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New South Wales
Sydney Water Catchment Management
Amendment Bill 2001
Contents
Page
1 Name of Act 2
2 Commencement 2
3 Amendment of Sydney Water Catchment Management
Act 1998 No 171 2
Schedule 1 Amendments 3
I certify that this PUBLIC BILL, which originated in the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, has
finally passed the LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL and the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of NEW
SOUTH WALES.
Clerk of the Legislative Assembly.
Legislative Assembly,
Sydney, , 2001
New South Wales
Sydney Water Catchment Management
Amendment Bill 2001
Act No , 2001
An Act to amend the Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 with respect
to the establishment of a Sydney Catchment Management Fund; and for other
purposes.
I have examined this Bill, and find it to correspond in all respects with the Bill as
finally passed by both Houses.
Chairman of Committees of the Legislative Assembly.
Clause 1 Sydney Water Catchment Management Amendment Bill 2001
The Legislature of New South Wales enacts:
1 Name of Act
This Act is the Sydney Water Catchment Management Amendment
Act 2001.
2 Commencement
This Act is taken to have commenced on 8 January 1999, being the
date on which the Sydney Catchment Authority was constituted under
the Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998.
3 Amendment of Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 No 171
The Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 is amended as
set out in Schedule 1.
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Schedule 1 Amendments
(Section 3)
[1] Section 3 Definitions
Insert in alphabetical order:
Fund means the Sydney Catchment Management Fund
referred to in section 24A.
[2] Part 3, Division 5
Insert after Division 4 of Part 3:
Division 5 Financial provisions
24A Sydney Catchment Management Fund
(1) There is established a fund called the Sydney Catchment
Management Fund (the Fund).
(2) The Fund is to be maintained by the Authority.
24B Payments into Fund
The following amounts are to be paid into the Fund:
(a) any money appropriated by Parliament for payment into
the Fund,
(b) any money received by the Authority from the supply of
water,
(c) any money received by the Authority in relation to any
lease, licence, permit or easement granted by the
Authority in respect of land under its ownership or
control,
(d) any money received by the Authority from the sale of its
assets,
(e) any fees received by the Authority for the services it
supplies,
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Schedule 1 Amendments
(f) any penalty, fine or forfeiture recovered in proceedings
for an offence against this or any other Act, or against
the regulations under this or any other Act, being
proceedings instituted by or under the direction of, or
for on behalf of, the Authority,
(g) any money given to the Authority for the express
purpose of payment into the Fund,
(h) the proceeds of the investment of money in the Fund,
(i) any other money required to be paid into the Fund by or
under this or any other Act or law.
24C Payments out of Fund
Money in the Fund may be applied for any or all of the
following purposes:
(a) capital and recurrent expenditure in relation to the
Authority's works,
(b) carrying out and giving effect to plans of management
in accordance with section 50,
(c) acquiring land (including an interest in land) as referred
to in section 60,
(d) the provision of financial assistance for the purpose of
funding catchment management activities carried out by
other persons and bodies, including local councils, but
only if those activities are consistent with the
Authority's objectives,
(e) payment of any dividends, tax-equivalents or guarantee
fees referred to in section 34 (2) (b), and any dividends
of the kind referred to in section 59B of the Public
Finance and Audit Act 1983,
(f) the costs incurred by the Authority in maintaining the
Fund,
(g) any other costs and expenses incurred by the Authority
in connection with the exercise of its functions.
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24D Investment of Fund
The Authority may invest money in the Fund in any manner
authorised by the Public Authorities (Financial Arrangements)
Act 1987.
24E Fees for services supplied by Authority
(1) The Authority may charge, for the supply of any services under
this Act or the regulations, such fee as may be prescribed by the
regulations for the supply of the service.
(2) This section does not apply to the supply of water to the
Sydney Water Corporation, or to the supply of any other
service whose cost is determined or regulated under any
arrangement, operating licence, memorandum of understanding
or other instrument under this Act.
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