New South Wales Consolidated Acts

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 289

289 Area of operations

(1) The area of operations of a water supply authority is such as may be prescribed by the regulations for the water supply authority.

(2) If a regulation so provides, a water supply authority has, and may exercise, in its area of operations or a specified part of its area of operations:

(a) only such of the functions of a water supply authority as are specified in the regulation, or

(b) all functions of a water supply authority other than functions specified in the regulation.

(3) A regulation made for the purposes of subsection (2) may make provision for or with respect to:

(a) matters affecting revenue, assets, rights, liabilities and employees of a water supply authority, and

(b) procedures to be adopted for the purposes of paragraph (a).

(4) Within the area of operations of a water supply authority, a function under this Part may be exercised only by the water supply authority unless:

(a) the function is exercisable by the Minister, or

(b) the function is exercised by a catchment management authority under the Catchment Management Authorities Act 2003 , or

(c) with the consent of the Minister, the function is exercised by another Minister, by the delegate of another Minister or by a statutory body, or

(d) this Part provides otherwise.

(5) With the consent of the Minister, a water supply authority may exercise a function outside its area of operations.

(6) Until a regulation is made for the purposes of subsection (1), the area of operations of a water supply authority is the same as it was immediately before the commencement of this Part.