Water Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1) (Cth)

Water Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1)1

Select Legislative Instrument 2012 No. 68

I, QUENTIN BRYCE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulation under the Water Act 2007. Dated 10 May 2012

QUENTIN BRYCE Governor-General By Her Excellency's Command

TONY BURKE Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities

Contents

1 Name of regulation 2 Commencement 3 Amendment of Water Regulations 2008

Schedule 1 Amendments to commence on the day after registration

Schedule 2 Amendments to commence on 5 July 2012

Schedule 3 Amendments to commence on the day notified by the Minister in the Gazette

1 Name of regulation

This regulation is the Water Amendment Regulation 2012 (No. 1).

2 Commencement

This regulation commences as follows: (a) on the day after it is registered—sections 1 to 3 and Schedule 1; (b) on 5 July 2012—Schedule 2; (c) on a day notified by the Minister in the Gazette for the purposes of this paragraph—Schedule 3.

3 Amendment of Water Regulations 2008

Schedules 1, 2 and 3 amend the Water Regulations 2008. Schedule 1 Amendments to commence on the day after registration (section 3)

[1] After Part 1A

insert

Part 2 Management of Basin water resources

Division 2.1 Basin plan

2.01 Snowy water licence variations

(1) For subsection 21 (7) of the Act, the following variations of the Snowy water licence are prescribed: (a) the variation issued by the Commissioner of the NSW Office of Water for the Water Administration Ministerial Corporation on 29 April 2010; (b) the variation issued by the NSW Minister for Primary Industries for the Water Administration Ministerial Corporation on 4 October 2011.

Note 1 Subsection 21 (6) of the Act provides that the Basin plan must not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Snowy water licence.