South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 (Qld)
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Queensland South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Act No. 20 of 2010
Queensland South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distributionand Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Amendment of s 4 (Achievement of purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Amendment of s 11 (Functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Insertion of new s 17A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 17A InformationPrivacyAct2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Insertion of new s 18A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 18A PenaltiesandSentencesAct1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Amendment of s 53 (Delegation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Insertion of new chs 2A–2C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Chapter 2A General provisions for distributor-retailers as service providers Part 1 Provisions for distributor-retailers to become service providers Division 1 General provisions 53AA Distributor-retailers become service providers . . . . . . 26 53AB Participating local governments cease being service providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 53AC Notice to regulator not required for transfer under transition document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 53AD Existing customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 53AE Provision for market rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2 Existing trade waste approvals 53AF Existing trade waste approvals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AG Power to amend existing trade waste approvals for particular purposes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AH Requirements for making consistency amendment . . Division 3 Provision of information 53AI Authorised exchange of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 2 Application of particular Water Supply Act provisions to distributor-retailers Division 1 Preliminary 53AJ Purpose of pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AK Application of pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2 Application of provisions 53AL Provision about plans under the WaterSupplyAct—generally . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AM Provision about strategic asset management plan. . . 53AN Provision about system leakage management plan . . 53AO Provision about drinking water service. . . . . . . . . . . . 53AP Provision about service areas—before water netserv plan is in effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AQ Provision about service areas—after water netserv plan is in effect . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AR Provision about recycled water management plan. . . Part 3 Charges for water services and wastewater services 53AS Application of pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AT Interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AU Overdue charge is owing by any owner of the premises .......................... 53AV Charge on premises for overdue charge, CPI indexation and costs ordered . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AW Quarterly CPI indexation for distributor-retailer’s charge ............................. 53AX Registration of charge and effect of registration. . . . . Part 4 Miscellaneous provisions 53AY Authority to acquire land. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53AZ Code supersedes customer service standards . . . . . 27 27 28 28 29 30 30 30 31 31 32 33 33 34 34 35 35 35 36 37 37 38 Page 2 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 53BA Ownership of water infrastructure that becomes part of land ............................ Chapter 2B Water infrastructure provisions for distributor-retailers Part 1 Preliminary 53BB What is water infrastructure and water infrastructure work .......................... 53BC What is a public entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BD Publicly-controlled places and their public entities . . . 53BE What is a road and a State-controlled road . . . . . . . . 53BF What are road works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BG Meaning of location on a road . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 2 Carrying out water infrastructure work on publicly-controlled places Division 1 When work may be carried out 53BH Right to carry out work on publicly-controlled place . . 53BI Requirements for carrying out work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BJ Obtaining public entity’s approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BK Conditions of approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2 Obligations in carrying out work 53BL Application of div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BM Guarding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BN Warning signs on roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BO General obligations in carrying out work . . . . . . . . . . 53BP Maintenance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 3 Work directions 53BQ Power to give work direction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BR Compliance with work direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BS Costs of carrying out directed work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 3 Public entity work 53BT Application of pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BU Requirement to consult if water infrastructure affected .......................... 53BV Power to require consequential work . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BW Compliance with consequential work requirement . . . 53BX Costs of carrying out required consequential work . . Part 4 Water infrastructure interfering with publicly-controlled place 38 39 39 40 41 41 42 42 43 43 44 44 44 45 45 46 46 47 47 48 48 48 49 49 2010 Act No. 20 Page 3
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 53BY Application of pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53BZ Remedial action by public entity in emergency . . . . . 53CA Power to require remedial action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CB Compliance with remedial action requirement . . . . . . 53CC Costs of taking required remedial action . . . . . . . . . . Part 5 Water infrastructure work and roads 53CD Application of pt 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CE Record obligation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CF Obligation to give public entity information . . . . . . . . . 53CG Exclusion of liability for particular damage by public entity to water infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CH Liability for additional public entity road work expenses ...................... 53CI Distributor-retailer and public entity may share costs. Part 6 Miscellaneous provision 53CJ Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chapter 2C Trade waste provisions for distributor-retailers Part 1 General provisions about trade waste officers 53CK Appointment and other provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CL Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 2 Powers of trade waste officers Division 1 General powers for entering places 53CM General powers of entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2 Entry to take trade waste compliance action 53CN Power to enter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 3 Approved inspection programs 53CO Power to enter place subject to approved inspection program ........................... 53CP Approving an inspection program. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CQ Content of public notice and access requirements. . . Division 4 Obtaining warrants 53CR Application for warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CS Issue of warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CT Application by electronic communication and duplicate warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53CU Defect in relation to a warrant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 5 Procedure for entries 50 50 50 50 50 51 51 51 51 52 53 54 54 55 56 56 57 57 58 59 60 61 63 Page 4 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 53CV Entry with consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 53CW Entry under warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 53CX Other entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 Division 6 Powers after entry 53CY Application of div 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 53CZ General powers after entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 53DA Failure to help trade waste officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 Division 7 Power to require name and address in connection with trade waste 53DB Application of div 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 53DC Power to require name and address . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 53DD Power to require evidence of name or address . . . . . 68 53DE Exception if trade waste offence not proved. . . . . . . . 68 Division 8 Safeguards 53DF Duty to avoid damage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 53DG Notice of damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 53DH Content of notice of damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 53DI Compensation from distributor-retailer to owner or occupier ........................ 70 Part 3 Trade waste compliance notices 53DJ Who may give a trade waste compliance notice. . . . . 70 53DK Requirements for trade waste compliance notice. . . . 71 53DL Offence to contravene trade waste compliance notice .............................. 72 53DM Action distributor-retailer may take if trade waste compliance notice contravened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 53DN Recovery of costs of trade waste compliance action . 73 10 Omission of s 55 (Period of transfer schemes). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 11 Amendment of s 56 (Particular matters scheme may provide for) 73 12 Insertion of new s 56A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 56A Period of transfer schemes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74 13 Amendment of s 58 (Requirements for certification statement) . . 74 14 Amendment of s 69 (Disclosure and use for transition of information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 15 Amendment of s 73 (Acquisitions interrupted by transfer scheme or notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 16 Replacement of ch 3, pt 3, div 2, sdiv 3 (Development approvals and infrastructure agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 2010 Act No. 20 Page 5
