AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

CANBERRA SEWERAGE AND WATER SUPPLY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

No. 15 of 1983

	Section 12(10) of the Seat of Government (Administration) Act 1910 (the Act) defines “determination” to mean a determination made by a Minister pursuant to a provision of an Ordinance empowering him to determine by notice in writing published in the Gazette fees or charges for the purposes of the Ordinance.

	Section 12(9A) of the Act provides that every determination shall be laid before each House of the Parliament within fifteen sitting days of that House after the day on which the determination is made and if not so laid before each House, shall be void and of no effect.

	Section 12(9B) of the Act provides that sections 12(4) and 12(7) inclusive of the Act, which deal with the disallowance of Ordinances, shall apply to a determination laid before a House of the Parliament as if the reference in these sub-sections to an Ordinance were references to a determination.

	The Machinery Ordinance 1949, Flammable Liquids Ordinance 1976, Lakes Ordinance 1976, Building and Services Ordinance 1924, Pounds Ordinance 1928, Sale of Motor Vehicles Ordinance 1977, Adoption of Children Ordinance 1965 and Nature Conservation Ordinance 1980 (the principal Ordinances) have been amended to empower the Minister to determine fees and charges for the purposes of the principal Ordinances by notice in writing published in the Gazette.

	The amending Regulations set out in Column 1 of the Table will amend the principal Regulations set out in Column 2 of the Table opposite to those amending regulations to repeal those regulations of the principal Regulations which have become redundant as a result of the amendments to the principal Ordinances referred to above.

TABLE	
COLUMN 1
Amending Regulations	COLUMN 2
Principal Regulations	
Boiler and Pressure Vessels Regulations (Amendment)	Boiler and Pressure Vessels Regulations	
Flammable Liquids Regulations (Amendment)	Flammable Liquids Regulations	
Flammable Liquids Regulations (Repeal)		
Lakes Regulations (Amendment)	Lakes Regulations	
Canberra Sewerage and Water Supply Regulations (Amendment)	Canberra Sewerage and Water Regulations	
Garbage Regulations (Amendment)	Garbage Regulations	
Pounds Regulations (Amendment)	Pounds Regulations	
Sale of Motor Vehicles Regulations (Amendment)	Sale of Motor Vehicles Regulations	
Adoption of Children Regulations (Amendment)	Adoption of Children Regulations	
Nature Conservation Regulations (Amendment)	Nature Conservation Regulations	

	Details of the amending Regulations are set out at attachments A to I.

ATTACHMENT D

DETAILS OF CANBERRA SEWERAGE AND WATER SUPPLY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT)

No. 15 of 1983

Regulations 1, 2 and 3 deal with interpretation and commencement.

Regulation 4 omits regulations 15(3) (4) and (5) of the principal Regulations which related to fees for plumbing permits, drainage permits and minor plumbing or minor drainage permit respectively.

Regulation 5 omits regulations 18(2) and (3) of the principal Regulations which related to fees for the inspection of plans and amendments or re-submissions of plans respectively.

Regulation 6 amends regulation 20 of the principal Regulations, which relates to fees for plans, by omitting “upon payment of” and substituting “the determined fee”.

Regulation 7 amends regulation 21 of the principal Regulations, which relates to plans of industrial tenements, by omitting “will supply at the rate of $15 for each block” and substituting “shall supply, on payment of the determined fee”.

Regulation 8 amends regulation 24(8) of the principal Regulations, which related to applications for subsequent inspections of work, by omitting “a fee of $16.50” and substituting “the determined fee”.

Regulation 9 amends regulation 92A of the principal Regulations, which relates to sale of unmetered water, by omitting “an amount calculated at the rate of 22 cents for each kilolitre of water” and substituting “shall supply, on payment of the determined fee”.

Regulation 10 amends regulation 97 of the principal Regulations, which relates to plans which are to be forwarded with applications in certain cases, by omitting “a fee of $10” and substituting “the determined fee”.

Regulation 11 omits regulation 100(1A) of the principal Regulations which prescribed the fee for a permit to interfere with pipes communicating with Commonwealth pipes.

Regulation 12 amends regulation 110A of the principal Regulations, which relates to the fee for re-inspection of works by omitting “a fee of $10” and substituting “the determined fee”.

Regulation 13 amends regulation 116A of the principal Regulations, which relates to the issue of a certificate of compliance with the Regulations, by omitting “a fee of $5” and substitutes “the determined fee”.

Regulation 14 repeals regulation 116B of the principal Regulations which related to the fee for the inspection of the records of the Department of Territories and Local Government.