This regulation may be cited as the Water and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation (No. 1) 2017.
This part amends the Valuers Registration Regulation 2013.
3Amendment of s 2 (Code of professional conduct)
Section 2(6), definition API code—
omit, insert—API code means the Code of Professional Conduct published by the Australian Property Institute with an effective date of 15 June 2015.The API Code is available on the Australian Property Institute's website.
This part amends the Water Regulation 2016.
5Amendment of s 25 (Prescribed activities—Act, s 101)
Section 25(2), ‘applies.’—
omit, insert—applies, unless the water is taken by a person who holds—
(a)a resource operations licence for the water supply scheme; or(b)an interim resource operations licence for the water supply scheme; or(c)a distribution operations licence for the water supply scheme.
6Replacement of s 58 (Applying for a seasonal water assignment)
Section 58—
omit, insert—58Applying for a seasonal water assignment
(1)The holder of a water allocation may apply to the chief executive for a seasonal water assignment for the water allocation for the water year in which the application is made.(2)The holder of a seasonal water assignment notice for a water allocation may apply to the chief executive for a seasonal water assignment for the seasonal water assignment notice for the water year in which the application is made.(3)An application under subsection (1) or (2) must be—(a)in the approved form; and(b)accompanied by the application fee stated in schedule 12.
7Amendment of s 59 (Deciding application)
Section 59(3), ‘holder of the water allocation’—
omit, insert—applicant
8Amendment of s 60 (Conditions of seasonal water assignment notice)
(1)Section 60—
insert—(aa)if the applicant for the seasonal water assignment is the holder of a seasonal water assignment notice (the existing notice) for the water allocation—the conditions to which the existing notice is subject; and(2)Section 60(aa) and (b)—
renumber as section 60(b) and (c).
9Insertion of new pt 8, div 1, hdg
Part 8, before section 93—
insert—
10Insertion of new pt 8, div 2
Part 8, after section 94—
insert—94ADissolution of particular water authorities for conversion to alternative institutional structures—Act, s 691
(1)This section applies to a water authority mentioned in schedule 8, part 3, column 1.(2)For section 691(1)(b) of the Act, the water authority is dissolved for converting the authority to the alternative institutional structure mentioned opposite the authority in schedule 8, part 3, column 3.(3)For section 691(2) of the Act, the authority area for the water authority shown on the plan mentioned opposite the water authority in schedule 8, part 3, column 2 is dissolved.
11Amendment of sch 8 (Water authorities)
(1)Schedule 8, authorising section, ‘and 94’—
omit, insert—, 94 and 94A
(2)Schedule 8, part 1, entry for Merlwood Water Board—
omit.(3)Schedule 8—
insert—
Column 1
Column 2
Column 3
Dissolved water authority
Plan of dissolved authority area
Alternative institutional structure
Merlwood Water Board
AP7342
Merlwood Water Pty Ltd ACN 611 379 278
Schedule 12, item 2, column 2, from ‘by holder’ to ‘assignment’—
omit, insert—for a seasonal water assignment for a water allocation or a seasonal water assignment notice for a water allocation