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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
South Australia
Waterworks (Water Management Measures—Use of
Rainwater) Amendment Bill 2006
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
1Short
title
2Commencement
3Amendment
provisions
Part 2—Amendment of Waterworks
Act 1932
4Amendment of section
4—Interpretation
5Amendment of section
10—Regulations
6Amendment of section 40—Supply of
meters
7Amendment of section 45—Alteration etc to
pipes, fittings etc
Part 3—Amendment of Sewerage
Act 1929
8Amendment 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 2006.
(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 1 year 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.
(3) The Corporation may recover the reasonable cost of complying with
subsection (1) in a particular case from the owner of the relevant
land.
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.