Victorian Numbered Acts

WATER AMENDMENT (GOVERNANCE AND OTHER REFORMS) ACT 2012 (NO. 17 OF 2012) - SECT 65

    (1)     For section 324(1)(b) of the Water Act 1989 substitute —

    "(b)     the management, protection and use of all lands, waterways and works under the management and control of a water corporation; and

        (c)     the management, protection and use of environmental and recreational areas under the management and control of a water corporation; and

        (d)     sanitary drainage plans held by a water corporation, including—

              (i)     the lodging of plans of sanitary drains as they appear after they have been installed or altered; and

              (ii)     specifying the details that the plans must contain; and

              (iii)     the providing of the copies of the plans; and

        (e)     prescribing standards for any saline or other matter (whether in liquid form or not) that may be discharged—

              (i)     into works under the control of a water corporation; or

              (ii)     into any waterway; or

              (iii)     onto any place from which it may enter into—

    (A)     any works under the control of a water corporation; or

    (B)     any waterway; or

    (C)     any aquifer; or

    (D)     any bore; and

        (f)     prescribing ways of measuring water supply by meter or other measuring device, including ways of calculating water use by reading a meter after the ending of a billing period; and

        (g)     prescribing ways of determining the quantity of water supplied to land, other than by a meter or other measuring device; and

        (h)     prohibiting any act which would cause wastage of water; and
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              (i)     regulating or prohibiting any activity—

              (i)     that is carried out within 40 metres of works or waterways forming part of the water supply system of a water corporation; and

              (ii)     that may affect the system; and

        (j)     prohibiting people who are not entitled to water supply from using water from the works of a water corporation; and

        (k)     regulating or prohibiting the access to or use of land and works under the management and control of a water corporation; and

        (l)     regulating the use of water for fire-fighting purposes; and

        (m)     regulating or prohibiting the discharge of any trade waste into the sewers of a water corporation; and

        (n)     prescribing the terms and conditions to be included in agreements for the receipt and disposal of trade waste by a water corporation, including the grounds on which a water corporation may disconnect the service; and

        (o)     prescribing any waste as trade waste for the purposes of this Act; and

        (p)     prescribing the information to be provided to a water corporation by any person whose trade waste the water corporation agrees to receive; and

        (q)     the resolution of disputes under or in connection with a trade waste agreement or a proposed trade waste agreement; and

        (r)     regulating works or apparatus that are part of any private works; and

        (s)     requiring—

              (i)     the regular maintenance and cleaning of those works or apparatus; and

              (ii)     the payment of a fee for any maintenance or cleaning of those works or apparatus that is carried out by or on behalf of a water corporation; and

        (t)     prohibiting septic tank discharge within an area in respect of which a water corporation has functions without the consent of the water corporation; and

        (u)     imposing penalties for contraventions of the regulations; and

              (v)     any other matter or thing required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed or necessary to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.".

    (2)     After section 324(4) of the Water Act 1989 insert —

    "(4A)     If a regulation made under this Act is inconsistent with a by-law made by an Authority, the regulation prevails to the extent of the inconsistency.".