WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SCHEDULE 4

WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SCHEDULE 4

SCHEDULE 4 – Land exempt from water supply authority service charges

(Section 312)

(1)

Land that is vested in the Crown, or in a public body, or in trustees, and is used for a public cemetery.

(2)

Land that is vested in the Crown, or in a public body, or in trustees, and is used for a common.

(3)

Land that is vested in the Crown, or in a public body, or in trustees, and is used for a public reserve or park.

(4)

Land that belongs to any public hospital, public benevolent institution or public charity, and is used or occupied by the hospital, institution or charity for its purposes.

(5)

Land that is used or occupied solely for the purposes of, or connected with, a baby health centre, day nursery, kindergarten or amenities for the aged not conducted for private gain.

(6)

Land that is vested in a local health district constituted under the Health Services Act 1997 and is used or occupied by the local health district for its purposes.

(7)

Land that is vested in the Crown, or in a public body, or in trustees, and is used solely for the purposes of a free public library.

(8)

Land owned by the Crown that (except in the case of land leased to a caretaker at a nominal rental) is not leased by the Crown to any person for private purposes.

(9)

Land that belongs to a religious body and that is occupied and used in connection with--

(a) any church or other building used or occupied for public worship, or

(b) any building used or occupied solely as the residence of a minister of religion in connection with any such church or building, or

(c) any building used or occupied for the purposes of religious teaching or training, or

(d) any building used or occupied solely as the residence of the official head or the assistant official head, or both, of any religious body in the State or in any diocese in the State.

(10)

Land that is a public place within the meaning of the Local Government Act 1993 .

(11)

Land that--

(a) is unoccupied, and

(b) is not supplied with water from any water-pipe of a water supply authority and is not connected to any sewer of a water supply authority, and

(c) has been determined, by the council of the local government area in which the land is situated, to be unsuitable for the erection of a building because of flooding or landslip.

(12)

Land that is unoccupied and that is below highwater mark of any tidal water.

(13)

Land that belongs to and that is occupied and used in connection with any registered non-government school under the Education Act 1990 , including--

(a) any playground that belongs to and is used in connection with any such school, and

(b) any building that is occupied as a residence by any caretaker, employee or teacher of any such school and that belongs to and is used in connection with the school.

(14)

Land that comprises any sports ground, garden or children's playground provided by a council under the Local Government Act 1993 .

(15)

Land that is vested in the University of Newcastle, or in a college of the University, and is used or occupied by the University or college solely for its purposes.

(16)

Land that is vested in--

(a) the New South Wales Aboriginal Land Council, or

(b) a Regional Aboriginal Land Council, or

(c) a Local Aboriginal Land Council,

(17)

Land that--

(a) is vested in the mines rescue company, within the meaning of the Coal Industry Act 2001 , and

(b) is used for the purposes of a mine rescue station controlled by that company.