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 17 18 19 20 21 Page 6 Subdivision 3 Infrastructure agreements 77 Application of sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77A Novation for unbundled agreements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77B Bundled agreements—terms relating solely to water aspects ........................ 77C Bundled agreement—mixed rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77D Bundled agreement—mixed liabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . 77E Negotiation about mixed rights and liabilities . . . . . . . 77F Other necessary changes to be made for transition. . 77G Other party’s rights and liabilities not affected . . . . . . 77H Provision for things done under agreement before the transfer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 3A Other matters under Acts about planning 77I Application of sdiv 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77J Transfer of liability in particular circumstance. . . . . . . 77K Provisions for sharing benefit of liability not solely for water infrastructure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77L Changes in references under relevant action . . . . . . . Insertion of new ch 3, pt 3, div 2, sdiv 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 5 Planning schemes and declared master planned areas 78A Application of planning schemes for development in SEQ region. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78B Distributor-retailer is participating agency . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 93 (Minister’s power to make code). . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 94 (Particular matters code may provide for) . . Insertion of new s 94A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94A Obligation to comply with code. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new ch 4, pt 4 and new chs 4A and 4B . . . . . . . . . . . Part 4 Interim customer service provisions Division 1 General provisions about standards of customer service 99AA Application of pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AB Interim application of relevant service standards for each constituent area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AC Application of complaints standard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AD Customer service charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AE Access to customer service charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 76 77 77 78 79 80 80 80 81 82 82 83 83 83 83 85 85 85 85 86 86 86 87 87 88 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 99AF Obligation to comply with part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2 Meters Subdivision 1 General provisions 99AG Meters must be read annually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AH Methods of charging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AI Special meter readings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 2 Meter tests 99AJ Meter accuracy test at customer’s request. . . . . . . . . 99AK When meter taken to register accurately . . . . . . . . . . 99AL Extent of inaccuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AM Notice of test results. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AN Refund and adjustment if inaccuracy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AO Using testing instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 3 Security and charges Subdivision 1 Restrictions on requesting security 99AP Security may only be requested if subdivision complied with ...................... 99AQ Residential customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AR Non-residential customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AS Maximum security that may be requested . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 2 Restricting water supply 99AT Restricting water supply for not paying charges or giving security. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4 Accounts 99AU Application of div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99AV Matters required to be stated in account . . . . . . . . . . 99AW Requirements for accounts included in rates notice. . Division 5 Miscellaneous provision 99AX New owner’s obligation to notify distributor-retailer . . Chapter 4A SEQ design and construction code Part 1 General provisions about code 99AY What is the SEQ design and construction code . . . . . 99AZ Requirement to have code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99BA Particular matters for code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 2 Process for making or amending code 99BB Public notice about availability of draft code. . . . . . . . 88 88 89 89 89 90 90 90 91 91 91 92 92 93 93 94 94 95 96 97 97 97 98 2010 Act No. 20 Page 7
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 99BC Preparing final code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 99BD Adopting code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 99BE When code has effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 99BF Amendment of code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99 Part 3 Minister’s powers in relation to code 99BG Power of Minister to direct distributor-retailer to take action about code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 99BH Power of Minister if distributor-retailer does not comply with direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Part 4 Miscellaneous 99BI Commission to keep copies of code available for inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Chapter 4B Water netserv plans Part 1 General provisions 99BJ Requirement for distributor-retailer to have plan . . . . 102 99BK Plan to be consistent with SEQ regional plan and planning assumptions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 99BL Requirement for distributor-retailer to review plan . . . 102 Part 2 Purposes, form and content of plan 99BM Purposes of plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 99BN Form of plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 99BO Content of part A of plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 99BP Content of part B of plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 Part 3 Particular provisions about plans 99BQ Matters distributor-retailer must have regard to in making plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Part 4 Process for making or amending plans 99BR Process for making or amending plan . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 99BS Content of regulation for making or amending plan . . 109 22 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 1 and pt 2 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Part 1 Public access to information 99BT Meaning of available for inspection and purchase . . . 111 99BU Keeping particular documents available for inspection and purchase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111 99BV Distributor-retailer may charge for copies of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 23 Insertion of new ss 100A–100F . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 Page 8 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 24 25 26 27 28 Part 3 29 30 31 32 33 Part 4 34 35 36 100A Trade waste management plans and plans for managing wastewater services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100B Distributor-retailer to prepare statement about capital works ........................... 100C Commission may make guidelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100D Application of Water Supply Act internal and external review provisions for decisions under Act. . . . . . . . . . 100E Offences against Act are summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100F Application of WaterSupplyAct enforcement provisions for particular offences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 102 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new ch 6, pt 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omission of s 105 (Application of customer service standards until code commences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new ch 6, pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 2 Transitional provisions for South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 108 Public entity approvals taken to be given for existing water infrastructure work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Deferral of distributor-retailer’s liability for additional public entity road work expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Existing authorised persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of CommunityAmbulanceCoverAct2003 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 37IA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37IA SEQ water distributor-retailer exemption . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 50A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50A SEQ water distributor-retailer exemption . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 62A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62A SEQ water distributor-retailer exemption . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of EnvironmentalProtectionAct1994 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 310C (Requirements for application). . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 310D (Environmental management plan) . . . . . 113 114 114 115 116 116 117 117 118 118 118 119 119 120 126 126 126 126 126 127 127 127 127 127 128 2010 Act No. 20 Page 9
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 37 38 39 40 41 Part 4A 41A 41B Part 5 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 Page 10 Amendment of s 310U (Requirements for amendment application) ................................. Amendment of s 312E (Other amendments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 316A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 316A Particular requirement for annual return for CSG environmental authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new ch 13, pt 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 15 Transitional provisions for South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 660 Definitions for pt 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661 Temporary prohibition on constructing CSG evaporation dams under existing CSG authority . . . . 662 Revised (CSG) EM plan required for existing CSG authority ......................... 663 First annual return for existing CSG authority . . . . . . Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of NatureConservationAct1992 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 27 (Prohibition on mining and GHG storage activities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 83 (Compliance permit required for certain regulated work or any on-site sewerage work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 84 (Regulated work or on-site sewerage work by a public sector entity). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 85 (Process for assessing plans) . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 85A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85A Participating local government to give documents or information to distributor-retailer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 85B (Restrictions on giving compliance permit for greywater use facility in a sewered area) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 86 (General process for assessing regulated work and on-site sewerage work). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 86AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86AA Participating local government to give documents or information to distributor-retailer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 86C (Conditions of compliance certificate) . . . . 129 130 130 130 131 131 131 132 133 133 133 133 134 134 134 135 136 136 136 137 138 138 139 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 Part 6 59 60 Part 7 61 62 63 Part 8 64 65 Amendment of s 87 (Minor work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 126 (Restriction on building or installing greywater use facility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 128G (Owner’s obligation to maintain plumbing and drainage and on-site sewerage facility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 128PA (Offence about using greywater) . . . . . . Amendment of s 143B (Local government’s monitoring obligations for greywater use facilities in sewered areas). . . . . . . Omission of s 143D (Local government advice to regulator about greywater treatment plant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new pt 10, div 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 7 Transitional provisions for South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Subdivision 1 Provisions for greywater treatment plants at particular hospitals 184 Chief executive approval of particular greywater treatment plant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 Relevant compliance certificate conditions for particular regulated work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 2 Other provisions 186 Policies about installation and location of meters. . . . 187 Amendment of regulation does not affect power of Governor in Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Public Service Act 2008 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 1 (Public service offices and their heads) . . . Amendment of StandardPlumbingandDrainageRegulation 2003 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 14C (Additional requirements for plans for greywater use facilities not in a sewered area). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 14D (Additional requirements for plans for on-site sewerage facilities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of SustainablePlanningAct2009 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 120 (When planning scheme, temporary local planning instrument and amendments have effect) . . . . . . . . . . . 139 140 140 140 140 141 141 141 141 142 143 143 144 144 145 145 145 146 146 2010 Act No. 20 Page 11
