AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

Water Resources Amendment Act 1999
No. 88 of 1999

An Act to amend the Water Resources Act 1998
[Notified in ACT Gazette S65: 23 December 1999]
	The Legislative Assembly for the Australian Capital Territory enacts as follows:
1 	Name of Act
	This Act is the Water Resources Amendment Act 1999.
2 	Commencement
	This Act commences on the day it is notified in the Gazette.
3 	Act amended
	This Act amends the Water Resources Act 1998.
4 	Repeal
	Section 71 is repealed and the following section substituted:
“71 	Periodic fees
	A person who holds or has held—
	(a)	a water allocation granted under section 28; or
	(b)	a licence granted under—
	(i)	section 35 (Licence to take water); or
	(ii)	section 39 (Unlicensed drilling); or
	(iii)	section 47 (Unlicensed recharge);
must pay to the Authority, in relation to the allocation or licence, the periodic fee or fees determined under section 78 in accordance with the determination that determined the fee.”.
5 	Repeal
	Section 78 is repealed and the following section substituted:
“78 	Determination of fees
“(1) 	The Minister may, by notice in the Gazette, determine fees payable under this Act.
“(2) 	A determination of a fee must state—
	(a)	the amount of the fee; or
	(b)	how the fee is to be worked out.
“(3) 	A determination of a periodic fee payable under section 71 must also state—
	(a)	the period to which the fee relates (for example, a year, a financial year or the period in which the allocation or licence is in force); and
	(b)	how the fee is to be paid (for example, as a lump sum or by instalments); and
	(c)	when the fee, or any instalment, is payable.
“(4) 	A determination under this section is a disallowable instrument for the Subordinate Laws Act 1989.
“(5)	A reference in this section to a fee includes a reference to a fee that is a tax.”.

Endnote
Act amended
1	Act 1998 No 63 (not republished).
[Presentation speech made in Assembly on 25 November 1999]

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