Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 (Qld)

Queensland Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Subordinate Legislation 2012 No. 241 made under the WaterAct2000 Contents Part 1 1 2 Part 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Page Preliminary Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Omission of pt 2A (Annual levy for water supply and demand management—Act, section 360F) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Replacement of pt 2B, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 24E (Purpose and explanation of pt 2B) . . . . . . 4 Amendment of s 24F (Definitions for pt 2B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Replacement of s 24G (Meaning of commission’s estimated costs) 6 24G Office’s estimated costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 24H (Relevant sub-blocks and classes of relevant sub-blocks) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 24I (Amount of total annual levy). . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Amendment of s 24J (Apportionment of commission’s estimated costs to each relevant sub-block) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Omission of s 24L (Special provision for payment of annual levy for 2010–2011 financial year) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Amendment of s 24M (Requirements for notice of annual levy). . 7

Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Contents 15 16 17 18 19 20 Part 3 21 Amendment of s 24N (Payment of annual levy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of pt 3, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Replacement of s 25 (Section numbers 25–30 not used) . . . . . . 25 Declaration of bulk water customers—Act, s 360C . . Replacement of pt 8 (Water supply emergency (SEQ region) . . . Part 8 Ending of water supply emergency (SEQ region) 82 Water supply emergency ends—Act, s 25J . . . . . . . . 83 Expiry of pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Omission of schs 10A to 10D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of sch 17 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repeal of notice Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 9 9 10 Page 2 2012 SL No. 241

Part 1 Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Part 1 Preliminary [s 1] Preliminary 1 Short title This regulation may be cited as the Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 . 2 Commencement This regulation commences on 1 January 2013. Part 2 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 3 Regulation amended This part amends the Water Regulation 2002. 4 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) Section 1, editor’s note— omit, insert— ‘ Editor’s note — A copy of a map or plan mentioned in this regulation may be inspected at the department’s head office in Brisbane or on the department’s website.’. 5 Omission of pt 2A (Annual levy for water supply and demand management—Act, section 360F) Part 2A— omit . 2012 SL No. 241 Page 3

Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 [s 6] 6 Replacement of pt 2B, hdg Part 2B, heading— omit, insert — ‘Part 2A Annual levy for underground water management—Act, section 479’. 7 Amendment of s 24E (Purpose and explanation of pt 2B) (1) Section 24E, heading, ‘2B’— omit, insert — ‘ 2A ’. (2) Section 24E(1), from ‘section 360FA’— omit, insert — ‘section 479 of the Act to fund the performance of the office’s functions under the Act.’. (3) Section 24E(2), ‘commission’s’— omit, insert — ‘office’s’. (4) Section 24E(3)(a), from ‘commission’ to ‘functions’— omit, insert — ‘office carries out functions under the Act’. (5) Section 24E(3)(a), ‘24G’— omit, insert — ‘24H’. (6) Section 24E(3)(b), from ‘commission’s estimated’ to ‘functions’— omit, insert— Page 4 2012 SL No. 241

Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 [s 8] ‘office’s estimated costs to each class of relevant sub-blocks, according to the proportion of the office’s functions under the Act’. (7) Section 24E(3)(c), ‘commission’s’— omit, insert — ‘office’s’. 8 Amendment of s 24F (Definitions for pt 2B) (1) Section 24F, heading, ‘2B’— omit, insert — ‘ 2A ’. (2) Section 24F, definitions 2010–2011 financial year , 2011–2012 financial year , chapter 3 functions , commission’s estimated costs and relevant date — omit. (3) Section 24F— insert — ‘ office income statement , for a financial year, means the office’s income statement for the financial year, contained in the document called ‘Service Delivery Statement’ prepared by the department in which chapter 3A of the Act is administered and published in the State budget for the financial year. Editor’s note — A copy of the Service Delivery Statement is available at < office’s estimated costs means the office’s estimated costs under section 479(4)(a) of the Act. relevant date , for a financial year, means 1 July of the financial year.’. 2012 SL No. 241 Page 5

Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 [s 9] 9 ‘24G Replacement of s 24G (Meaning of commission’s estimated costs ) Section 24G— omit, insert — Office’s estimated costs ‘The office’s estimated costs for a financial year must be stated in the office income statement for the financial year.’. 10 Amendment of s 24H (Relevant sub-blocks and classes of relevant sub-blocks) Section 24H(1)(a)(ii), ‘commission performs chapter 3 functions’— omit, insert — ‘office performs functions under the Act’. 11 Amendment of s 24I (Amount of total annual levy) Section 24I(2), from ‘section 360FA’ to ‘commission’s’— omit, insert — ‘section 479 of the Act for a financial year is an amount not more than the office’s’. 12 Amendment of s 24J (Apportionment of commission’s estimated costs to each relevant sub-block) (1) Section 24J, heading, ‘commission’s’— omit, insert — ‘ office’s ’. (2) Section 24J(1), ‘commission’s’— omit, insert — ‘office’s’. (3) Section 24J(2), from ‘commission must’ to ‘functions’— Page 6 2012 SL No. 241

Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 [s 13] omit, insert — ‘office must apportion the office’s estimated costs to each class of relevant sub-blocks according to the proportion of the office’s functions under the Act’. (4) Section 24J(3), ‘commission’— omit, insert — ‘office’. 13 Omission of s 24L (Special provision for payment of annual levy for 2010–2011 financial year) Section 24L— omit . 14 Amendment of s 24M (Requirements for notice of annual levy) (1) Section 24M(2) and (4), ‘chief executive officer of the commission’— omit, insert — ‘manager’. (2) Section 24M(3)— omit . (3) Section 24M(4), ‘the chief executive officer’— omit, insert — ‘the manager’. (4) Section 24M(5)(f)— omit . (5) Section 24M(5)(i), ‘360FA(7)’— omit, insert — ‘479(8)’. 2012 SL No. 241 Page 7

Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 [s 15] (6) Section 24M(5)(g) to (i)— renumber as section 24M(5)(f) to (h). (7) Section 24M(4) and (5), as amended— renumber as section 24M(3) and (4). 15 Amendment of s 24N (Payment of annual levy) (1) Section 24N(2)(a), ‘chief executive officer of the commission’— omit, insert — ‘manager’. (2) Section 24N(3), definition levy amount, ‘24M(5)(d)’— omit, insert — ‘24M(4)(d)’. (3) Section 24N(3), definition levy period, ‘24M(4)’— omit, insert — ‘24M(3)’. 16 Amendment of pt 3, hdg Part 3, heading, ‘Infrastructure and service’— omit, insert — ‘ Water supply arrangements for SEQ Region ’. 17 Replacement of s 25 (Section numbers 25–30 not used) Section 25— omit, insert — ‘25 Declaration of bulk water customers—Act, s 360C ‘Each of the following entities is declared to be a bulk water customer for chapter 2A, part 3 of the Act— (a) Toowoomba Regional Council; Page 8 2012 SL No. 241

Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Part 2 Amendment of Water Regulation 2002 [s 18] (b) Stanwell Corporation Limited ABN 370 788 486 74.’. 18 Replacement of pt 8 (Water supply emergency (SEQ region) Part 8— omit, insert — ‘Part 8 Ending of water supply emergency (SEQ region) ‘82 Water supply emergency ends—Act, s 25J ‘The water supply emergency to which part 8, as in force immediately before the commencement of this section, applies no longer exists. ‘83 Expiry of pt 8 ‘Part 8 expires at the end of the day after it commences.’. 19 Omission of schs 10A to 10D Schedules 10A to 10D— omit . 20 Amendment of sch 17 (Dictionary) (1) Schedule 17, definitions 2 010-2011 financial year , 2011-2012 financial year , Bromelton Off-stream Storage , Cedar Grove Weir , chapter 3 functions , commission income statement , commission’s estimated costs , Hinze Dam Stage 3 , Northern Pipeline Inter-connector , participating local government , Regional Water Inter-Connectors , Report on Drought Contingency Projects , South-east Queensland (Gold Coast) Desalination Facility , State Development Regulation , Water and Sewerage Program , Water for south-east Queensland 2012 SL No. 241 Page 9

Water Amendment and Repeal Regulation 2012 Part 3 Repeal of notice [s 21] document , Water Infrastructure Project Board , Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme and Wyaralong Dam — omit . (2) Schedule 17— insert — ‘ office income statement , for part 2A, see section 24F. office’s estimated costs , for part 2A, see section 24F.’. (3) Schedule 17, definitions class, relevant date, relevant sub-block and sub-block , ‘part 2B’— omit, insert — ‘part 2A’. Part 3 Repeal of notice 21 Repeal The Water (Market Rules) Notice 2008, SL No. 212 is repealed. ENDNOTES 1 Made by the Governor in Council on 13 December 2012. 2 Notified in the gazette on 14 December 2012. 3 Laid before the Legislative Assembly on . . . 4 The administering agency is the Department of Energy and Water Supply. © State of Queensland 2012 Page 10 2012 SL No. 241