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 66 67 68 69 Page 12 Amendment of s 249 (When assessment manager also has jurisdiction as concurrence agency) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 628 (Local government must review its priority infrastructure plan every 5 years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of s 677 (Representations about notice) . . . . . . . . 677 Representations about notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of ch 9, pt 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Part 7A Provisions for distributor-retailers Division 1 Preliminary 755A Definitions for pt 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755B Purpose of pt 7A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755C Application of pt 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 2 Dealing with development applications—generally 755D Application of particular assessment rules. . . . . . . . . Division 3 Dealing with development applications (distributor-retailer) 755E Decision notice or negotiated decision notice for development application (distributor-retailer) . . . . . . . 755F Local government to give notices to distributor-retailer .................... Division 4 Compliance assessment 755G Compliance assessment—local government as compliance assessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755H Compliance assessment—nominated entity as compliance assessor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755I Notice about compliance permits and compliance certificates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 5 Infrastructure funding and planning for distributor-retailers Subdivision 1 Conditions about non-trunk infrastructure and funding trunk infrastructure—general 755J Conditions about non-trunk infrastructure . . . . . . . . . 755K Funding trunk infrastructure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755L Agreements about, and alternatives to, paying infrastructure charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755M Agreements about, and alternatives to, paying regulated infrastructure charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755N Distributor-retailer may supply different trunk infrastructure from that identified in a priority infrastructure plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 146 147 147 147 147 148 149 149 149 150 150 152 153 154 154 156 157 158 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 70 Part 9 71 72 73 74 Part 10 75 76 Part 11 77 78 79 80 81 82 Subdivision 2 Application of particular provisions of ch 8 755O Application of particular provisions—generally. . . . . . 755P Application of ss 636 and 646 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755Q Application of s 649 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755R Application of s 650 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755S Application of s 651 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 3 Amending SEQ infrastructure charges schedule 755T Amending SEQ infrastructure charges schedule . . . . Division 6 Provisions about appeals 755U Appeals for development application (distributor-retailer) ................... 755V Appeals about requests for compliance assessment . 755W Appeals about infrastructure charge or regulated infrastructure charge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 7 (Referral agencies and their jurisdictions) . Amendment of sch 19 (Compliance assessment of subdivision plans) ..................................... Amendment of sch 26 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 77 (Application of div 3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of WaterAct2000 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 25F (Regulation about water supply emergency) ............................... Amendment of s 105 (General provision for amending resource operations plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 105A (Amendment to provide for deferred aspect) ................................... Amendment of s 106 (Minor or stated amendments of resource operations plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new ch 2, pt 4, div 2, sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 3 Continuation of resource operations plans 158 158 159 159 160 160 162 162 163 163 164 164 165 166 166 166 166 167 167 168 168 168 2010 Act No. 20 Page 13
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 Page 14 106A Continuation of resource operations plan for new water resource plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new ch 2A, pt 2, div 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 4A Chief executive officer 357 Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358 Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359 Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360 Provisions for performance of functions . . . . . . . . . . . 360A Conflicts of interest. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360AA Delegation by commission CEO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360AB Resignation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360AC Ending of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360AD Acting commission CEO. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360AE Preservation of rights as public service officer . . . . . . 360AF Superannuation if previously a public service officer . Replacement of s 360B (Commission’s staff). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360B Commission’s staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of s 360I (Advice to Minister on options) . . . . . . . . 360I Advice to Minister about options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 360T (Information may be required from water service providers) ............................ Amendment of s 360Z (Amendment of plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 360ZCAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360ZCAD Definition for div 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 360ZCA (Purpose and application of division) . Amendment of s 360ZCB (When water efficiency management plan may be required). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of s 360ZCC (Content of water efficiency management plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360ZCC Guidelines and content requirements for water efficiency management plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 360ZCD (Approving water efficiency management plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 360ZCF (Reporting under water efficiency management plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of 360ZCG (Amending or replacing water efficiency management plan by commission direction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 360ZCH (Amending or replacing water efficiency management plan by water service provider direction) 168 169 169 170 170 170 170 171 171 171 171 172 172 172 172 173 173 173 174 174 174 174 175 176 176 177 177 178 178 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 96 Amendment of s 360ZCI (Amending or replacing water efficiency management plan by request) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 97 Amendment of s 360ZCJ (Notice to comply with water efficiency management plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 98 Amendment of s 360ZCK (Reviewing water efficiency management plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 99 Insertion of new ss 360ZCKA–360ZCKC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179 360ZCKA Applying for cancellation of approved water efficiency management plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 360ZCKB Administration fee. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 360ZCKC Delegation by commission of functions for water efficiency management plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181 100 Amendment of s 360ZCY (Content of market rules) . . . . . . . . . . 181 101 Replacement of ch 2A, pt 5A, div 3, sdiv 2 (Grid contract documents and registered grid participants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 Subdivision 2 Default grid contract 360ZDD Minister may make default grid contract . . . . . . . . . . . 183 360ZDDA Access to default grid contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183 360ZDDB Effect of default grid contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184 Subdivision 2A Negotiated grid contracts 360ZDDC Power to negotiate grid contract . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 360ZDDD Consultation required with other affected grid service providers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185 360ZDDE Effect of negotiated grid contract on contracts of other affected grid service providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 360ZDDF Negotiated contract prevails over non-market contracts between same parties. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 360ZDDG Notice of negotiated grid contracts to rules administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187 360ZDDH Register of negotiated grid contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 Subdivision 2B Contract required for supply of declared water services 360ZDDI Grid service providers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 360ZDDJ Grid customers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189 102 Amendment of s 360ZDI (Limited liability of grid participant) . . . . 189 103 Amendment of s 360ZE (Notice of commission water restriction must be given) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190 104 Amendment of s 360ZG (Delegation of particular functions for commission water restrictions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 2010 Act No. 20 Page 15
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 Part 12 119 Page 16 Amendment of s 692 (Public notice of proposed amalgamation or dissolution) ................................. Insertion of new s 706 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706 Non-liability for State taxes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 739 (Appointment and qualifications of authorised officers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 740 (Functions and powers of authorised officers) ..................................... Amendment of s 741 (Conditions of appointment of authorised officers) ................................... Amendment of s 742 (Authorised officer’s identity card) . . . . . . . Amendment of s 743 (Failure to return identity card) . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new s 748A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 748A Power of entry for monitoring commission water restrictions and water efficiency management plans . Amendment of s 749 (Power to enter places for other purposes) Amendment of s 932 (Who may bring proceedings for offences). Amendment of s 1014 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . Omission of s 1141 (Existing regional water supply strategies) . . Insertion of new ch 9, pt 5, div 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Division 15 Transitional provisions for South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Subdivision 1 Provisions for water efficiency management plans 1173 Definitions for sdiv 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1174 Application of s 360ZCB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1175 Particular notices to prepare water efficiency management plans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1176 Approved water efficiency management plans for water service providers in SEQ region . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 2 Other provisions 1177 First commission CEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1178 Grid contract documents become negotiated grid contracts ....................... Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act2008 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 192 192 193 193 194 194 194 194 194 195 195 196 196 196 197 197 197 198 198 199 199 200 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 120 Amendment of s 41 (Restricting water supply). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 121 Amendment of s 54 (Approving water efficiency management plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 122 Amendment of s 95 (Preparing drinking water quality management plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201 123 Replacement of ch 2, pt 4, div 3, sdiv 3, hdg (Miscellaneous) . . . 201 124 Replacement of s 102 (Notice of particular matter) . . . . . . . . . . . 202 102AA Application of sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 102 Notice of noncompliance with water quality criteria . . 202 102A Notice of prescribed incident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203 102B Self-incrimination not a reasonable excuse for sdiv 3 203 125 Amendment of s 123 (Preparing drought management plans) . . 204 126 Replacement of s 125 (Submitting drought management plan for registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 125 Submitting drought management plan for registration 204 127 Omission of s 131 (Tabling in Legislative Assembly) . . . . . . . . . . 204 128 Amendment of s 138 (Guidelines for rate notice or account for supply of water to residential premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 129 Amendment of s 142 (Contents of annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 130 Amendment of s 167 (Owner may ask for connection to service provider’s infrastructure). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 131 Amendment of s 180 (Trade waste approvals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 132 Amendment of s 181 (Approval may be conditional) . . . . . . . . . . 206 133 Amendment of s 182 (Criteria for suspending or cancelling trade waste approval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 134 Amendment of s 183 (Suspending or cancelling trade waste approval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207 135 Amendment of s 184 (Immediate suspension or cancellation). . . 207 136 Amendment of s 185 (Amending trade waste approval) . . . . . . . 207 137 Amendment of s 193 (Discharging particular materials) . . . . . . . 208 138 Amendment of s 201 (Preparing particular plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 139 Amendment of s 206 (Notice of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 140 Amendment of s 250 (Application for exemption). . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 141 Replacement of ss 270–272. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 Division 1 Reporting requirements 270AA Application of div 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210 270 Notice of noncompliance with water quality criteria . . 210 271 Notice of prescribed incidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211 2010 Act No. 20 Page 17
