Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006    
SL2006-11
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
Republication No 2
Effective:  10 June 2015
Republication date: 10 June 2015
Last amendment made by A2015‑15

Unauthorised version prepared by ACT Parliamentary Counsel’s Office

About this republication
The republished law
This is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 10 June 2015.  It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 10 June 2015.  
The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. 
Kinds of republications
The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):
•	authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies
•	unauthorised republications.
The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.
Editorial changes
The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.  Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).  The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.  
This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).
Uncommenced provisions and amendments
If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol  U  appears immediately before the provision heading.  Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register.
Modifications
If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol  M  appears immediately before the provision heading.  The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes.  For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.
Penalties
At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for an individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006
made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930
    
Contents
	Page
	1	Name of regulation	2
	3	Purpose of regulation	2
	4	Notes	2
	5	Administering authority	2
	6	Infringement notice offences	2
	7	Infringement notice penalties	3
	8	Contents of infringement notices—other information	3
	9	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person	4
	10	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person	4
	11	Authorised people for infringement notice offences	4
Schedule 1	Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 infringement notice offences and penalties	5
Endnotes
	1	About the endnotes	6
	2	Abbreviation key	6
	3	Legislation history	7
	4	Amendment history	7
	5	Earlier republications	8

Australian Capital Territory
Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006     

made under the
Magistrates Court Act 1930

    

  

1	Name of regulation
This regulation is the Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006.
3	Purpose of regulation
The purpose of this regulation is to create a system of infringement notices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006.
Note	The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of infringement notices for offences against various Acts.  The infringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to prosecution.
4	Notes
A note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of this regulation.
Note	See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of notes.
5	Administering authority
The administering authority for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 is Icon Water Limited.
6	Infringement notice offences
The Act, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
7	Infringement notice penalties
	(1)	The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006, under an infringement notice for the offence, is the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.
	(2)	The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006, under an infringement notice for the offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.
	(3)	The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 is $34.
8	Contents of infringement notices—other information
	(1)	An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 must include the company’s ACN.
Note	The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).
	(2)	In this section:
company means a company registered under the Corporations Act.
9	Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person
An infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
10	Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person
A reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 must identify the authorised person by—
	(a)	the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or
	(b)	the authorised person’s identity card number.
11	Authorised people for infringement notice offences
An authorised person under the Utilities Act 2000, section 114 may serve the following:
	(a)	an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006;
	(b)	a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006.

Schedule 1	Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 infringement notice offences and penalties
(see s 6 and s 7)

column 1
item	column 2
offence provision	column 3
offence penalty
(penalty units)	column 4
infringement penalty
($)	
1	7	10	200	
2	14	10	200	
3	17	10	200	
4	23	10	200	

Endnotes
1	About the endnotes
Amending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the amendment history.  Current modifications are not included in the republished law but are set out in the endnotes.
Not all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are annotated in the amendment history.  Full details of any amendments can be obtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.
Uncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law.  The details of these laws are underlined in the legislation history.  Uncommenced expiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.
If all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered provisions gives details of previous and current numbering.  
The endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.
2	Abbreviation key

A = Act	NI = Notifiable instrument	
AF = Approved form	o = order	
am = amended	om = omitted/repealed	
amdt = amendment	ord = ordinance	
AR = Assembly resolution	orig = original	
ch = chapter	par = paragraph/subparagraph	
CN = Commencement notice	pres = present	
def = definition	prev = previous	
DI = Disallowable instrument	(prev...) = previously	
dict = dictionary	pt = part	
disallowed = disallowed by the Legislative 	r = rule/subrule	
Assembly	reloc = relocated	
div = division	renum = renumbered	
exp = expires/expired	R[X] = Republication No	
Gaz = gazette	RI = reissue	
hdg = heading	s = section/subsection	
IA = Interpretation Act 1967	sch = schedule	
ins = inserted/added	sdiv = subdivision	
LA = Legislation Act 2001	SL = Subordinate law	
LR = legislation register	sub = substituted	
LRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996	underlining = whole or part not commenced	
mod = modified/modification	or to be expired	

3	Legislation history
Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006 SL2006-11
notified LR 30 March 2006
s 1, s 2 commenced 30 March 2006 (LA s 75 (1))
remainder commenced 31 March 2006 (s 2 and CN2006-5)
as amended by
Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015‑15 sch 3 pt 3.41
notified LR 27 May 2015
s 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))
sch 3 pt 3.41 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)
4	Amendment history
Commencement
s 2	om LA s 89 (4)
Administering authority
s 5	am A2015‑15 amdt 3.137
Authorised people for infringement notice offences
s 11	am A2015‑15 amdt 3.138, amdt 3.139
Legislation repealed
s 12	om LA s 89 (3)
Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 infringement notice offences and penalties
sch 1 hdg	sub A2015‑15 amdt 3.140

5	Earlier republications
Some earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to the publication order.  
Since 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in electronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register.  A selection of authorised republications have also been published in printed format. These republications are marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1.  Electronic and printed versions of an authorised republication are identical. 

Republication No and date	Effective	Last amendment made by	Republication for	
R1
31 Mar 2006	31 Mar 2006‑
9 June 2015	not amended	new regulation	

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