Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

DEVELOPMENT ALLOWANCE AUTHORITY ACT 1992 - SECT 93L

[7 kinds of facility]

             (1)  There are 7 kinds of infrastructure facility.

[Land transport facility]

             (2)  One kind of infrastructure facility is a land transport facility, that is to say, a road, tunnel, bridge, or railway line, or a combination of these, in Australia that is to be used for the transport of the public or their goods at a charge to them (whether the transport is by the member of the public concerned or by another person).

[Air transport facility]

             (3)  Another kind of infrastructure facility is an air transport facility, that is to say, a runway, and any associated taxiway and runway apron, in Australia that is to be used by aircraft transporting the public or their cargo at a charge to them.

[Seaport facility]

             (4)  Another kind of infrastructure facility is a seaport facility, that is to say, a wharf, or dock, in Australia for the public to embark or disembark, or for loading or unloading their cargo, onto or from seagoing vessels, where there is a charge to the public for the transport of the public or their cargo on the vessels.

[Electricity generation, transmission or distribution facility]

             (5)  Another kind of infrastructure facility is an electricity generation, transmission or distribution facility, that is to say, any one, or combination of 2 or more, of the following facilities:

                     (a)  an electricity generation facility on land in Australia;

                     (b)  an electricity transmission facility, where the electricity generation facility concerned is on land in Australia;

                     (c)  an electricity distribution facility on land in Australia;

where the electricity generated, transmitted or distributed is to be principally for sale to the public either directly by the operator of the facility or indirectly through other persons.

[Gas pipeline facility]

             (6)  Another kind of infrastructure facility is a gas pipeline facility, that is to say, the whole or part of a pipeline that is to be used for transporting gas from a processing plant on land in Australia principally for sale to the public either directly by the operator of the facility or indirectly through other persons.

[Water supply facility]

             (7)  Another kind of infrastructure facility is a water supply facility, that is to say, any one, or combination of 2 or more, of the following:

                     (a)  dams, weirs, reservoirs or tanks that are to be used for storing, and regulating the flow of, water for public consumption, or other use by the public, at a charge to them;

                     (b)  bores that are to be used for extracting water for public consumption, or other use by the public, at a charge to them;

                     (c)  channels or pipelines that are to be used:

                              (i)  for supplying water for public consumption, or other use by the public, at a charge to them; or

                             (ii)  for carrying water between dams or other storage places from which it is to be supplied through channels or pipelines for public consumption, or other use by the public, at a charge to them;

                     (d)  pumps and associated structures that are to be used:

                              (i)  in extracting water from bores covered by paragraph (b); or

                             (ii)  for pumping water along channels or pipelines covered by paragraph (c);

                     (e)  equipment and structures that are to be used for treating water that is to be supplied to the public through pipelines at a charge to them, to make it fit for the public to drink.

[Sewage or wastewater facility]

             (8)  Another kind of infrastructure facility is a sewage or wastewater facility, that is to say:

                     (a)  equipment, excavations and structures that are to be used for treating, at a charge to the public, sewage, or other wastes in water, produced by the public:

                              (i)  to reduce the damage caused by its disposal in the natural environment; or

                             (ii)  to make any component of the things treated suitable for re‑use; or

                     (b)  channels, drains or pipelines for carrying sewage, or other wastes in water, produced by the public to or from the equipment and structures covered by paragraph (a); or

                     (c)  both of these.