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 Page 18 272 Self-incrimination not a reasonable excuse for div 1 . Division 2 Annual reports 273 Annual reporting requirement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274 Sections 274–299 not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 301 (Making declaration). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 304 (Notice of declaration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 330 (Notice to local government) . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 331 (Report about compliance with notice). . . . Replacement of s 333 (Sections 333–339 not used) . . . . . . . . . . 333 Requirement for certain entities to give information to scheme manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334 Sections 334–339 not used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of s 340 (Definition for pt 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340Ch 4 does not apply to particular dams . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 341 (What is a referable dam). . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 343 (When dam must be failure impact assessed) ................................. Amendment of s 344 (Process for failure impact assessment) . . Amendment of s 345 (Requirement for other failure impact assessments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 348 (Cost of failure impact assessment) . . . . . . Amendment of s 350 (Notice accepting failure impact assessment) ............................... Amendment of s 355 (Process after deciding safety conditions) . Insertion of new s 357A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357A Chief executive may engage person to provide information ....................... Insertion of new ch 4, pt 1, div 4, sdiv 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of s 358 (Application of div 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Insertion of new ch 4, pt 1, div 4, sdiv 2 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Subdivision 2 Chief executive may give direction or take action about failure of dam’. Amendment of s 359 (Direction to owner of emergency part of land) ....................................... Insertion of new s 359A, and ch 4, pt 1, div 4, sdiv 3 hdg . . . . . . 359A Taking immediate action about failure of dam . . . . . . Replacement of s 360 (Failure to comply with notice) . . . . . . . . . 360 Notice for recovering expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212 213 214 214 214 214 215 215 216 216 216 216 217 217 218 219 219 219 220 220 221 221 221 222 222 222 222 224 224 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents 162 Amendment of s 361 (Notice in relation to land other than leases State land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 163 Amendment of s 362 (Notice in relation to leased State land) . . . 225 164 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 1, div 4, sdiv 4 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225 165 Amendment of s 363 (Emergency powers if imminent danger of dam failure). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 166 Replacement of s 365 (Sections 365-369 not used) . . . . . . . . . . 226 365 Cancellation of development permit for decommissioned dam . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 366 Sections 366-369 not used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226 167 Amendment of s 510 (Who is an interested person) . . . . . . . . . . 227 168 Amendment of s 512 (Who may apply for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 169 Amendment of s 514 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 170 Amendment of s 561 (Development applications for referable dams) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227 171 Amendment of s 571 (Regulator may make guidelines). . . . . . . . 227 172 Amendment of s 572 (Chief executive may make guidelines) . . . 228 173 Amendment of s 576 (Documents recycled water provider must keep available for inspection and purchase) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228 174 Amendment of s 579 (Regulator may share particular information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229 175 Insertion of new s 579A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 579A Chief executive may share particular information. . . . 230 176 Amendment of s 580 (Non-disclosure of commercially sensitive information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 177 Amendment of s 631 (Application of particular provisions—existing schemes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 178 Amendment of s 632 (Application of particular provisions—schemes supplying recycled water for particular purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 179 Amendment of s 633 (Application of particular provisions—other schemes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 180 Replacement of ch 10 hdg (Transitional provision for SustainablePlanning Act 2009) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Chapter 10 Other transitional provisions 181 Replacement of ch 10A hdg (Transitional provision for South-EastQueenslandWater(DistributionandRetailRestructuring)Act2009) 232 182 Insertion of new ch 10, pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232 Part 3 Transitional provisions for South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail 2010 Act No. 20 Page 19
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Contents Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 638 Provision for carrying out particular failure impact assessments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 639 Service provider water restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 183 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 Page 20 2010 Act No. 20
Queensland South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 Act No. 20 of 2010 An Act to amend the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and RetailRestructuring) Act 2009, Community Ambulance Cover Act 2003, Environmental Protection Act 1994, Nature Conservation Act 1992, Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002, Public Service Act 2008, StandardPlumbing and Drainage Regulation 2003, Sustainable Planning Act 2009, Sustainable Planning Regulation 2009, Transport Infrastructure Act 1994, Water Act 2000 and the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 for particular purposes [Assented to 23 May 2010]
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] The Parliament of Queensland enacts— Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 . 2 Commencement (1) The following provisions of this Act commence on 1 July 2010— (a) section 9, to the extent it inserts the following— (i) chapter 2A, part 1, division 2; (ii) chapter 2A, parts 3 and 4; (iii) chapters 2B and 2C; (b) sections 16 to 20, 22, 23, 25 to 27 and 78; (c) section 21, other than to the extent it inserts sections 99AD and 99AE; (d) parts 3 and 7 to 10. (2) The following provisions of this Act commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation— (a) part 4; (b) sections 101 and 102; (c) section 117, to the extent it inserts section 1178; (d) section 118, to the extent it inserts the definitions default grid contract , mandatory term , negotiated grid contract, non-market contract and rules administrator . Page 22 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 3] Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 3 Act amended This part amends the South-EastQueenslandWater(Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 . 4 Amendment of s 4 (Achievement of purposes) Section 4(2)— insert— ‘(d) providing for all distributor-retailers to become service providers on and from 1 July 2010; and (e) the inclusion of particular provisions about the performance of the functions of distributor-retailers as service providers.’. 5 Amendment of s 11 (Functions) (1) Section 11(1)(f)— omit, insert — ‘(f) on and from 1 July 2010— (i) perform functions under this Act and the WaterSupply Act relating to trade waste as a sewerage service provider; and Note — See section 53AA (Distributor-retailers become service providers). (ii) perform particular planning and development assessment functions under the Planning Act; 2010 Act No. 20 Page 23
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 6] (g) anything else likely to complement or enhance a function mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f).’. 6 ‘17A Insertion of new s 17A After section 17— insert— Information Privacy Act 2009 ‘A distributor-retailer is taken to be an agency under the Information Privacy Act 2009 .’. 7 ‘18A Insertion of new s 18A After section 18— insert— Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 ‘A distributor-retailer is taken to be a corporation for the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 .’. 8 Amendment of s 53 (Delegation) (1) Section 53(4), after ‘functions’— insert— ‘, including a function delegated to the chief executive officer,’. (2) Section 53(5)— renumber as section 53(11). (3) Section 53— insert— ‘(5) Without limiting subsection (1)— (a) a distributor-retailer must, for the period ending 30 June 2013, delegate— Page 24 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 8] (i) its functions as a concurrence agency for a development application to its relevant participating local government; and (ii) its functions under the PlanningAct, chapter 9, part 7A, division 4 to its relevant participating local government; and (b) a distributor-retailer may delegate its functions under the PlanningAct, chapter 9, part 7A, division 5 to its relevant participating local governments; and (c) a distributor-retailer may delegate to its participating local governments its functions as a service provider under the WaterSupplyAct relating to approving connections to, disconnections from or changes to connections to, its water infrastructure. ‘(6) A relevant participating local government may subdelegate a function delegated to it under subsection (5) to an appropriately qualified officer or employee of the local government. ‘(7) A delegation under subsection (5)(a) can not be revoked, in whole or in part, by the distributor-retailer. ‘(8) A function delegated under subsection (5)(a) can not be performed or exercised by the distributor-retailer. ‘(9) Subsection (8) does not stop the distributor-retailer giving advice to a participating local government about the performance or exercise of a function delegated under subsection (5)(a). ‘(10) Subject to subsections (7) and (8), the Acts Interpretation Act1954 , section 27A applies to a delegation under subsection (5)(a).’. (4) Section 53(11), as renumbered under this section, definition appropriately qualified — omit . (5) Section 53(11), as renumbered under this section— insert— 2010 Act No. 20 Page 25
