New South Wales Consolidated Acts

STATE WATER CORPORATION ACT 2004 - SECT 15

15 Area covered by operating licence

(1) The area of operations of the Corporation is the whole of the State, other than the following areas:

(a) the area of operations of Sydney Water Corporation within the meaning of the Sydney Water Act 1994 ,

(b) the area of operations of Sydney Catchment Authority within the meaning of the Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 ,

(c) the area of operations of Hunter Water Corporation within the meaning of the Hunter Water Act 1991 ,

(d) the area of operations of a water supply authority.

(2) Despite subsection (1) (b) and (d), the area of operations of the Corporation includes the area of operations of the Corporation in its capacity as a water supply authority in relation to the Fish River water supply scheme.

(3) Despite subsection (1), the operating licence may authorise the Corporation to carry out any of its functions:

(a) outside the State, or

(b) in any of the areas referred to in subsection (1) (a)-(d) with the agreement of Sydney Water Corporation, Sydney Catchment Authority, Hunter Water Corporation or the water supply authority, respectively (the "relevant body").

(4) If, under subsection (3) (b), the Corporation is to carry out its functions in more than one of the areas referred to in subsection (1) (a)-(d), the Corporation is to obtain the agreement of each relevant body in relation to the exercise of those functions.

(5) Nothing in this Act affects the area of operations of Sydney Water Corporation, Sydney Catchment Authority or Hunter Water Corporation.

(6) In this section, a reference to the "area of operations" of a water supply authority means the area of operations prescribed for that water supply authority by regulations made under section 289 (1) of the Water Management Act 2000 .