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WATERWORKS (WATER MANAGEMENT MEASURES—USE OF RAINWATER) AMENDMENT BILL 2005

House of Assembly—No 128

As laid on the table and read a first time, 14 September 2005

South Australia

Waterworks (Water Management Measures—Use of Rainwater) Amendment Bill 2005

A Bill For

An Act to amend the Waterworks Act 1932 and to make a related amendment to the Sewerage Act 1929.



Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1 Short title

2 Commencement

3 Amendment provisions

Part 2—Amendment of Waterworks Act 1932

4 Amendment of section 4—Interpretation

5 Amendment of section 10—Regulations

6 Amendment of section 40—Supply of meters

7 Amendment of section 45—Alteration etc to pipes, fittings etc

Part 3—Amendment of Sewerage Act 1929

8 Amendment of section 55—Rain water not to be admitted to sewer without Corporation's consent



The Parliament of South Australia enacts as follows:

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

This Act may be cited as the Waterworks (Water Management Measures—Use of Rainwater) Amendment Act 2005.

2—Commencement

(1) Subject to subsection (2), this Act will come into operation on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

(2) If a provision of this Act has not been brought into operation sooner, it will, by force of this subsection, come into operation 6 months after assent.

3—Amendment provisions

In this Act, a provision under a heading referring to the amendment of a specified Act amends the Act so specified.


Part 2—Amendment of Waterworks Act 1932

4—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation

Section 4(1), after the definition of adjacent land insert:

back-flow valve means a valve that ensures that any water supplied from a rainwater tank at a point past a meter connected to the waterworks cannot flow back into the waterworks;

5—Amendment of section 10—Regulations

Section 10(1)—after paragraph xvi insert:

xvii for regulating the design of rainwater tanks, and the design or operation of pipes, fittings, appliances or apparatus in connection with the use of rainwater tanks;

6—Amendment of section 40—Supply of meters

Section 40—after its present contents (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:

(2) The Corporation must ensure that a meter for the supply of water to land used for domestic purposes installed or replaced after the commencement of this subsection is fitted with a back-flow valve.

7—Amendment of section 45—Alteration etc to pipes, fittings etc

Section 45—after subsection (1) insert:

(1a) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to a fitting (and any associated pipes) if—

(a) the purpose of the fitting is to allow rainwater collected on the relevant land to be available for use on the land through pipes that also provide for the use of water supplied by the Corporation; and

(b) the fitting (and any associated pipes) comply with any specifications or requirements prescribed by the regulations; and

(c) a back-flow valve has been installed in accordance with any specifications or requirements prescribed by the regulations.


Part 3—Amendment of Sewerage Act 1929

8—Amendment of section 55—Rain water not to be admitted to sewer without Corporation's consent

Section 55—after subsection (1) insert:

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply with respect to rain water used under section 45(1a) of the Waterworks Act 1932.

 


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