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] ‘ concurrence agency see the Planning Act, section 251. relevant participating local government , for a function of a distributor-retailer, means the distributor-retailer’s participating local government for the local government area in relation to which the function is performed or exercised.’. 9 Insertion of new chs 2A–2C After chapter 2— insert— ‘Chapter 2A General provisions for distributor-retailers as service providers ‘Part 1 Provisions for distributor-retailers to become service providers ‘Division 1 General provisions ‘53AA Distributor-retailers become service providers ‘(1) On and from 1 July 2010 all distributor-retailers become service providers for their geographic area functions. ‘(2) The Water Supply Act, section 20 does not apply to a distributor-retailer. ‘(3) A distributor-retailer continues to be a service provider from 1 July 2010 and subject to the Water Supply Act. ‘(4) A distributor-retailer must give the regulator the information mentioned in the WaterSupplyAct, section 12 about the distributor-retailer as a service provider as soon as practicable after 1 July 2010. Page 26 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] ‘53AB Participating local governments cease being service providers ‘On 1 July 2010, each distributor-retailer’s participating local governments cease to be a service provider. ‘53AC Notice to regulator not required for transfer under transition document ‘The Water Supply Act, sections 24 and 25 do not apply to a transfer under a transition document. ‘53AD Existing customers ‘(1) This section applies to a person who, immediately before 1 July 2010, was a customer of any of a distributor-retailer’s participating local governments. ‘(2) On 1 July 2010 the person becomes a customer of the distributor-retailer. ‘53AE Provision for market rules ‘On and from 1 July 2010, a distributor-retailer is taken to be a registered grid participant in the grid customer and distribution service provider categories under the market rules under the Water Act. ‘Division 2 Existing trade waste approvals ‘53AF Existing trade waste approvals ‘(1) On and from July 2010 all trade waste approvals given by a distributor-retailer’s participating local governments are taken to have been given by the distributor-retailer. ‘(2) If before 1 July 2010— 2010 Act No. 20 Page 27
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] (a) a local government was required under the Water SupplyAct, section 185(2) to give an approval holder a notice amending the holder’s trade waste approval; and (b) the local government has not given that notice; the distributor must give the notice as soon as practicable after it becomes aware of the requirement. ‘53AG Power to amend existing trade waste approvals for particular purposes ‘(1) This section applies for a trade waste approval that under section 53AF(1) is taken to have been given by a distributor-retailer (each an existing trade waste approval ). ‘(2) Subject to section 53AH, the distributor-retailer may amend the trade waste approval to ensure the consistency of all trade waste approvals given for its geographic area (a consistency amendment ). ‘(3) However, a consistency amendment can not be made after 30 June 2012. ‘(4) The distributor-retailer may, by notice, also amend the trade waste approval to make any change necessary to reflect the change from the approval being given by it instead of a participating local government. ‘53AH Requirements for making consistency amendment ‘(1) Before a distributor-retailer makes a consistency amendment of a trade waste approval, it must give the approval holder a show cause notice about the proposed amendment. ‘(2) If, after considering any properly made submissions by the approval holder, the distributor-retailer is still satisfied the amendment should be made, it may make the amendment by notice to the approval holder. ‘(3) Within 30 business days after making a decision under subsection (2), the distributor-retailer must give the approval holder an information notice about the decision. Page 28 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] ‘(4) If, after considering any properly made submissions by the approval holder, the distributor-retailer is not satisfied the amendment should be made, it must give the approval holder a notice about the decision. ‘(5) A decision under subsection (2), takes effect on the later of the following— (a) the day the information notice is received by the approval holder; (b) the day stated in the notice. ‘(6) In this section— show cause notice means a notice that complies with the Water Supply Act, section 463. ‘Division 3 Provision of information ‘53AI Authorised exchange of information ‘(1) A distributor-retailer and its participating local governments may exchange information with each other if the exchange is necessary or desirable for the distributor-retailer to perform its geographic area functions. ‘(2) However, information can not be exchanged under subsection (1) after 1 July 2013. ‘(3) This section is subject to the InformationPrivacyAct2009 and the Right to Information Act 2009 . 2010 Act No. 20 Page 29
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] ‘Part 2 Application of particular WaterSupply Act provisions to distributor-retailers ‘Division 1 Preliminary ‘53AJ Purpose of pt 2 ‘The purpose of this part is to provide for matters about the application of particular provisions of the Water Supply Act in relation to the carrying on of a water service or wastewater service by a distributor-retailer after 1 July 2010. ‘53AK Application of pt 2 ‘This part does not limit or otherwise affect the application of the Water Supply Act to a distributor-retailer other than to the extent stated in division 2. ‘Division 2 Application of provisions ‘53AL Provision about plans under the Water SupplyAct—generally ‘(1) On and from 1 July 2010, the following provisions of the Water Supply Act do not apply to a distributor-retailer— (a) sections 106 to 109, other than to the extent the sections provide for any matter about the distributor-retailer’s drinking water quality management plan under that Act; (b) chapter 2, part 4, division 6. ‘(2) The following provisions of the WaterSupplyAct do not apply to a distributor-retailer that has a water netserv plan— (a) chapter 2, part 4, divisions 1 and 2; Page 30 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] (b) chapter 2, part 4, division 4, other than to the extent the division provides for any matter about the distributor-retailer’s drinking water quality management plan under that Act. ‘53AM Provision about strategic asset management plan ‘(1) This section applies to a distributor-retailer— (a) on 1 July 2010; and (b) until the day the distributor-retailer has a water netserv plan. ‘(2) For the Water Supply Act, chapter 2, part 4, division 1, the existing strategic asset management plans for the registered services of a participating local government for the distributor-retailer are taken to be the distributor-retailer’s approved strategic asset management plans. ‘(3) The Water Supply Act, sections 73 and 74 do not apply to the distributor-retailer. ‘(4) In this section— approved strategic asset management plan means an approved strategic asset management plan under the WaterSupply Act. existing strategic asset management plan , for a registered service of a participating local government, means an approved strategic asset management plan of the local government in effect immediately before 1 July 2010. ‘53AN Provision about system leakage management plan ‘(1) This section applies to a distributor-retailer— (a) on 1 July 2010; and (b) until the day the distributor-retailer has a water netserv plan. 2010 Act No. 20 Page 31
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] ‘(2) For the Water Supply Act, chapter 2, part 4, division 2, the existing system leakage management plan for the water service of a participating local government for the distributor-retailer is taken to be the distributor-retailer’s approved system leakage management plan. ‘(3) The Water Supply Act, sections 82 and 87 do not apply to the distributor-retailer. ‘(4) In this section— approved system leakage management plan means an approved system leakage management plan under the WaterSupply Act. existing system leakage management plan , for a water service of a participating local government, means the approved system leakage management plan of the local government in effect immediately before 1 July 2010. ‘53AO Provision about drinking water service ‘(1) This section applies to a distributor-retailer— (a) on 1 July 2010; and (b) until the earlier of the following— (i) 1 July 2011; (ii) the day the distributor-retailer has an approved drinking water quality management plan. ‘(2) For the WaterSupplyAct, chapter 2, part 4, division 3, subdivision 1, the existing drinking water plan for a drinking water service of a participating local government for the distributor-retailer is taken to be the distributor-retailer’s approved drinking water quality management plan. ‘(3) In this section— approved drinking water quality management plan means an approved drinking water quality management plan under the Water Supply Act. Page 32 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] existing drinking water plan , for a drinking water service of a participating local government, means the approved drinking water quality management plan of the local government in effect immediately before 1 July 2010. ‘53AP Provision about service areas—before water netserv plan is in effect ‘(1) This section applies to a distributor-retailer until the day the distributor-retailer has a water netserv plan. ‘(2) On 1 July 2010, the service area for a distributor-retailer as a service provider under the Water Supply Act, chapter 2, part 5, consists of the existing service areas of its participating local governments. ‘(3) The distributor-retailer may amend the service area by adding an area to, or removing an area from, the service area. ‘(4) If the distributor-retailer amends the service area, the distributor-retailer must publish a notice of the amendment in a newspaper circulating generally throughout its geographic area. ‘(5) In this section— existing service area , of a participating local government, means the local government’s service areas under the WaterSupply Act immediately before 1 July 2010 that relate to the distributor-retailer’s water service or wastewater service. ‘53AQ Provision about service areas—after water netserv plan is in effect ‘(1) This section applies to a distributor-retailer on and from the day the distributor-retailer has a water netserv plan. ‘(2) The Water Supply Act, chapter 2, part 5, division 2 does not apply to the distributor-retailer. ‘(3) For applying the WaterSupplyAct, chapter 2, part 5, divisions 3 to 5, a reference in the divisions to a service area 2010 Act No. 20 Page 33
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] is, for a distributor-retailer, taken to be a reference to a connection area of the distributor-retailer. ‘53AR Provision about recycled water management plan ‘(1) This section applies to a distributor-retailer on 1 July 2010. ‘(2) For the WaterSupplyAct, chapter 3, part 2, the existing recycled water management plan for a recycled water scheme of a participating local government for the distributor-retailer is taken to be the distributor-retailer’s approved recycled water management plan under that Act. ‘(3) In this section— approved recycled water management plan means an approved recycled water management plan under the WaterSupply Act. existing recycled water management plan , for a recycled water scheme of a participating local government, means the approved recycled water management plan of the local government in effect immediately before 1 July 2010. ‘Part 3 Charges for water services and wastewater services ‘53AS Application of pt 3 ‘(1) This part applies if a distributor-retailer is owed all or any for the following for premises— (a) a charge for water services or wastewater services provided by a distributor-retailer to the premises; (b) costs the distributor-retailer may recover for the premises under the Water Supply Act, section 165. Page 34 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] Editor’s note — Water Supply Act, section 165 (Recovering cost of giving access to registered service) ‘(2) The amount owed for a matter mentioned in subsection (1) is the overdue charge . ‘53AT Interest ‘(1) The distributor-retailer may charge interest on the overdue charge. ‘(2) The rate of the interest can not be more than the rate of interest local governments may charge for late payment of rates. ‘(3) The interest must be calculated— (a) on daily rests, and as compound interest; or (b) in another way that the local government decides, if an equal or lower amount will be obtained. ‘53AU Overdue charge is owing by any owner of the premises ‘(1) The overdue charge is payable by anyone who from time to time owns the premises. ‘(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the owner received the benefit of the services. ‘(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to any interest on the overdue charge. ‘53AV Charge on premises for overdue charge, CPI indexation and costs ordered ‘(1) The total of the following is a charge on the premises (the distributor-retailer’s charge )— (a) the overdue charge, as CPI indexed under section 53AW; 2010 Act No. 20 Page 35
