Water Resources Amendment Act 1999 (ACT)
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Water Resources Amendment Act 1999
No. 88 of 1999
An Act to amend the Water Resources Act 1998
[Notified in ACT Gazette S65: 23 December 1999]
The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Name of Act
This Act is the Water Resources Amendment Act 1999.
Commencement
This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.
Act amended
This Act amends the Water Resources Act 1998.
Repeal
Section 71 is repealed and the following section substituted:
Periodic fees
A person who holds or has held—
(a)a water allocation granted under section 28; or
(b)a licence granted under—
(i)section 35 (Licence to take water); or
(ii)section 39 (Unlicensed drilling); or
(iii)section 47 (Unlicensed recharge);
must pay to the Authority, in relation to the allocation or licence, the periodic fee or fees determined under section 78 in accordance with the determination that determined the fee.”.
Repeal
Section 78 is repealed and the following section substituted:
Determination of fees
The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, determine fees payable under this Act.
A determination of a fee must state—
(a)the amount of the fee; or
(b)how the fee is to be worked out.
A determination of a periodic fee payable under section 71 must also state—
(a)the period to which the fee relates (for example, a year, a financial year or the period in which the allocation or licence is in force); and
(b)how the fee is to be paid (for example, as a lump sum or by instalments); and
(c)when the fee, or any instalment, is payable.
A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument for the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.
A reference in this section to a fee includes a reference to a fee that is a tax.”.
Endnote
Act amended
Act 1998 No 63 (not republished).
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 25 November 1999]
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