{"id":"sl-2006-11","name":"Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006","slug":"magistrates-court-utilities-water-conservation-infringement-notices-regulation-2006","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"11 of 2006","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173528,"registerId":"act-sl-2006-11-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water\nConservation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006\nSL2006-11\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 2\nEffective: 10 June 2015\nRepublication date: 10 June 2015\nLast amendment made by A2015-15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel\n\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAbout this republication\nThe republished law\nThis is a republication of the Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement\nNotices) Regulation 2006, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any\namendment made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on\n10 June 2015. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this\nrepublished law to 10 June 2015.\nThe legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3\nand 4.\nKinds of republications\nThe Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the\nACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au):\n authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies\n unauthorised republications.\nThe status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page.\nEditorial changes\nThe Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial\namendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication.\nEditorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made\nby an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117).\nThe changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law\ninto line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice.\nThis republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1).\nUncommenced provisions and amendments\nIf a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately\nbefore the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law\nare accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more\ninformation, see the home page for this law on the register.\nModifications\nIf a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M\nappears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears\nin the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95.\nPenalties\nAt the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $150 for\nan individual and $750 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).\n\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\ncontents 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water\nConservation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Purpose of regulation 2\n4 Notes 2\n5 Administering authority 2\n6 Infringement notice offences 2\n7 Infringement notice penalties 3\n8 Contents of infringement notices—other information 3\n9 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4\n10 Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n11 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4\nSchedule 1 Utilities (Water Conservation)\nRegulation 2006 infringement notice offences\nand penalties 5\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 6\n2 Abbreviation key 6\n3 Legislation history 7\n4 Amendment history 7\n5 Earlier republications 8\n\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 1\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nAustralian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water\nConservation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n1 Name of regulation\nThis regulation is the Magistrates Court (Utilities Water\nConservation Infringement Notices) Regulation 2006.\n3 Purpose of regulation\nThe purpose of this regulation is to create a system of infringement\nnotices under the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain\noffences against the Utilities (Water Conservation)\nRegulation 2006.\nNote The Magistrates Court Act 1930, pt 3.8 provides a system of\ninfringement notices for offences against various Acts. The\ninfringement notice system is intended to provide an alternative to\nprosecution.\n4 Notes\nA note included in this regulation is explanatory and is not part of\nthis regulation.\nNote See the Legislation Act, s 127 (1), (4) and (5) for the legal status of\nnotes.\n5 Administering authority\nThe administering authority for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 is Icon\nWater Limited.\n6 Infringement notice offences\nThe Act, part 3.8 applies to an offence against a provision of the\nUtilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 2.\n\nSection 7\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n7 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nUtilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006, under an\ninfringement notice for the offence, is the amount mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 4 for the offence.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the\nUtilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006, under an\ninfringement notice for the offence, is 5 times the amount mentioned\nin schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006\nis $34.\n8 Contents of infringement notices—other information\n(1) An infringement notice served on a company by an authorised\nperson for an infringement notice offence against the Utilities\n(Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 must include the company’s\nACN.\nNote The requirement under this section is additional to the requirement\nunder the Magistrates Court Act 1930, s 121 (1) (c).\n(2) In this section:\ncompany means a company registered under the Corporations Act.\n\nSection 9\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n9 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised\nperson\nAn infringement notice served on a person by an authorised person\nfor an infringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water\nConservation) Regulation 2006 must identify the authorised person\nby—\n(a) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or\n(b) the authorised person’s identity card number.\n10 Contents of reminder notice—identifying authorised\nperson\nA reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an\ninfringement notice offence against the Utilities (Water\nConservation) Regulation 2006 must identify the authorised person\nby—\n(a) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or\n(b) the authorised person’s identity card number.\n11 Authorised people for infringement notice offences\nAn authorised person under the Utilities Act 2000, section 114 may\nserve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against\nthe Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006.\n\nUtilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 infringement notice offences\nand penalties\nSchedule 1\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Utilities (Water Conservation)\nRegulation 2006 infringement\nnotice offences and penalties\n(see s 6 and s 7)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement\npenalty\n($)\n1 7 10 200\n2 14 10 200\n3 17 10 200\n4 23 10 200\n\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes\nAmending and modifying laws are annotated in the legislation history and the\namendment history. Current modifications are not included in the republished\nlaw but are set out in the endnotes.