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] (b) if, in a proceeding to recover the overdue charges, the court orders costs to be paid to distributor-retailer from the owner of the premises—the costs. ‘(2) The distributor-retailer’s charge does not include a power to sell the premises. ‘(3) The distributor-retailer’s charge does not secure any interest imposed under section 53AT. ‘(4) This section does not limit any other remedy the distributor-retailer has to recover the amount. ‘53AW Quarterly CPI indexation for distributor-retailer’s charge ‘(1) For section 53AV the overdue charge is taken to be CPI indexed for all quarters during which all or any part of the overdue charge continues to be owing. ‘(2) However, if the amount provided for under subsection (1) is an amount that is or includes a fraction of a dollar, the amount is taken to be the amount that is the nearest dollar, rounded up. ‘(3) For subsection (1), payments relating to the overdue charge are taken to be made first in reduction of the overdue charge before any interest on it. ‘(4) In this section— CPI means— (a) the all groups index for Brisbane published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics; or (b) if the index ceases to be published, another similar index prescribed under a regulation. CPI indexed , for a quarter (the relevant quarter ), means the addition of any amount that equates to any percentage increase in the CPI between the following quarters— (a) the relevant quarter; (b) the quarter immediately before the relevant quarter. Page 36 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] quarter means a whole period of 3 months ending at the end of 31 March, 30 June, 30 September or 31 December. ‘53AX Registration of charge and effect of registration ‘(1) The distributor-retailer may register the distributor-retailer’s charge by lodging the following documents with the registrar— (a) a request to register the charge, in the appropriate form; (b) a certificate signed by the chief executive officer that states the distributor-retailer’s charge exists over the premises. ‘(2) After the charge is registered over the premises, the charge has priority over any other encumbrances over the premises, other than encumbrances in favour of— (a) the State; or (b) a public entity. ‘(3) If the amount that the charge secures is paid, the distributor-retailer must lodge the following documents with the registrar— (a) a request to release the charge over the premises, in the appropriate form; (b) a certificate signed by the chief executive officer stating the amount has been paid. ‘Part 4 Miscellaneous provisions ‘53AY Authority to acquire land ‘(1) The Acquisition of Land Act applies to a distributor-retailer as if— (a) it were a constructing authority; and 2010 Act No. 20 Page 37
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] (b) land mentioned in that Act included land held from the State for a lesser interest than freehold, other than a lease under the Land Act; and (c) the purposes for which land may be taken for the distributor-retailer are purposes relating to the provision of water services and wastewater services to customers in the distributor-retailer’s geographic area. ‘(2) For a lease under the Land Act, section 218 of that Act applies to a distributor-retailer as if it were a constructing authority. ‘(3) A regulation may make provision about the acquisition of land by a distributor-retailer. ‘53AZ Code supersedes customer service standards ‘From the later of the following, the WaterSupplyAct, chapter 2, part 4, division 5 does not apply to a distributor-retailer as a service provider— (a) the first making of the code; (b) 30 June 2011. Note — For what happens in the interim, see section 99AB (Interim application of relevant service standards for each constituent area). ‘53BA Ownership of water infrastructure that becomes part of land ‘(1) Water infrastructure owned by a distributor-retailer remains its personal property despite— (a) it becoming part of any land; or (b) the sale or other disposal of the land of which it becomes a part. ‘(2) This section applies despite— (a) an Act or law of a State; or Page 38 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] (b) a contract, covenant or claim of right under a law of a State. ‘Chapter 2B Water infrastructure provisions for distributor-retailers ‘Part 1 Preliminary ‘53BB What is water infrastructure and water infrastructure work ‘(1) Water infrastructure is infrastructure for a water service or wastewater service. ‘(2) Water infrastructure work is the installation, operation, maintenance, repair, alteration or removal of water infrastructure. ‘53BC What is a public entity ‘(1) A public entity is— (a) a local government; or (b) a government company or part of a government company; or (c) a State instrumentality, agency, authority or entity or a division, branch or other part of a State instrumentality, agency, authority or entity; or (d) a department or a division, branch or other part of a department; or 2010 Act No. 20 Page 39
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] (e) a GOC Act entity; or (f) a government entity prescribed under a regulation under the GOC Act, section 4. ‘(2) In this section— government company means a corporation incorporated under the Corporations Act all the stock or shares in the capital of which is or are beneficially owned by the State. GOC Act means the GovernmentOwnedCorporationsAct1993 . GOC Act entity means an entity established under a regulation under the GOC Act. ‘53BD Publicly-controlled places and their public entities ‘(1) A publicly-controlled place is— (a) a State-controlled road; or (b) a place for which a public entity is responsible that— (i) the public is entitled to use; or (ii) is open to members of the public; or (iii) is used by the public, whether or not on payment of money. Example for paragraph (b) — a road ‘(2) However, publicly-controlled place does not include any of the following under the Transport Infrastructure Act— (a) busway land; (b) light rail land; (c) a railway; (d) rail corridor land. Page 40 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] Note — For provisions relevant to water infrastructure work for places mentioned in subsection (2), see the TransportInfrastructureAct, chapter 6 (Road transport infrastructure), chapter 9, part 4, divisions 4 (Public utility plant) and 5 (Use of busway or busway transport infrastructure) and chapter 10, part 4, divisions 3 (Public utility plant) and 4 (Use of light rail or light rail transport infrastructure). ‘(3) The public entity for a publicly-controlled place is the public entity immediately and primarily responsible for the place. ‘53BE What is a road and a State-controlled road ‘(1) A road is any of the following other than to the extent it is, or includes, a public thoroughfare easement— (a) an area of land dedicated to public use as a road; (b) an area that is open to or used by the public and is developed for, or has as 1 of its main uses, the driving or riding of motor vehicles; (c) a bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel or viaduct; (d) a pedestrian or bicycle path; (e) a part of an area, bridge, culvert, ferry, ford, tunnel, viaduct or path mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d). ‘(2) A State-controlled road is a road or land, or part of a road or land, declared under the Transport Infrastructure Act, section 24 to be a State-controlled road. ‘53BF What are road works ‘(1) Road works are— (a) works done for— (i) constructing roads or things associated with roads; or (ii) maintaining roads or things associated with roads (other than public utility plant); or 2010 Act No. 20 Page 41
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] (iii) facilitating the operation of infrastructure relating to roads; or (b) works declared under a regulation under the TransportInfrastructure Act to be road works. ‘(2) In this section— plant includes any of the following— (a) a conduit or cable; (b) an electrical installation under the Electricity Act 1994 ; (c) an overhead conveyor. public utility plant means plant permitted under an Act or a Commonwealth Act to be on a road. works includes activities. ‘53BG Meaning of location on a road ‘The location of water infrastructure on a road includes the line, level and boundary of the water infrastructure in or on the road. ‘Part 2 Carrying out water infrastructure work on publicly-controlled places ‘Division 1 When work may be carried out ‘53BH Right to carry out work on publicly-controlled place ‘Subject to sections 53BI and 53BR and division 2, a distributor-retailer may carry out water infrastructure work on Page 42 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] a publicly-controlled place if the carrying out of the work is relevant to the performance of its geographic area functions. ‘53BI Requirements for carrying out work ‘(1) A distributor-retailer may carry out water infrastructure work on a publicly-controlled place only if— (a) the public entity has given its written approval for the carrying out of the work (a public entity approval ); or Note — See also section 108 (Public entity approvals taken to be given for existing water infrastructure work). (b) the carrying out of the work is necessary because of an emergency. ‘(2) If the work is carried out because of an emergency, the distributor-retailer must, as soon as practicable, give the entity notice of the work. ‘53BJ Obtaining public entity’s approval ‘(1) The distributor-retailer may, in writing, apply to the public entity for a public entity approval for water infrastructure work. ‘(2) The application must— (a) describe the work and how it is proposed to be carried out; and (b) give particulars of the location of the proposed work; and (c) be supported by other relevant information, reasonably required by the entity, to enable it to consider the application. 2010 Act No. 20 Page 43
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] ‘(3) The entity must, within 20 business days after receiving the information mentioned in subsection (2)(c), decide to grant or refuse the approval. ‘(4) The entity must not unreasonably refuse to grant the approval. ‘53BK Conditions of approval ‘(1) The public entity may impose conditions on the approval it considers are reasonable. Example of a possible condition — a condition that, to minimise interference with public access to the place, the work may be carried out only on stated days or at stated times ‘(2) However, a condition about an alignment for water infrastructure on, or proposed to be built on, a road must ensure the alignment is— (a) located to ensure reasonable protection for the infrastructure; and (b) if practicable, on the footpath or verge of the road. ‘Division 2 Obligations in carrying out work ‘53BL Application of div 2 ‘This division applies if a distributor-retailer is carrying out water infrastructure work on a publicly-controlled place. ‘53BM Guarding ‘(1) This section applies if the distributor-retailer has opened or broken up (the interference ) the place, or any part of the place. ‘(2) The distributor-retailer must, at all times while the interference continues, ensure— (a) the interference is barricaded and guarded; and Page 44 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring)Act 2009 [s 9] (b) signs and lights sufficient to warn and guide the public are set up and maintained against or near the interference. ‘(3) If required by the public entity, the distributor-retailer must also set up and maintain against or near the interference additional warning or protection devices to safeguard the public while the interference continues. ‘(4) The requirement may be made— (a) before or during the carrying out of the work; and (b) as well as any condition imposed under section 53BK. ‘53BN Warning signs on roads ‘If the work is carried out on a road, lights and signs set up or maintained to safeguard the public must be the appropriate official traffic signs under the TransportOperations(RoadUse Management) Act 1995 . ‘53BO General obligations in carrying out work ‘(1) The distributor-retailer must— (a) complete the work as soon as practicable; and (b) restore, as nearly as practicable, the relevant part of the place to the condition it was in before the work started; and (c) remove any rubbish or surplus earth caused by the work; and (d) comply with— (i) the conditions of any relevant public entity approval; and (ii) any relevant provisions of the WaterSupplyAct and any other relevant law. 2010 Act No. 20 Page 45
