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Hunter Water Act 1991 No 53

Assented to 11.12.1991.

Previously Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991.

Date of commencement of Part 1, Div 1 of Part 5 and secs 35, 39 and 70, 13.12.1991, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 13.12.1991, p 10545.

Date of commencement of the remainder, 1.1.1992, sec 2 and GG No 180 of 20.12.1991, p 10554.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023 No 7

Assented to 03.07.2023.

Date of commencement, 14.7.2023, sec 2.

Water Industry Competition Amendment Act 2021 No 26

Assented to 01.11.2021.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.5, 1.3.2024, sec 2 and 2024 (43) LW 1.3.2024.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2019 No 1

Assented to 17.06.2019.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.16, 1.7.2019, Sch 2.16.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2018 No 68

Assented to 31.10.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.15, 8.1.2019, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2018 No 25

Assented to 15.06.2018.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.8.2018, sec 2 (3).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2017 No 22

Assented to 01.06.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 7.7.2017, sec 2 (3).

Crown Land Legislation Amendment Act 2017 No 17

Assented to 17.05.2017.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2018, sec 2 (1) and 2018 (225) LW 1.6.2018.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2016 No 55

Assented to 25.10.2016.

Date of commencement of Sch 3.16, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2015 No 58

Assented to 24.11.2015.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 15.1.2016, sec 2 (3).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2014 No 88

Assented to 28.11.2014.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 8.1.2015, sec 2 (1).

Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 No 95

Assented to 20.11.2013.

Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2.

State Owned Corporations Legislation Amendment (Staff Directors) Act 2013 No 36

Assented to 03.06.2013.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Plumbing and Drainage Act 2011 No 59

Assented to 16.11.2011.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (298) LW 29.6.2012.

Public Health Act 2010 No 127

Assented to 07.12.2010.

Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.9.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (275) LW 29.6.2012.

Residential Tenancies Act 2010 No 42

Assented to 17.06.2010.

Date of commencement, 31.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (658) LW 3.12.2010.

Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009 No 54

Assented to 26.06.2009.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (248) LW 18.6.2010.

Real Property and Conveyancing Legislation Amendment Act 2009 No 17

Assented to 13.05.2009.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).

Associations Incorporation Act 2009 No 7

Assented to 07.04.2009.

Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (237) LW 11.6.2010.

Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007 No 94

Assented to 13.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Schs 2 and 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2007 No 82

Assented to 07.12.2007.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).

Water Industry Competition Act 2006 No 104

Assented to 27.11.2006.

Date of commencement, 8.8.2008, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 8.8.2008, p 7438.

National Park Estate (Lower Hunter Region Reservations) Act 2006 No 90

Assented to 21.11.2006.

Date of commencement of Sch 9, 1.1.2007, sec 2 (2).

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005 No 64

Assented to 01.07.2005.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.25, assent, sec 2 (2).

Home Building Amendment Act 2004 No 101

Assented to 15.12.2004.

Date of commencement of Sch 9.6, 29.4.2005, sec 2 and GG No 50 of 29.4.2005, p 1530.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 No 40

Assented to 22.07.2003.

Date of commencement of Sch 1.20, assent, sec 2 (2).

Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 34

Assented to 28.06.2001.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.23, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000 No 93

Assented to 08.12.2000.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.22, assent, sec 2 (2).

Water Management Act 2000 No 92

Assented to 08.12.2000.

Date of commencement of Sch 8.12, 1.1.2001, sec 2 and GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13471.

Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2000 No 60

Assented to 05.07.2000.

Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.11.2000, sec 2 and GG No 141 of 27.10.2000, p 11289.

Date of commencement of Sch 3, 17.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 14.7.2000, p 6231.

Amending legislation

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000 No 93

Assented to 08.12.2000.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.23, assent, sec 2 (2).

Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999 No 94

Assented to 08.12.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 4.116, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999 No 85

Assented to 03.12.1999.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.29, assent, sec 2 (2).

Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).

Water Legislation Amendment (Drinking Water and Corporate Structure) Act 1998 No 145

Assented to 08.12.1998.

Date of commencement, 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 176 of 18.12.1998, p 9726.

Heritage Amendment Act 1998 No 138

Assented to 08.12.1998.

Date of commencement, 2.4.1999, sec 2 and GG No 27 of 5.3.1999, p 1546.

Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998 No 11

Assented to 15.05.1998.

Date of commencement of Sch 6.12, 1.9.2000, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 1.9.2000, p 8633.

Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156

Assented to 19.12.1997.

Date of commencement, 1.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9952.

Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 1997 No 152

Assented to 19.12.1997.

Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 101 of 1.7.1998, p 5119.

Water Legislation Amendment Act 1997 No 128

Assented to 16.12.1997.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 4.12.1998, sec 2 and GG No 169 of 4.12.1998, p 9346.

The proclamation appointed 6.11.1998 as the date of commencement. Pursuant to section 23 (5) of the Interpretation Act 1987, the proclamation does not fail merely because it was not published in the Gazette until after the day appointed in the proclamation, but section 23 (5) provides, in that event, for those provisions of the Act to commence on the day on which the proclamation was published in the Gazette..

