Sydney Water Act 1994 No 88
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Original legislation
Sydney Water Act 1994 No 88
Assented to 12.12.1994.
Previously Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1994.
Date of commencement of Parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 and sec 54, 19.12.1994, sec 2 and GG No 170 of 16.12.1994, p 7400.
Date of commencement of remainder, 1.1.1995, sec 2 and GG No 170 of 16.12.1994, p 7400.
Amending legislation
Water Legislation Amendment Act 2024 No 80
Assented to 21.11.2024.
Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
Water Industry Competition Amendment Act 2021 No 26
Assented to 01.11.2021.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.14, 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 1.22, 14 days after assent, sec 2 (1).
Government Sector Finance Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2018 No 70
Assented to 22.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.101, 1.7.2021, sec 2(1) and 2021 (305) LW 25.6.2021.
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 (No 2) 2017 No 63
Assented to 23.11.2018.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.52, 14.1.2018, 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 4, 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 1.32, 6.1.2017, sec 2 (1).
Fair Trading Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2015 No 12
Assented to 29.06.2015.
Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.10.2015, sec 2 (2) and 2015 (442) LW 31.7.2015.
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).
Water NSW Act 2014 No 74
Assented to 11.11.2014.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2015, sec 2 and 2014 (839) LW 19.12.2014.
Civil and Administrative Legislation (Repeal and Amendment) Act 2013 No 95
Assented to 20.11.2013.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2014, sec 2.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011 No 62
Assented to 16.11.2011.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.38, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).
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.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 No 56
Assented to 01.07.2009.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (1).
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 Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006 No 120
Assented to 04.12.2006.
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.
Public Sector Employment and Management Amendment (Extended Leave) Act 2005 No 85
Assented to 17.11.2005.
Date of commencement, 1.1.2006, sec 2 and GG No 164 of 23.12.2005, p 11224.
Home Building Amendment Act 2004 No 101
Assented to 15.12.2004.
Date of commencement of Sch 9.8, 29.4.2005, sec 2 and GG No 50 of 29.4.2005, p 1530.
Sydney Water Amendment (Water Restrictions) Act 2003 No 55
Assented to 29.10.2003.
Date of commencement, 1.11.2003, sec 2 and GG No 176 of 31.10.2003, p 10367.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003 No 40
Assented to 22.07.2003.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.51, assent, sec 2 (2).
Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2001 No 118
Assented to 19.12.2001.
Date of commencement, 25.10.2002, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 25.10.2002, p 9059.
Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001 No 82
Assented to 21.11.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 7.21, 25.2.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 48 of 22.2.2002, p 901.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001 No 56
Assented to 17.07.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.19, assent, sec 2 (2).
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001 No 34
Assented to 28.06.2001.
Date of commencement of Sch 4.64, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.
Water Management Act 2000 No 92
Assented to 08.12.2000.
Date of commencement of Sch 8.27 [1]–[4], 1.1.2001, sec 2 and GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13471.
Date of commencement of Sch 8.27 [5] [7] and [8]: not in force.
The amendment made by Sch 8.27 [6] was without effect as the section being amended was repealed by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2000 No 60.
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.
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 4.164, 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 2.66, assent, sec 2 (2).
Date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 No 171
Assented to 14.12.1998.
Date of commencement of Sch 4, 2.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 76 of 2.7.1999, p 4608.
Consumer Claims Act 1998 No 162
Assented to 14.12.1998.
Date of commencement, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 971.
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 6.23, 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 2.5, 1.11.2000, sec 2 and GG No 139 of 20.10.2000, p 11188.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 No 55
Assented to 02.07.1997.
Date of commencement of Sch 1.30, 1.7.1997, Sch 1.30.
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.
State Owned Corporations Amendment Act 1995 No 32
Assented to 23.06.1995.
Date of commencement, 1.7.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3437.
Evidence (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 1995 No 27
Assented to 19.06.1995.
Date of commencement, 1.9.1995, sec 2 and GG No 102 of 25.8.1995, p 4355.
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 No 16
Assented to 15.06.1995.
Date of commencement of Sch 2.28, assent, Sch 2.
