New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SYDNEY WATER ACT 1994 - SECT 16

16 Amendment of operating licences

(1) An operating licence may only be amended in the manner specified in the operating licence.

(2) However, a proposed amendment to an operating licence will not take effect until written notice of the proposed amendment, accompanied by a copy of the proposed amendment, is laid before each House of Parliament and either:

(a) 15 sitting days of each House of Parliament has passed after the proposed amendment was tabled and notice of a motion to disallow the proposed amendment has not been given, or

(b) if notice of a motion to disallow the proposed amendment has been given, the motion has lapsed or has been withdrawn or defeated.

(3) This section applies to the substitution of an operating licence in the same way as it applies to the amendment of an operating licence.

(4) The other provisions of this section do not apply to the amendment or substitution of an operating licence under section 3A.