WATER (GOVERNANCE) ACT 2006 (NO 85 OF 2006) - SECT 77 Insertion of new Division in Part 9

WATER (GOVERNANCE) ACT 2006 (NO 85 OF 2006) - SECT 77

At the end of Part 9 of the Water Act 1989 insert —

'Division 2—Melbourne Water Corporation

        184A.     Sewerage functions of Melbourne Water Corporation

Melbourne Water Corporation has the following functions—

        (a)     to provide, manage, operate, maintain, and protect systems for the collection, in bulk, of sewage from all or any of the following—

              (i)     the holder of a water and sewerage licence under the Water Industry Act 1994 ;

              (ii)     an Authority with a sewerage district;

              (iii)     any other person or class of person prescribed for the purposes of this section;

        (b)     to provide, manage, operate, maintain, and protect systems for the conveyance, treatment and disposal of any sewage collected under paragraph (a);

        (c)     by agreement or consent, to provide, manage, operate, maintain, and protect systems for the collection in bulk, conveyance, treatment and disposal of trade waste;

        (d)     to develop and implement programs and provide, manage and operate systems for the recycling, re-use and supply of treated waste and water by-products of sewage treatment and trade waste treatment;

        (e)     the acceptance, storage, treatment and disposal of biosolids and other waste;

        (f)     to identify community needs relating to sewage treatment services and to plan for the future needs to the community relating to those services.

        184B.     Application of certain provisions of Division 1 of Part 9

Sections 176, 177, 178, 181 and 182 of Division 1 apply to Melbourne Water Corporation when it is exercising a function under section 184A, as if a reference to "Authority" in those sections were a reference to "Melbourne Water Corporation".'.