New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES ACT 2003 - SCHEDULE 6

SCHEDULE 6 – Savings, transitional and other provisions

(Section 43)

Part 1 - General

1 Definition

In this Schedule:
"former Act" means the Catchment Management Act 1989 .

2 Regulations

(1) The regulations may contain provisions of a savings or transitional nature consequent on the enactment of the following Acts:

this Act

(2) Any such provision may, if the regulations so provide, take effect from the date of assent to the Act concerned or a later date.

(3) To the extent to which any such provision takes effect from a date that is earlier than the date of its publication in the Gazette, the provision does not operate so as:

(a) to affect, in a manner prejudicial to any person (other than the State or an authority of the State), the rights of that person existing before the date of its publication, or

(b) to impose liabilities on any person (other than the State or an authority of the State) in respect of anything done or omitted to be done before the date of its publication.

Part 2 - Provisions consequent on enactment of this Act

3 Abolition of existing bodies

(1) Each catchment management committee or catchment management trust established under the former Act is abolished.

(2) Any person holding office as a member of any such body immediately before its abolition:

(a) ceases to hold office, and

(b) is not entitled to any compensation because of the loss of that office.

(3) On the abolition of any such catchment management committee or trust, any assets or liabilities of the committee or trust become the assets and liabilities of the catchment management authority under this Act whose area of operations includes the majority of the area of operations of the committee or trust under the former Act.

4 Saving of catchment contributions of Hunter Catchment Management Trust

(1) The repeal of the former Act and the regulations under that Act does not affect any catchment contribution levied under the former Act and regulations before their repeal by this Act.

(2) During the period of 12 months after the commencement of this clause, catchment contributions may (until the regulations under this Act otherwise provide) continue to be levied by the Hunter-Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority in the catchment contribution area of the Hunter Catchment Management Trust under the former Act.

(3) The relevant provisions of the former Act and regulations continue to have effect for the purposes of subclause (2).

(4) Catchment contributions levied under subclause (2) may continue to be collected and recovered in accordance with the former Act after the expiry of the period referred to in that subclause.