Catchment Management Act 1989 Hunter Valley Catchment Management Trust (Transitional) Regulation 1990 (1990-802) [GG No 174 of 21.12.1990] (NSW)

1990—No. 802

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ACT 1989—REGULATION

(Hunter Valley Catchment Management Trust (Transitional) Regulation 1990)

NEW SOUTH WALES

[Published in Gazette No. 174 of 21 December 1990]

HIS Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, and in pursuance of the Catchment Management Act 1989, has been pleased to make the Regulation set forth hereunder.

IAN M. ARMSTRONG

Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Citation

1. This Regulation may be cited as the Hunter Valley Catchment

Management Trust (Transitional) Regulation 1990.

Commencement

2. This Regulation commences on 1 January 1991.

Temporary operation of Regulation

3. This Regulation has effect until regulations made under the Act otherwise provide, but in any case ceases to have effect on 1 January 1992.

Definitions

4. In this Regulation:
"the Act" means the Catchment Management Act 1989;
"Trust" means the Hunter Valley Catchment Management Trust.

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Catchment management purpose of the Trust

5. For the purposes of section 26 of the Act, the total catchment management purpose of the Trust is the same as the purpose of the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust Act 1950 (as in force immediately before its repeal).

Basis of levying catchment contributions
For the purposes of section 41 of the Act, a catchment contribution for 1991 is to be levied on the land value (with the meaning of the Valuation of Land Act 1916) of all land within the catchment contribution area having a land value in excess of $300 and ratable for the time being under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1919.

6.

Application of Water Supply Authorities (Upper Parramatta River
Catchment Trust) Finance Regulation 1989

7. The provisions of clauses 21-25 of the Water Supply Authorities (Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust) Finance Regulation 1989 apply to catchment contributions for 1991 levied by the Trust in the same way as they apply to service charges levied by the Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust.

Interest on overdue catchment contributions

8. The interest payable on overdue catchment contributions for 1991 is the maximum interest applicable to the payment of overdue council rates for the time being under the provisions of the Local Government Act 1919.

NOTES
TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1.    Citation

2.     Commencement

3.     Temporary operation of Regulation

4.     Definitions

5.     Catchment management purpose of the Trust

6.     Basis of levying catchment contributions

7.     Application of Water Supply Authorities (Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust) Finance Regulation 1989

8.     Interest on overdue catchment contributions

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EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Catchment Management Act 1989 provides for the repeal of the Hunter Valley Conseration Trust Act 1950 and the establishment of the Hunter Valley Catchment Management Trust as a catchment management trust. The object of this Regulation is to deal with the following matters on a transitional basis for 1991 only pending the making of general regulations under the Catchment Management Act 1989:

(a)	to prescribe the catchment management purpose of the Hunter Valley Catchment Management Trust which will be the same as the purpose of the Hunter Valley Conservation Trust Act 1950; and
(b)	to prescribe the basis for levying the catchment contribution to be levied by the Trust for 1991; and
(c)	to prescribe an interest rate on overdue catchment contributions for 1991; and
(d)	to apply provisions of the Water Supply Authorities (Upper Parramatta River Catchment Trust) Finance Regulation 1989 relating to miscellaneous machinery matters to catchment contributions levied by the Trust for 1991.