Water Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 (Qld)

An Act to amend the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009, the Water Act 2000, the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 and the legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Water Legislation Amendment Act 2022.

2 Commencement Part 3, division 3 and schedule 1, part 2 commence on a date to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2 Amendment of South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009

3 Act amended This part amends the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009.

4 Amendment of s 50 (Publication of directions) (1) Section 50, from 'a copy—'— omit, insert— a copy of the direction is given to the Minister and is— (a) published on the local government's website; or (b) kept available for inspection by the public— (i) at the public offices of the local government; or (ii) on a notice board maintained by the local government in its local government area. (2) Section 50— insert— (2) Also, each participating local government that gives the direction must ensure— (a) if a copy of the direction is published on a website under subsection (1)(a), the copy is not removed from the website while the direction is in effect; or (b) if a copy of the direction is kept available for inspection by the public under subsection (1)(b), the copy remains available for inspection by the public while the direction is in effect.

5 Amendment of s 53CQ (Content of public notice and access requirements) (1) Section 53CQ(1)— omit, insert— (1) This section states, for section 53CP(5), the way in which a distributor-retailer must give public notice of the approval of an inspection program. (1A) The distributor-retailer must— (a) publish the notice on the distributor-retailer's website; and (b) ensure the notice is not removed from the website during the program period. (2) Section 53CQ(1A) to (4)— renumber as section 53CQ(2) to (5).