WATER POLLUTION REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) (NO. 31 OF 1992) 

- TABLE OF PROVISIONS

1. Principal Regulations  
2.   These Regulations commence on the day on which they are notified in the Gazette.  
3.   Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended--  
4.   Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended--  
5.   Regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2), (3), (5) and (7) to (13) (inclusive).  
6.   Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2), (3), (4), (6) and (8) to (13) (inclusive).  
7.   Regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2), (5) and (6).  
8.   Regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2) and (3).  
9.   Part IV of the Principal Regulations is repealed.  
10.   Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to the Principal Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:  

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Principal Regulations

1.  In these Regulations, "Principal Regulations" means the Water Pollution Regulations.
 Commencement

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

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3.  Regulation 2 of the Principal Regulations is amended--
         (a)     by omitting from paragraphs (2) (a), (b) and (c) "Column
1 of";
         (b)     by omitting from paragraphs (2) (a), (b) and (c)
"column" and substituting "Schedule"; and
         (c)     by omitting from paragraph (2) (c) "4" and
substituting "3".
 Discharge into Class P waters

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4.  Regulation 8 of the Principal Regulations is amended--
         (a)     by omitting from subregulation (5) all words from and including
"unless--" and substituting the following:
"unless the waste has been treated according to a method of
disinfection which the Authority, by notice in the Gazette, declares to
be acceptable."; and
         (b)     by omitting subregulation (7).
 Discharge into Class C waters

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5.  Regulation 9 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2), (3), (5) and (7) to (13) (inclusive).
 Discharge into Class R waters

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6.  Regulation 10 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2), (3), (4), (6) and (8) to (13) (inclusive).
 Discharge into Class O waters

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7.  Regulation 11 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2), (5) and (6).
 Discharge into Class U waters

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8.  Regulation 12 of the Principal Regulations is amended by omitting subregulations (2) and (3).
 Repeal of Part

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9.  Part IV of the Principal Regulations is repealed.
 Schedules

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10.  Schedules 1, 2 and 4 to the Principal Regulations are repealed and the following Schedules substituted:
     SCHEDULE 1     Paragraph 2 (2)
        (a)
RESTRICTED SUBSTANCES IN RELATION TO CLASS P AND CLASS U
WATERS

Arsenic BariumBoron Cadmium ChlorideChromium
        (hexavalent)Copper Cyanide FluorideIron (dissolved)
LeadMagnesium Manganese (dissolved)Mercury Methylene blue
active substances (anionic surfactants as)Nitrogen in the form of ammonia
Nitrogen (nitrate plus nitrite) Pesticides--Aldrin
ChlordaneD.D.T.Dieldrin EndrinHeptachlorHeptachlor
epoxide Lindane Methoxychlor ToxapheneOrganophosphates or
carbamatesHerbicides--2, 4-D2, 4, 5-T Phenolic compounds
SeleniumSilver SulphateUranyl ion Zinc

     SCHEDULE 2     Paragraph 2 (2)
        (b)
RESTRICTED SUBSTANCES IN RELATION TO CLASS C AND CLASS R
WATERS

ArsenicCadmiumChromium (hexavalent)
Copper
Cyanide
Lead
Mercury
Methylene blue active
substancesNickelPesticides--OrganochloridesAldrinD.D.T.D.D.E.DieldrinChlordaneEndosulphanEndrinHeptachlorLindaneMethoxychlorToxaphenePesticides--OrganophosphatesAzinphosmethylCiodrinCoumaphosDiazinonDichlorvosDioxathionDisulfontonDursbanEthionE.P.N.FenthionMalathionMevinphosNaledOxydemeton
MethylParathionPhosphamidonT.E.P.P.TrichlorophonPesticides--CarbamatesCarbarylZectranPesticides--HerbicidesAminotriazoleDalaponDicambaDichlobenilDichloneDiquatDiuron2,
4-D (B.E.E.)Fenac (Sodium salt)Silvex (B.E.E.)Silvex
(P.G.B.E.)SimazinePesticides--BotanicalsAllethrinPyrethrumRotenonePhenolic
compoundsPolychlorinated biphenyls (P.C.B.'s)Zinc

     SCHEDULE 3     Paragraph 2 (2)
        (c)
RESTRICTED SUBSTANCES IN RELATION TO CLASS O
WATERS

      
      

Arsenic

Silver

Cadmium

Zinc

Total Chromium

Cyanide

Copper

Phenolic compounds

Lead

Total Chlorine residual

Mercury

Ammonia

Nickel

Organochlorides

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NOTES

1.    Reprinted as at 31 July 1991.

2.    Notified in the ACT Gazette on 8 December 1992.

(c)  Australian Capital Territory
2003

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AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

The Australian Capital Territory Executive makes the following Regulations
under the Water Pollution Act 1984.
Dated 3 December 1992.
BILL WOODMinister
TERRY CONNOLLYMinister