History notes
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Sec 1 |
Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [1]. |
Sec 3 |
Am 1998 No 11, Sch 6.23; 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [2]–[4]; 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [1]; 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.27 [1]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.64 [1]; 2009 No 7, Sch 3.14; 2014 No 88, Sch 2.65 [1] [2]; 2017 No 17, Sch 4.94. |
Sec 3A |
Ins 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [2]. Rep 2014 No 74, Sch 3.37. |
Part 2 |
Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [5]. |
Secs 4, 5 |
Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [5]. |
Sec 5A |
Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [5]. |
Sec 6 |
Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [5]. Am 2000 No 92, Sch 8.27 [2]; 2010 No 127, Sch 4.22. |
Sec 7 |
Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [6] [7]. |
Secs 8, 9 |
Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [6]. |
Sec 10 |
Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [8] [9]; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.27 [3] [4]; 2011 No 62, Sch 2.38 [1]. |
Sec 12 |
Am 1997 No 128, Sch 2.5. |
Sec 13 |
Rep 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [1]. |
Sec 16 |
Am 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [3]. |
Sec 19A |
Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [2] (am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.23 [8]–[10]). |
Sec 19B |
Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [2]. Am 2013 No 95, Sch 2.139 [1] [2]. |
Sec 20 |
Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.164; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.64 [2]. |
Sec 27 |
Am 2018 No 25, Sch 2.34 [1]. |
Part 6, Div 1A, heading |
Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [3]. |
Sec 28 |
Rep 1997 No 156, Sch 4.20. Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [3]. |
Part 6, Div 2, heading |
Am 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [4]. |
Sec 29 |
Rep 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [5]. |
Sec 30 |
Rep 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [6]. |
Sec 31 |
Am 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [7]–[10]. |
Sec 32 |
Am 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [11]. |
Sec 33A |
Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [12]. |
Sec 36 |
Am 2018 No 25, Sch 2.34 [2] [3]. |
Sec 37 |
Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.17 [1]. |
Sec 44 |
Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.17 [2]; 2010 No 42, Sch 3.18. |
Sec 46 |
Am 1998 No 138, Sch 2.10 [1] [2]. |
Sec 46A |
Ins 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [4]. |
Sec 48 |
Am 2003 No 55, Sch 1 [1]. |
Sec 48A |
Ins 2011 No 59, Sch 2.12 [1]. Am 2024 No 80, Sch 2[1]. |
Sec 50 |
Subst 2017 No 22, Sch 3.77. |
Sec 53 |
Am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.66; 2003 No 55, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2. |
Part 6, Div 6A (secs 53A–53D) |
Ins 2003 No 55, Sch 1 [4]. |
Sec 54 |
Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [2]; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.51 [1] [2]. |
Sec 55 |
Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [3] [4]; 2006 No 104, Sch 3.9; 2021 No 26, Sch 2.14[1] [2]. |
Sec 58 |
Am 1998 No 162, Sch 2.7 [1] [2]; 2001 No 82, Sch 7.21; 2013 No 95, Sch 4.43; 2015 No 12, Sch 2.5 [1] [2]. |
Sec 59 |
Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [5] [6]; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.51 [3]–[6]. |
Sec 60 |
Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [7]. |
Sec 62 |
Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [8]. |
Sec 64 |
Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.17 [3]. |
Sec 65 |
Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.17 [4]; 2011 No 62, Sch 2.38 [2]. |
Sec 67 |
Am 2009 No 56, Sch 4.73. |
Sec 69 |
Am 1997 No 152, Sch 4.45. |
Sec 74 |
Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [9]. |
Sec 78 |
Am 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [5] [6]. |
Part 6, Div 10 (secs 80–87) |
Rep 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [7]. |
Sec 88 |
Am 2011 No 62, Sch 2.38 [1]. |
Sec 89 |
Am 2024 No 80, Sch 2[2]. |
Sec 93 |
Rep 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [10]. |
Sec 93A |
Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [10]. |
Sec 94 |
Rep 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [11]. |
Sec 95 |
Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [12]. |
Sec 96 |
Am 2005 No 85, Sch 2.7 [1] [2]. |
Sec 97 |
Rep 2018 No 70, Sch 4.101[1]. |
Sec 99 |
Am 1996 No 122, Sch 7.18; 2004 No 101, Sch 9.8; 2011 No 59, Sch 2.12 [2]; 2024 No 80, Sch 2[3]. |
Sec 100 |
Am 2018 No 25, Sch 2.34 [4]. |
Sec 101 |
Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [13] [14]. |
Sec 104 |
Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [15]. Rep 2009 No 54, Sch 2.50. |
Sec 106 |
Am 2006 No 120, Sch 1.32; 2011 No 59, Sch 2.12 [3]; 2024 No 80, Sch 2[4]–[10]. |
Secs 108–110 |
Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
Sch 1 |
Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.164. Rep 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [13]. |
Sch 2 |
Am 2001 No 118, Sch 2.11; 2017 No 63, Sch 4.52; 2018 No 70, Sch 4.101[2]. |
Sch 3 |
Am 1995 No 32, Sch 3.5; 1997 No 55, Sch 1.30 [1] [2]. Rep 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [16]. |
Sch 4 |
Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [17]. |
Sch 5 |
Am 2016 No 55, Sch 1.32; 2019 No 1, Sch 1.22 [1] [2]. |
Schs 6–8 |
Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4. |
Sch 9 |
Am 1995 No 16, Sch 2.28; 1995 No 27, Sch 1.30; 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [18]–[21]; 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [8]–[10]. |
Sydney Water Bill 1994
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Assent: 12 December 1994 | 1994 No 88 |