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 148] 148 Amendment of s 341 (What is a referable dam ) (1) Section 341(2)(a)— omit, insert— ‘(a) a hazardous waste dam;’. (2) Section 341(3)— omit, insert— ‘ Note — For particular dams that are taken to be referable dams under this section, see section 611.’. 149 Amendment of s 343 (When dam must be failure impact assessed) (1) Section 343(1), from ‘will be’ to ‘level.’— omit, insert— ‘will be— (a) more than 8m in height and have a storage capacity of more than 500ML; or (b) more than 8m in height and have a storage capacity of more than 250ML and a catchment area that is more than 3 times its maximum surface area at full supply level.’. (2) Section 343— insert— ‘(1A) The owner of a dam that is not a referable dam must have the dam failure impact assessed if, because of any works proposed to be carried out in relation to the dam, the dam will meet the criteria stated in subsection (1)(a) or (b) after the works are carried out. Maximum penalty—1665 penalty units. ‘(1B) The owner of a dam that is not a referable dam but meets the criteria stated in subsection (1)(a) or (b) must have the dam failure impact assessed if, because of any works proposed to 2010 Act No. 20 Page 217
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 150] be carried out in relation to the dam, the storage capacity of the dam will increase by more than 10% after the works are carried out. Maximum penalty—1665 penalty units. ‘(1C) The owner of a dam that is a referable dam must have the dam failure impact assessed if, because of any works proposed to be carried out in relation to the dam, the storage capacity of the dam will increase by more than 10% after the works are carried out. Maximum penalty—1665 penalty units.’. (3) Section 343(2), from ‘an existing’ to ‘constructed,’— omit, insert— ‘any existing dam or any dam being constructed (whether or not the dam meets or will meet the criteria stated in subsection (1)(a) or (b))’. (4) Section 343(1A) to (4)— renumber as section 343(2) to (7). 150 Amendment of s 344 (Process for failure impact assessment) (1) Section 344(1), ‘section 343(1)’— omit, insert— ‘section 343(1), (2), (3) or (4)’. (2) Section 344(1), ‘construction of the dam’— omit, insert— ‘construction of the dam or the carrying out of the works’. (3) Section 344(2), ‘section 343(2)’— omit, insert— ‘section 343(5)’. Page 218 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 151] 151 Amendment of s 345 (Requirement for other failure impact assessments) (1) Section 345(2), from ‘within’ to ‘executive’— omit, insert— ‘within the period stated in the notice given to the owner under section 350’. (2) Section 345(3)— omit. 152 Amendment of s 348 (Cost of failure impact assessment) (1) Section 348(1), ‘section 343(1)’— omit, insert— ‘section 343(1), (2), (3) or (4)’. (2) Section 348(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) For a failure impact assessment required under section 343(5)— (a) the chief executive must pay the reasonable cost of preparing and certifying the assessment if— (i) the chief executive accepts the assessment; and (ii) the dam, or the proposed dam, is assessed as not having a category 1 or category 2 failure impact rating; and (iii) the dam, or the proposed dam, does not meet the criteria stated in section 343(1)(a) or (b); or (b) otherwise, the owner of the dam must pay the cost of preparing and certifying the assessment.’. 153 Amendment of s 350 (Notice accepting failure impact assessment) Section 350— 2010 Act No. 20 Page 219
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 154] insert— ‘(2) The notice must also state the period, of at least 5 years from the day the chief executive accepted the assessment, within which the owner must ensure another failure impact assessment of the dam is completed and given to the chief executive. ‘(3) However, the chief executive can not state a period for a further failure impact assessment of— (a) a dam given a category 2 failure impact rating under the failure impact assessment accepted under subsection (1); or (b) a dam that— (i) does not meet the criteria stated in section 343(1)(a) or (b); and (ii) was not given a category 1 or category 2 failure impact rating under the failure impact assessment accepted under subsection (1). ‘(4) In deciding the period for subsection (2), the chief executive must have regard to— (a) the failure impact assessment accepted by the chief executive under subsection (1); and (b) the nature and location of the dam.’. 154 Amendment of s 355 (Process after deciding safety conditions) Section 355— insert— ‘(4) An information notice about the safety conditions need not include reasons for each safety condition.’. 155 Insertion of new s 357A Chapter 4, part 1, division 3, after section 357— Page 220 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 156] insert— ‘357A Chief executive may engage person to provide information ‘(1) This section applies if the chief executive believes a person has not complied with a notice given to the person under section 353(2) or 356(3) requiring information about a dam, including, for example, a comprehensive report by a registered professional engineer on the design and operation of the dam. ‘(2) The chief executive may engage a person with suitable qualifications, experience or expertise to investigate the dam and give the chief executive the information requested. ‘(3) If the chief executive incurs expense in engaging the person under subsection (2), the chief executive must give the person a notice stating the amount of the expense incurred. ‘(4) Any reasonable expenses incurred by the chief executive in engaging the person under subsection (2) may be recovered by the chief executive as a debt. ‘(5) A debt under subsection (4) bears interest at the rate stated in a regulation.’. 156 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 1, div 4, sdiv 1 hdg Chapter 4, part 1, division 4, before section 358— insert— ‘Subdivision 1 Preliminary’. 157 Amendment of s 358 (Application of div 4) Section 358(a)(ii)— omit, insert— ‘(ii) another dam (whether or not a failure impact assessment has been carried out for the dam), if the chief executive reasonably believes the dam would have a category 1 or category 2 failure impact 2010 Act No. 20 Page 221
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 158] rating if an assessment or another assessment were carried out for the dam; and’. 158 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 1, div 4, sdiv 2 hdg Chapter 4, part 1, division 4, before section 359— insert— ‘Subdivision 2 Chief executive may give direction or take action about failure of dam’. 159 Amendment of s 359 (Direction to owner of emergency part of land) (1) Section 359(2)(b)— omit. (2) Section 359(2)(c) and (d)— renumber as section 359(2)(b) and (c). (3) Section 359(2)(b), as renumbered under this section, ‘paragraph (d)’— omit, insert— ‘paragraph (c)’. (4) Section 359(3), ‘subsection (2)(c)’— omit, insert— ‘subsection (2)(b)’. 160 Insertion of new s 359A, and ch 4, pt 1, div 4, sdiv 3 hdg After section 359— insert— ‘359A Taking immediate action about failure of dam ‘(1) This section applies if the chief executive is satisfied or reasonably believes— Page 222 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 160] (a) there is danger of the failure of a dam; and (b) the failure is likely to pose a risk to safety or health of the public or an individual; and (c) immediate action is necessary to prevent or minimise the impact of the failure. ‘(2) The chief executive may take reasonable steps or authorise an authorised officer to take reasonable steps to prevent or minimise the impact of the failure. ‘(3) Subsection (2) applies even if the chief executive has given a notice under section 359 about the failure. ‘(4) If the chief executive decides to take the reasonable steps, or authorise an authorised officer to take the reasonable steps, the chief executive or officer may— (a) without a warrant, enter any place, other than premises or a part of premises where a person resides, to take the steps; and (b) in taking the steps, exercise any powers of an authorised officer under chapter 5, part 2, 3 or 4. ‘(5) Before entering the place— (a) the chief executive must do or make a reasonable attempt to— (i) tell the occupier of the place the chief executive is permitted under this Act to enter the place; and (ii) give the occupier an opportunity to allow the chief executive immediate entry to the place without using force; or (b) the authorised officer must do or make a reasonable attempt to— (i) comply with section 405(1); and (ii) tell the occupier of the place the officer is permitted under this Act to enter the place; and 2010 Act No. 20 Page 223
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 161] (iii) give the occupier an opportunity to allow the officer immediate entry to the place without using force. ‘(6) The chief executive or authorised officer may exercise the powers mentioned in subsection (4) at the time, with the help, and using the force, that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances. ‘(7) In exercising or attempting to exercise the powers relating to a place, the chief executive or authorised officer must take all reasonable steps to ensure the chief executive or officer causes as little inconvenience to any person at the place, and does as little damage, as is practicable in the circumstances. ‘(8) Any reasonable expenses incurred by the chief executive or an authorised officer in doing anything under subsection (4) may be recovered by the chief executive as a debt. ‘(9) A debt under subsection (8) bears interest at the rate stated in a regulation. ‘Subdivision 3 Chief executive may recover expenses’. 161 Replacement of s 360 (Failure to comply with notice) Section 360— omit, insert— ‘360 Notice for recovering expenses ‘(1) This section applies if— (a) a person to whom a notice under section 359 is given does not comply, or does not fully comply, with the notice and the chief executive incurs an expense under section 467(1) or (3) relating to the notice; or (b) the chief executive or an authorised officer incurs expense in acting under section 359A. Page 224 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 162] ‘(2) The chief executive may give the owner of the land for which the expenses were incurred a notice stating— (a) for action taken under section 467(1) or (3)—the action taken; and (b) for reasonable steps taken under section 359A—the steps taken; and (c) the amount of the expense incurred (the relevant debt ). ‘(3) A notice under subsection (2) is a debt notice .’. 162 Amendment of s 361 (Notice in relation to land other than leases State land) Section 361(1), ‘land mentioned in section 359(2)(c)’— omit, insert— ‘land that is not leased from the State under the LandAct1994 ’. 163 Amendment of s 362 (Notice in relation to leased State land) Section 362, ‘land mentioned in section 359(2)(d)’— omit, insert— ‘land leased from the State under the Land Act 1994 ’. 164 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 1, div 4, sdiv 4 hdg Chapter 4, part 1, division 4, before section 363— insert— ‘Subdivision 4 Miscellaneous’. 2010 Act No. 20 Page 225
