New South Wales Consolidated RegulationsThe following water or sewerage infrastructure is prescribed as infrastructure to which section 5 of the Act does not apply (and so is exempt from the requirement for a licence):
(a) water or sewerage infrastructure that is constructed, maintained or operated for or on behalf of a licensee or a public water utility,
(b) a water supply work within the meaning of the Water Management Act 2000 that is used solely for the purpose of taking water pursuant to an entitlement under Chapter 3 of that Act,
(c) a work to which Part 2 or 5 of the Water Act 1912 applies that is used solely for the purpose of taking water pursuant to an entitlement under Part 2 or 5 of that Act,
(d) water or sewerage infrastructure:(i) that is wholly situated on premises owned by the one person, whether or not the whole or any part of those premises are leased to, or occupied by, some other person, and(ii) that is owned or controlled by the person by whom those premises are owned,
(e) any work that is used solely for stormwater drainage purposes.