\nNot all editorial amendments made under the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 are\nannotated in the amendment history. Full details of any amendments can be\nobtained from the Parliamentary Counsel’s Office.\nUncommenced amending laws are not included in the republished law. The\ndetails of these laws are underlined in the legislation history. Uncommenced\nexpiries are underlined in the legislation history and amendment history.\nIf all the provisions of the law have been renumbered, a table of renumbered\nprovisions gives details of previous and current numbering.\nThe endnotes also include a table of earlier republications.\n2 Abbreviation key\nA = Act NI = Notifiable instrument\nAF = Approved form o = order\nam = amended om = omitted/repealed\namdt = amendment ord = ordinance\nAR = Assembly resolution orig = original\nch = chapter par = paragraph/subparagraph\nCN = Commencement notice pres = present\ndef = definition prev = previous\nDI = Disallowable instrument (prev...) = previously\ndict = dictionary pt = part\ndisallowed = disallowed by the Legislative r = rule/subrule\nAssembly reloc = relocated\ndiv = division renum = renumbered\nexp = expires/expired R[X] = Republication No\nGaz = gazette RI = reissue\nhdg = heading s = section/subsection\nIA = Interpretation Act 1967 sch = schedule\nins = inserted/added sdiv = subdivision\nLA = Legislation Act 2001 SL = Subordinate law\nLR = legislation register sub = substituted\nLRA = Legislation (Republication) Act 1996 underlining = whole or part not commenced\nmod = modified/modification or to be expired\n\nEndnotes\nLegislation history 3\nR2\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 7\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2006 SL2006-11\nnotified LR 30 March 2006\ns 1, s 2 commenced 30 March 2006 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 31 March 2006 (s 2 and CN2006-5)\nas amended by\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.41\nnotified LR 27 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.41 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nAdministering authority\ns 5 am A2015-15 amdt 3.137\nAuthorised people for infringement notice offences\ns 11 am A2015-15 amdt 3.138, amdt 3.139\nLegislation repealed\ns 12 om LA s 89 (3)\nUtilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 infringement notice offences\nand penalties\nsch 1 hdg sub A2015-15 amdt 3.140\n\nEndnotes\n5 Earlier republications\npage 8 Magistrates Court (Utilities Water Conservation\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2006\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR2\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n5 Earlier republications\nSome earlier republications were not numbered. The number in column 1 refers to\nthe publication order.\nSince 12 September 2001 every authorised republication has been published in\nelectronic pdf format on the ACT legislation register. A selection of authorised\nrepublications have also been published in printed format. These republications\nare marked with an asterisk (*) in column 1. Electronic and printed versions of an\nauthorised republication are identical.\nRepublication\nNo and date\nEffective Last\namendment\nmade by\nRepublication\nfor\nR1\n31 Mar 2006\n31 Mar 2006-\n9 June 2015\nnot amended new regulation\n© Australian Capital Territory 2015","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: creating an infringement notice system for water conservation offences. The 2015 amendments were minor administrative updates (changing the administering authority name from 'ActewAGL' to 'Icon Water Limited' and updating cross-references), not an expansion of scope."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document — only 11 operative sections plus a 4-row schedule","Minimal defined terms — only 2 definitions in the entire instrument (section 8(2) defines 'company', and 'authorised person' is imported from the Utilities Act 2000)","No nested exceptions or conditional logic — provisions are straightforward commands","Simple cross-referencing — only references to parent Act (Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8) and the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006","Single schedule with tabular data — 4 offences with fixed penalties, no complex calculations beyond the 5x multiplier for corporations"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation creates an infringement‑notice (on‑the‑spot fine) scheme for breaches of ACT water‑conservation rules, administered and issued by Icon Water. It lets residents, businesses and authorised officers resolve minor water‑restriction breaches without court.\n\nStandard penalties are $200 for individuals, $1,000 for companies, with a $34 reminder fee for late payment. The scheme speeds enforcement of drought and emergency water rules while avoiding criminal prosecution for minor offences."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":true,"description":"Amendments noted in the legislation history (A2015‑15) changed administrative provisions: the administering authority (s 5) and the authorised people who may serve notices (s 11) were amended. Those changes adjust who decides and who implements the scheme but do not alter the regulation's core scope of applying an infringement‑notice regime to the offences listed in Schedule 1."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow subject‑matter: applies only to offences listed in Schedule 1 of this regulation (s 3, s 6, Sch 1).","Fixed penalties: schedule sets uniform infringement amounts ($200) tied to penalty units in the parent regulation (Sch 1).","Corporate multiplier: corporations pay 5× individual infringement amount, altering incentives for corporate actors (s 7(2)).","Administrative details: designates Icon Water Limited as administering authority, which centralises decision‑making for issuing notices (s 5).","Service and reminder mechanics: reminder notice service cost set at $34, creating an explicit compliance cost (s 7(3)).","Notice content requirements: company notices must include ACN; infringement and reminder notices must identify the authorised person by name or ID number, increasing documentary compliance (s 8–s 10).","Delegation/capacity to serve: authorisation references the Utilities Act 2000, s 114, requiring cross‑reference to that Act to know who may serve notices (s 11).","Cross‑references: meaningful operation requires consulting the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (pt 3.8), the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006 (offence descriptions), and the Corporations Act (company definition) (s 3, s 6, s 8).","Schedule lists offence provision numbers (7, 14, 17, 23) without textual offence descriptions, so administrators and recipients must consult the other regulation to see conduct captured (Sch 1)."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation creates an infringement‑notice scheme under the Magistrates Court Act for specified offences in the Utilities (Water Conservation) Regulation 2006, fixing monetary fines and simple procedural requirements for issuing and reminding people about notices. It names Icon Water Limited as the administering authority and allows authorised persons under the Utilities Act to serve infringement and reminder notices; individuals pay the listed fines and corporations pay five times that amount, with a $34 reminder‑service fee."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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