WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 25J
When water supply emergency ends
WATER ACT 2000 - SECT 25J
When water supply emergency ends
25J When water supply emergency ends
(1) The Governor in Council must make a regulation under this section if the
Minister considers a water supply emergency has ended.
(2) The regulation
must state—
(a) that the water supply emergency to which it applies no
longer exists; and
(b) the actions that may be taken, or continue to be
taken, to deal with circumstances arising because of the water supply
emergency, including any actions taken under a water supply emergency
regulation that must be completed or discontinued.
(3) However, for the
regulation to state that an action taken under a water supply emergency
regulation must be completed, the Minister must be satisfied it would be
detrimental to the interests of the State or another entity not to complete
the action, taking into account the following—
(a) the extent of work
undertaken;
(b) the obligations arising under any contract or other
agreement;
(c) any costs or other amounts the State or another entity is
liable to pay;
(d) the amount of money spent;
(e) any other relevant
circumstance.
(4) The actions that may be taken or continue to be taken
include giving any directions that could have been given under the water
supply emergency regulation if the emergency continued to exist.
(5) Subject
to a regulation under this section, the ending of a water supply emergency has
no effect on the exercise of powers under this part.