Strata Schemes Management (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1996 No 139

Assented to 16.12.1996.

Date of commencement, 1.7.1997, sec 2 and GG No 68 of 27.6.1997, p 4770.

Amending legislation

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 No 55

Assented to 02.07.1997.

Date of commencement of Sch 2.18, assent, sec 2 (2).

Building Services Corporation Legislation Amendment Act 1996 No 122

Assented to 03.12.1996.

Date of commencement, 1.5.1997, sec 2 and GG No 43 of 24.4.1997, p 2171.

Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995 No 11

Assented to 09.06.1995.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.

Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994 No 45

Assented to 02.06.1994.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991, 28.11.1994, sec 2 and GG No 156 of 25.11.1994, p 6868.

Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993 No 32

Assented to 08.06.1993.

Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.1993, sec 2 (1) and GG No 73 of 1.7.1993, p 3342.

Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Amendment Act 1992 No 77

Assented to 23.11.1992.

Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.

Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 No 34

Assented to 18.05.1992.

Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991, 1.1.1991, Sch 2.

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Sec 1

Am 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [1].

Sec 3

Am 1997 No 152, Sch 4.16 [1]; 1998 No 11, Sch 6.12; 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [2]–[4]; 2000 No 60, Sch 1.4 [1]; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.12 [1]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.23 [1]; 2009 No 7, Sch 3.7; 2014 No 88, Sch 2.29 [1] [2]; 2017 No 17, Sch 2.7 [1].

Part 2

Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5].

Sec 4

Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5]. Am 1999 No 85, Sch 4.

Sec 4A

Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5].

Sec 4B

Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5]. Am 2005 No 64, Sch 2.25 [1] [2]; 2013 No 36, Sch 2.2 [1]–[4].

Sec 4C

Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5]. Am 2000 No 92, Sch 8.12 [2]; 2010 No 127, Sch 4.11.

Sec 5

Am 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [6] [7].

Secs 6, 7

Am 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [6].

Sec 12

Am 1997 No 128, Sch 2.1.

Sec 15

Am 2000 No 60, Sch 3.4.

Sec 16

Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [8]; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.12 [3] [4].

Sec 17A

Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.4 [2] (am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.23 [5]–[7]).

Sec 17B

Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.4 [2]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.81 [1] [2].

Sec 18

Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.116; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.23 [2].

Part 5, Divs 1A, 1B (secs 18A–18D)

Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.4 [3].

Sec 19

Am 2006 No 90, Sch 9; 2009 No 17, Sch 3.10 [1].

Sec 21

Am 2016 No 55, Sch 3.16.

Sec 25

Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.10 [2]; 2010 No 42, Sch 3.6.

Sec 27

Am 1998 No 138, Sch 2.3.

Sec 28

Am 1993 No 32, Sch 2.

Sec 29

Subst 1994 No 45, Sch 1.

Sec 30A

Ins 2011 No 59, Sch 2.3 [1].

Sec 31A

Ins 2007 No 82, Sch 1.14 [1]. Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.35.

Sec 34

Am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.29; 2007 No 94, Schs 2, 4.

Sec 35

Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.20 [1]–[3].

Sec 36

Am 2006 No 104, Sch 3.4; 2021 No 26, Sch 2.5[1] [2].

Sec 38

Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.20 [4]–[6]; 2018 No 25, Sch 2.15 [1]–[6].

Sec 46

Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.10 [3].

Sec 48

Am 1993 No 32, Sch 2; 1996 No 139, Sch 2.17 [1] [2] (am 1997 No 55, Sch 2.18 [1] [2]); 1997 No 152, Sch 4.16 [2] [3].

Sec 51

Am 1993 No 32, Sch 2.

Sec 52

Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.45 [1] [2]; 2019 No 1, Sch 2.16.

Sec 53

Am 2000 No 92, Sch 8.12 [5].

Sec 54

Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.45 [1]; 2017 No 17, Sch 2.7 [2] [3].

Sec 55

Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.45 [1].

Sec 56

Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.45 [1].

Sec 57

Am 2023 No 7, Sch 1.11.

Sec 58

Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.45 [1].

Sec 59

Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.45 [1].

Sec 60

Am 2015 No 58, Sch 3.45 [1].

Sec 61

Am 1992 No 77, sec 3.

Sec 64A

Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [9].

Sec 66

Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [10]. Am 2007 No 82, Sch 1.14 [2] [3].

Sec 67

Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.22; 2018 No 68, Sch 2.15.

Sec 69

Am 1996 No 122, Sch 7.6; 2004 No 101, Sch 9.6; 2011 No 59, Sch 2.3 [2].

Sec 70

Am 1993 No 32, Sch 2; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.20 [7].

Sec 71

Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.

Sec 73

Rep 1997 No 156, Sch 4.6.

Sec 74

Rep 2009 No 54, Sch 2.25.

Sec 75

Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [11].

Sch 1

Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2. Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.

Sch 2

Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [12].

Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Bill 1991

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