AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Electricity and Water (Amendment) Act (No. 2) 1991
No. 48 of 1991
	
An Act to amend the Electricity and Water Act 1988
	[Notified in ACT Gazette S97: 30 September 1991]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Electricity and Water (Amendment ) Act (No. 2) 1991.
Principal Act
2.  In this Act, “Principal Act” means the Electricity and Water Act 1988.1
Interpretation
3.  Section 3 of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in subsection (1) the following definition:
“ ‘basic water allowance’ means the basic water allowance determined under subsection 48 (1A);”. 
Charges for supply of electricity, water and sewerage services
4.  Section 48 of the Principal Act is amended—
	(a)	by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1A)  The Minister may, by notice in writing published in the Gazette, determine a quantity of water to be the basic water allowance.”; and
	(b)	by omitting subsection (2) and substituting the following subsections:
“(2)  A determination under subsection (1) shall, unless disallowed under section 49, take effect on the date specified in the determination being a date not earlier than 14 days after the date on which the determination was published in the Gazette.
“(2A)  A determination under subsection (1A) shall take effect on the date specified in the determination.”.
Disallowance of determinations
5.  Section 49 of the Principal Act is amended—
	(a)	by omitting “30 days” and substituting “14 days”; and
	(b)	by adding at the end the following subsection:
“(2)  A determination under subsection 48 (1A) is a disallowable instrument for the purposes of section 10 of the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.”.
	
note
1.	Ordinance No. 30, 1988 as amended to date.  For previous amendments see Note 1 to Act No. 31, 1991 and see also Act No. 31, 1991.
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 12 September 1991]

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