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WATER AMENDMENT (GOVERNANCE AND OTHER REFORMS) ACT 2012 (NO. 17 OF 2012) - SECT 3

See:
Act No.
80/1989.
Reprint No. 10
as at
1 January 2010
and amending
Act Nos
50/2010, 29/2011, 50/2011 and 63/2011.
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s. 3

    (1)     Insert the following definitions in section 3(1) of the Water Act 1989 —

""emergency management plan" means a plan made or remade under section 159A, 159B or 159D, whether or not the plan is subsequently amended or varied;

"metropolitan water corporation" means a water corporation established by section 85(1A);

"non-metropolitan water corporation" means a water corporation that is not Melbourne Water Corporation or a metropolitan water corporation;".

    (2)     In section 3(1) of the Water Act 1989 —

        (a)     for the definition of sewerage district substitute —

""sewerage district" in relation to a water corporation, means—

        (a)     any district determined by the Minister under Division 1AA of Part 6A to be the sewerage district of the corporation and (where the case so requires) any such district as varied under that Division; or

        (b)     in the case of—

              (i)     a non-metropolitan water corporation—

    (A)     any district that the corporation is deemed to have as a sewerage district under Division 1 of Part 6A, and (where the case so requires) any such district as extended or changed under Division 3 or 4 of Part 6A; and

    (B)     any district that is declared to be a sewerage district of the corporation under Division 3 of Part 6A, and (where the case so requires) any such district as extended or changed under Division 3 or 4 of Part 6A—

if the Minister has not made a determination under Division 1AA of Part 6A in relation to the district; and

              (ii)     a metropolitan water corporation, any sewerage district that the corporation is taken to have under Division 1A of Part 6A, if the Minister has not made a determination under Division 1AA of Part 6A in relation to that district;";

        (b)     for the definition of water district substitute —

""water district" in relation to a water corporation, means—

        (a)     any district determined by the Minister under Division 1AA of Part 6A to be the water district of the corporation and (where the case so requires) any such district as varied under that Division; or

        (b)     in the case of—

              (i)     a non-metropolitan water corporation—

    (A)     any district that the corporation is deemed to have as a water district under Division 1 of Part 6A, and (where the case so requires) any such district as extended or changed under Division 3 or 4 of Part 6A; and

    (B)     any district that is declared to be a water district of the corporation under Division 3 of Part 6A, and (where the case so requires) any such district as extended or changed under Division 3 or 4 of Part 6A—

if the Minister has not made a determination under Division 1AA of Part 6A in relation to the district; and

              (ii)     a metropolitan water corporation, any water district that the corporation is taken to have under Division 1A of Part 6A, if the Minister has not made a determination under Division 1AA of Part 6A in relation to that district;".

    (3)     In section 3(1) of the Water Act 1989 —

        (a)     the definition of area of interest is repealed ;

        (b)     the definitions of "First Mildura Irrigation Trust", "Latrobe Valley", licensee and Yallourn works area are repealed ;

        (c)     in the definition of "private dam", in paragraph (b) omit "or a licensee";

        (d)     in the definition of "trade waste", after paragraph (a) insert —

    "(ab)     any other matter that is prescribed by regulations made under this Act to be trade waste; or".

    (4)     Section 3(2) of the Water Act 1989 is repealed .