admitted to sewer without Corporation's consent
The Parliament of South Australia enacts
as follows:
This Act may be cited as the Waterworks (Water Management
Measures—Use of Rainwater) Amendment Act 2005.
(1) Subject
to subsection (2), this Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed
by proclamation.
(2) If
a provision of this Act has not been brought into operation sooner, it will, by
force of this subsection, come into operation 6 months after assent.
In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment
of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.
Part 2—Amendment of Waterworks Act 1932
4—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
Section 4(1), after the
definition of adjacent land insert:
back-flow valve means a valve that ensures that any water
supplied from a rainwater tank at a point past a meter connected to the
waterworks cannot flow back into the waterworks;
5—Amendment of section 10—Regulations
Section 10(1)—after paragraph xvi insert:
xvii for
regulating the design of rainwater tanks, and the design or operation of pipes,
fittings, appliances or apparatus in connection with the use of rainwater
tanks;
6—Amendment of section 40—Supply of meters
Section 40—after its present contents (now
to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:
(2) The
Corporation must ensure that a meter for the supply of water to land used for
domestic purposes installed or replaced after the commencement of this
subsection is fitted with a back-flow valve.
7—Amendment of section 45—Alteration etc to pipes, fittings etc
Section 45—after
subsection (1) insert:
(1a) Subsection (1) does not apply with
respect to a fitting (and any associated pipes) if—
(a) the
purpose of the fitting is to allow rainwater collected on the relevant land to
be available for use on the land through pipes that also provide for the use of
water supplied by the Corporation; and
(b) the fitting (and any associated pipes) comply with any
specifications or requirements prescribed by the regulations; and
(c) a back-flow valve has been installed in accordance with any
specifications or requirements prescribed by the regulations.
Part 3—Amendment of Sewerage Act 1929
8—Amendment of section 55—Rain water not to be admitted to sewer without Corporation's consent
Section 55—after
subsection (1) insert:
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to rain water used under section 45(1a) of the Waterworks Act 1932.