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 165] 165 Amendment of s 363 (Emergency powers if imminent danger of dam failure) Section 363, heading, ‘Emergency powers’— omit, insert— ‘ Form of notice ’. 166 Replacement of s 365 (Sections 365-369 not used) Section 365— omit, insert— ‘365 Cancellation of development permit for decommissioned dam ‘(1) This section applies if a dam is— (a) decommissioned from use in accordance with a safety condition applying to the dam; or (b) decommissioned from use or removed in compliance with a notice under section 359(1); or (c) removed under section 359(4); or (d) decommissioned from use or removed because of steps taken to prevent or minimise the impact of the failure of the dam under section 359A. ‘(2) For this Act and the Planning Act, the development permit for the dam is taken to be cancelled and of no effect on and from the day the dam is decommissioned from use or removed. ‘(3) The chief executive must, as soon as practicable after the dam is decommissioned from use or removed, give the local government for the area in which the dam is located notice of the decommissioning or removal. ‘366 Sections 366-369 not used ‘See editor’s note for section 1.’. Page 226 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 167] 167 Amendment of s 510 (Who is an interested person ) Section 510(1)(c), ‘local government’— omit, insert — ‘service provider’. 168 Amendment of s 512 (Who may apply for review) Section 512(2)(c), ‘local government’— omit, insert — ‘service provider’. 169 Amendment of s 514 (Review decision) Section 514— insert— ‘(3A) For an application about a safety condition or a development condition applying to a referable dam and for which a notice has been given under subsection (2), the reviewer may, before the extended period under that subsection expires and with the agreement of the applicant, further extend the period for deciding the application.’. 170 Amendment of s 561 (Development applications for referable dams) Section 561(1)— insert— ‘(c) that is carried out in relation to a dam that will be, after the work is completed, a referable dam.’. 171 Amendment of s 571 (Regulator may make guidelines) (1) Section 571(1)(l), ‘271’— omit, insert — 2010 Act No. 20 Page 227
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 172] ‘273’. (2) Section 571(1)(o)— renumber as section 571(1)(q). (3) Section 571(1)— insert — ‘(o) conducting a review of a recycled water management plan or drinking water quality management plan; (p) for schedule 3, definition supply , paragraph (b)—who is a related entity of a person who produces recycled water;’. 172 Amendment of s 572 (Chief executive may make guidelines) (1) Section 572(d)— renumber as section 572(f). (2) Section 572— insert— ‘(d) managing a referable dam; (e) flood capacity of dams;’. 173 Amendment of s 576 (Documents recycled water provider must keep available for inspection and purchase) (1) Section 576, heading, ‘must’— omit, insert — ‘ and scheme managers must ’. (2) Section 576(2) to (4)— renumber as section 576(3) to (5). (3) Section 576(1)— omit, insert — Page 228 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 174] ‘(1) This section applies to a recycled water provider or scheme manager (each a responsible entity ) that must— (a) arrange for a regular audit report prepared under section 261; (b) prepare an annual report under section 273. ‘(2) The responsible entity must keep a copy of each report mentioned in subsection (1) available for inspection by the public during office hours on business days at the office of the responsible entity.’. (4) Section 576(3), (4) and (5), as renumbered, ‘recycled water provider’— omit, insert — ‘responsible entity’. (5) Section 576(3), as renumbered, ‘provider considers’— omit, insert — ‘entity considers’. 174 Amendment of s 579 (Regulator may share particular information) (1) Section 579(2)— renumber as section 579(3). (2) Section 579— insert — ‘(2) The regulator may give information about water quality to— (a) a distribution service provider under the Water Act; or (b) a grid service provider under the Water Act; or (c) a service provider; or (d) the SEQ Water Grid Manager; or (e) an employee of the health department.’. 2010 Act No. 20 Page 229
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 175] 175 Insertion of new s 579A After section 579— insert— ‘579A Chief executive may share particular information ‘(1) The chief executive may give relevant information to a local government or a prescribed entity for the purpose of helping the local government or entity deal with an emergency situation or respond to a matter affecting public health or safety. ‘(2) In this section— prescribed entity means an entity the functions of which include managing, or carrying out activities in response to, emergency situations in the State. Examples of a prescribed entity — • the Queensland Police Service • a disaster management group or the State Emergency Service under the Disaster Management Act 2003 relevant information means information in the chief executive’s possession about a dam in the State, including, for example— (a) the name of the owner of the dam; and (b) the dam’s location and storage capacity; and (c) the location and contact details of persons at risk if the dam were to fail.’. 176 Amendment of s 580 (Non-disclosure of commercially sensitive information) (1) Section 580(2)(a), after ‘department’— insert — ‘or the health department’. (2) Section 580(2)(b), ‘department in which the PublicHealthAct is administered’— Page 230 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 177] omit, insert — ‘health department’. (3) Section 580(2)— insert — ‘(c) an investigator for the purpose of an investigation; or (d) the Minister, the chief executive or the regulator.’. (4) Section 580(4)— insert — ‘ investigator means a person— (a) engaged by the regulator under section 468; or (b) appointed under an Act for the purpose of monitoring or enforcing that Act or another law.’. 177 Amendment of s 631 (Application of particular provisions—existing schemes) Section 631(1)(a), ‘laundries’— omit, insert — ‘washing machines’. 178 Amendment of s 632 (Application of particular provisions—schemes supplying recycled water for particular purposes) Section 632(1)(b)(i) and (3)(b)(i), ‘laundries’— omit, insert — ‘washing machines’. 179 Amendment of s 633 (Application of particular provisions—other schemes) (1) Section 633(1)(c)— omit . 2010 Act No. 20 Page 231
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 180] (2) Section 633(3), ‘after 1 July’— omit, insert — ‘on or after 1 July’. 180 Replacement of ch 10 hdg (Transitional provision for Sustainable Planning Act 2009) Chapter 10, heading— omit, insert— ‘Chapter 10 Other transitional provisions ‘Part 1 Transitional provision for Sustainable Planning Act 2009’. 181 Replacement of ch 10A hdg (Transitional provision for South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and RetailRestructuring) Act 2009) Chapter 10A, heading— omit, insert— ‘Part 2 Transitional provision for South-East Queensland Water(Distribution and RetailRestructuring) Act 2009’. 182 Insertion of new ch 10, pt 3 After section 637— insert— Page 232 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 182] ‘Part 3 Transitional provisions for South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 ‘638 Provision for carrying out particular failure impact assessments ‘(1) This section applies to the owner of a dam to which former section 345(2) applied immediately before the commencement. ‘(2) Subject to this section, former section 345(2) continues to apply to the owner of the dam until the owner first receives a notice about the dam under new section 350. ‘(3) The chief executive may, by notice given to the owner, extend the period under former section 345(2) within which the owner must ensure another failure impact assessment of the dam is completed and given to the chief executive. ‘(4) The notice must state the period within which the assessment must be completed and given to the chief executive. ‘(5) The chief executive may give a notice under subsection (3) if, having regard to the last failure impact assessment of the dam and any other information the chief executive considers appropriate, the chief executive reasonably believes a further failure impact assessment would not change the dam’s failure impact rating, or give the dam a failure impact rating, under this Act. ‘(6) If the chief executive gives the owner a notice under this section, former section 345(2) continues to apply to the owner as if the reference in that section to 5 years after the last failure impact assessment was accepted by the chief executive were a reference to the period stated in the notice. ‘(7) In this section— 2010 Act No. 20 Page 233
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 183] commencement means the day this section commences. former section 345 means that section as in force immediately before the commencement. new section 350 means section 350 as in force after the commencement. ‘639 Service provider water restrictions ‘(1) This section applies if, immediately before the commencement of this section, a service provider water restriction is in force in the SEQ region. ‘(2) From the commencement, the service provider water restriction is taken to be a commission water restriction made by the commission under the Water Act.’. 183 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 3, definitions greywater and trade waste compliance notice — omit. (2) Schedule 3— insert — ‘ animal husbandry activities means the breeding, keeping or raising of animals, or caring for animals, for commercial purposes if the animals are kept in an enclosure, pond or other confined area. distributor-retailer means a distributor-retailer established under the South-EastQueenslandWater(DistributionandRetail Restructuring) Act 2009 , section 8. hazardous waste dam — 1 Hazardous waste dam means a dam containing, or that after its construction will contain— (a) a substance, whether liquid, solid or gaseous, derived by, or resulting from, the processing of Page 234 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 183] minerals that tends to destroy life or impair or endanger health; or (b) ash resulting from the process of power generation. 2 The term includes a dam that is used, or after its construction will be used, to prevent contamination of the environment by storing waste or a contaminant within the meaning of the Environmental Protection Act1994 . health department means the department in which the PublicHealth Act is administered. regulator notice see section 330(2). weir means a barrier constructed across a watercourse below the banks of the watercourse that hinders or obstructs the flow of water in the watercourse.’. (3) Schedule 3, definition annual report , paragraph (b), ‘271’— omit, insert — ‘273’. (4) Schedule 3, definition customer , paragraph 1(b), after ‘local government’— insert — ‘or a service provider that is a distributor-retailer’. (5) Schedule 3, definition customer , paragraph 1(b)— renumber as paragraph 1(c). (6) Schedule 3, definition customer , paragraph 1(c), as renumbered, ‘by a service provider’— omit, insert — ‘by a service provider ( relevant premises )’. (7) Schedule 3, definition customer , paragraph 1— insert — ‘(b) of a service provider that is a distributor-retailer, means any of the following— 2010 Act No. 20 Page 235
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 183] (i) a person who purchases registered services or services relating to trade waste supplied by the distributor-retailer; (ii) a person on relevant premises to whom both of the following apply— (A) the person wants to receive registered services or services relating to trade waste from the distributor-retailer; (B) the services are, or can reasonably be made, available to the premises, whether or not they are connected to the service; (iii) a person to whom registered services are available, whether or not— (A) the person wants to receive the services; or (B) the relevant premises are connected to the service.’. (8) Schedule 3, definition information notice , ‘local government’— omit, insert — ‘service provider’. (9) Schedule 3, definition multiple-entity recycled water scheme , ‘includes’— omit, insert — ‘is made up of’. (10) Schedule 3, definition owner , paragraph 2, ‘referable’— omit. (11) Schedule 3, definition recycled water , paragraphs (b) and (c)— omit, insert — ‘(b) wastewater, other than water mentioned in paragraph (a).’. Page 236 2010 Act No. 20
South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) and Other LegislationAmendment Act 2010 Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 [s 183] (12) Schedule 3, definition safety condition , ‘section 353’— omit, insert— ‘section 356’. (13) Schedule 3, definition supply , paragraph (a), ‘greywater,’— omit . (14) Schedule 3, definition supply , paragraph (b), ‘prescribed under a regulation as’— omit, insert— ‘that, under a guideline made by the regulator and prescribed under a regulation, is’. (15) Schedule 3, definition wastewater , ‘prescribed under a regulation’— omit . (16) Schedule 3, definition water quality criteria , paragraph (a)(ii), ‘water; and’— omit, insert — ‘water; (iii) the criteria for the quality of drinking water stated in a condition applying to a drinking water quality management plan; and’. (17) Schedule 3, definition water quality criteria , paragraph (b)(ii)(B) — insert — ‘ Note — A recycled water scheme may have more than 1 water quality criteria relevant to the scheme depending on the number of different purposes for which water is supplied.’. © State of Queensland 2010 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel and printed by the Government Printer 2010 Act No. 20 Page 237
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