Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations (Amendment) (ACT)

Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations1 (Amendment)

Subordinate Law No. 3 of 19952

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations under the Electricity and Water Act 1988.

Dated 11 January 1995.

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Minister

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Minister

Commencement

1.  These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.

Principal Regulations

2.  In these Regulations, “Principal Regulations” means the Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations.

Interpretation

3.  Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended by inserting in subregulation (1) the following definitions:

“ ‘drain’ means any pipe or conduit connected to, and used for—

(a)the drainage of a single building; or

(b)the drainage of any group of buildings by a combined operation in accordance with regulation 28;

and leading to a sewer or to a septic tank, on-site sewage treatment unit or other receptacle for drainage;

‘sewer’ means any pipe or conduit, other than a drain, used, or intended to be used, for the conveyance of sewage;

‘Territory Land’ has the same meaning as in the Australian Capital Territory (Planning and Land Management) Act 1988 of the Commonwealth;”.

Insertion

4.  After regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations the following regulation is inserted in Part I:

Application to Authority and staff of Authority

“5.  (1)  Subregulations 14 (1) and 16 (2) and regulations 47 and 99 do not apply in relation to the Authority.

“(2)  Subregulations 23 (1) and (2) and regulations 24, 30, 31 and 32 do not apply in respect of work executed by or on behalf of the Authority.

“(3)  Subregulation 11 (1), regulations 12 and 13, subregulations 15 (1) and 16 (2), regulations 26 and 47, subregulation 93 (13), regulation 99, paragraph 100 (1) (a) and subregulation 103 (2) do not apply to an officer or employee of the Authority who is engaged in the performance of his or her duties as such an officer or employee.”.

Connections in accordance with Regulations

5.  Regulation 16 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting “connexions” and substituting “connections”;

(b)by omitting “, and no such connexion shall be made unless and until approval has been given under regulation 18”; and

(c)by adding at the end the following subregulation:

“(2)  No connection referred to in subregulation (1) shall be made unless approval has been given under regulation 18.”.

Conditions to be observed in regard to tappings and services

6.  Regulation 96 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

(a)by omitting from paragraph (c) “service pipe required exceeds 20 millimetres, the service pipe shall” and substituting “pipe required exceeds 20 millimetres, a pipe to be installed to supply water from an Authority main to a parcel of land shall, in the places in which it is to be laid in or on unleased Territory Land,”; and

(b)by omitting from paragraph (d) “the owner of a parcel of land requires a service pipe with a bore exceeding 20 millimetres, the service pipe shall be supplied and fitted by the owner at his or her expense but shall” and substituting “a pipe with a bore exceeding 20 millimetres is required to supply water from an Authority main to a parcel of land, the pipe shall be supplied and fitted by the owner of the land at his or her expense but shall, in the places in which it is laid in or on unleased Territory Land,”.

NOTES

Principal Regulations

1. Reprinted as at 1 January 1994.  See also Act No. 60, 1994.

Notification

1. Notified in the ACT Gazette on 12 January 1995.

©  Australian Capital Territory 1995