WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 25F
Regulation about water supply emergency
WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 25F
Regulation about water supply emergency
25F Regulation about water supply emergency
(1) This section applies if—
(a) there is a water supply emergency; or
(b)
a water supply emergency is developing.
(2) A regulation (a
"water supply emergency regulation" ) may state—
(a) the water supply
emergency to which the regulation applies; and
(b) the part of the State to
which the regulation applies; and
(c) the service providers to which the
regulation applies; and
(d) for dealing with the water supply emergency—
(i) the measures each service provider is directed to carry out and the day by
which the measures are to be carried out; and
(ii) if the measures a service
provider is directed to carry out include making non-Act water available to,
or operating infrastructure to allow non-Act water to be supplied to, a
customer or type of customer—whether section 25Kapplies to the direction;
and
(iii) if the measures a service provider is directed to carry out include
imposing the restrictions mentioned in section 25D—that the service
provider is directed to give the Minister for approval, within the time
stated, a water supply emergency response stating the way the service provider
intends to ensure the restrictions are complied with; and
(iv) the outcomes
each service provider is directed to achieve and the day by which the outcomes
are to be achieved; and
(v) that a service provider directed to achieve
outcomes is directed to give the Minister for approval, within the time
stated, a water supply emergency response stating—
(A) the actions the
service provider intends to take to achieve the outcomes; and
(B) if the
actions include imposing the restrictions mentioned in section 25D—the way
the service provider intends to ensure the restrictions are complied with; and
(vi) any works that are to be carried out by the coordinator-general.
(3) For the matters mentioned in subsection (2) (d) , the
regulation must, to the greatest practicable extent, state the matters
mentioned in section 25C(2) (a) to (e) .
(4) The regulation may, to the
extent stated in the regulation, continue the effect of a water supply
emergency declaration.
(5) A water supply emergency regulation may authorise
persons to exercise powers, including powers of decision and direction and
delegated powers, to facilitate the implementation of the directions under the
regulation.
(6) The regulation, for the part of the State to which it
applies, must not be inconsistent with the objectives of a water plan for the
part.
(7) However—
(a) the regulation may, to the extent stated in the
regulation, be inconsistent with—
(i) the operations manual that implements
the water plan; or
(ii) a resource operations licence for the water to which
the plan applies; or
(iii) an interim resource operations licence; and
(b)
to the extent of the inconsistency, the regulation prevails.