{"id":"sl-2007-30","name":"Magistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices) Regulation 2007","slug":"magistrates-court-water-resources-infringement-notices-regulation-2007","collection":"regulation","jurisdiction":"act","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":"30 of 2007","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":173532,"registerId":"act-sl-2007-30-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-05","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Magistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices) Regulation 2007","content":"Australian Capital Territory\nMagistrates Court (Water Resources\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2007\nSL2007-30\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nRepublication No 4\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 (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007, made under the Magistrates Court Act 1930 (including any amendment made\nunder the Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 (Editorial changes)) as in force on 10 June 2015. It\nalso includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law\nto 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\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\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 (Water Resources\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2007\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\nContents\nPage\n1 Name of regulation 2\n3 Purpose of regulation 2\n4 Dictionary 2\n5 Notes 2\n6 Administering authority 3\n7 Infringement notice offences 3\n8 Infringement notice penalties 3\n9 Contents of infringement notices—other information 3\n10 Contents of infringement notices—identifying authorised person 4\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised person 4\n\nContents\nPage\ncontents 2 Magistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n12 Costs if liability disputed 4\n13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences 4\nSchedule 1 Water Resources Act infringement notice\noffences and penalties 5\nDictionary 6\nEndnotes\n1 About the endnotes 7\n2 Abbreviation key 7\n3 Legislation history 8\n4 Amendment history 9\n5 Earlier republications 9\n\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\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 (Water Resources\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2007\nmade under the\nMagistrates Court Act 1930\n\nSection 1\npage 2 Magistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\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 (Water Resources\nInfringement Notices) Regulation 2007.\n3 Purpose of regulation\nThe purpose of this regulation is to provide for infringement notices\nunder the Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 for certain offences\nagainst the Water Resources Act.\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 Dictionary\nThe dictionary at the end of this regulation is part of this regulation.\nNote 1 The dictionary at the end of this regulation defines certain terms used in\nthis regulation, and includes references (signpost definitions) to other\nterms defined elsewhere.\nFor example, the signpost definition ‘authorised officer—see the Water\nResources Act, dictionary.’ means that the term ‘authorised officer’ is\ndefined in that dictionary and the definition applies to this regulation.\nNote 2 A definition in the dictionary (including a signpost definition) applies to\nthe entire regulation unless the definition, or another provision of the\nregulation, provides otherwise or the contrary intention otherwise\nappears (see Legislation Act, s 155 and s 156 (1)).\n5 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.\n\nSection 6\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 3\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n6 Administering authority\nThe administering authority for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Water Resources Act is the authority.\n7 Infringement notice offences\nThe Magistrates Court Act 1930, part 3.8 applies to an offence\nagainst a provision of the Water Resources Act mentioned in\nschedule 1, column 2.\n8 Infringement notice penalties\n(1) The penalty payable by an individual for an offence against the\nWater Resources Act, under an infringement notice for the offence,\nis the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the offence.\n(2) The penalty payable by a corporation for an offence against the\nWater Resources Act, under an infringement notice for the offence,\nis 5 times the amount mentioned in schedule 1, column 4 for the\noffence.\n(3) The cost of serving a reminder notice for an infringement notice\noffence against the Water Resources Act is $34.\n9 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 Water\nResources Act must include the company’s ACN.\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 10\npage 4 Magistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n10 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 Water Resources Act\nmust identify the authorised person by—\n(a) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or\n(b) any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised\nperson by the administering authority.\n11 Contents of reminder notices—identifying authorised\nperson\nA reminder notice served on a person by an authorised person for an\ninfringement notice offence against the Water Resources Act must\nidentify the authorised person by—\n(a) the authorised person’s full name, or surname and initials; or\n(b) any unique number given, for this regulation, to the authorised\nperson by the administering authority.\n12 Costs if liability disputed\nThe cost of beginning a proceeding is $200.\n13 Authorised people for infringement notice offences\nAn authorised officer may serve the following:\n(a) an infringement notice for an infringement notice offence\nagainst the Water Resources Act;\n(b) a reminder notice for an infringement notice offence against\nthe Water Resources Act.\nNote For how documents may be served, see the Legislation Act, pt 19.5.\n\nWater Resources Act infringement notice offences and penalties Schedule 1\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 5\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nSchedule 1 Water Resources Act\ninfringement notice offences\nand penalties\n(see s 7 and s 8)\ncolumn 1\nitem\ncolumn 2\noffence provision, and if\nrelevant, case\ncolumn 3\noffence penalty\n(penalty units)\ncolumn 4\ninfringement penalty ($)\n1 77A (2) 50 1 000\n2 77A (4) 50 1 000\n3 77C (2) 50 1 000\n4 77F (2) 25 500\n5 77G (1) 25 500\n6 77G (2) 25 500\n7 77G (3) 10 200\n8 77G (4) 25 500\n9 77G (5) 50 1 000\n\nDictionary\npage 6 Magistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\nDictionary\n(see s 4)\nNote 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to\nthis regulation.\nNote 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:\n corporation\n Corporations Act\n environment protection authority\n individual.\nNote 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in\nthe Magistrates Court Act 1930 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For\nexample, the following terms are defined in the Magistrates Court\nAct 1930, dict:\n administering authority\n authorised person\n infringement notice\n infringement notice offence\n reminder notice.\nauthority means the environment protection authority.\nauthorised officer—see the Water Resources Act, dictionary.\nWater Resources Act means the Water Resources Act 2007.\n\nEndnotes\nAbout the endnotes 1\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 7\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\n3 Legislation history\npage 8 Magistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\nR4\n10/06/15\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n3 Legislation history\nMagistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007 SL2007-30\nnotified LR 2 October 2007\ns 1, s 2 commenced 2 October 2007 (LA s 75 (1))\nremainder commenced 3 October 2007 (s 2)\nas amended by\nWater Resources Amendment Act 2010 A2010-31 sch 1 pt 1.1\nnotified LR 1 September 2010\ns 1, s 2 commenced 1 September 2010 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 18 October 2010 (s 2 and CN2010-10)\nWater Resources Amendment Act 2013 A2013-27 sch 1 pt 1.1\nnotified LR 21 August 2013\ns 1, s 2 commenced 21 August 2013 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 1 pt 1.1 commenced 22 August 2013 (s 2)\nStatute Law Amendment Act 2015 A2015-15 sch 3 pt 3.42\nnotified LR 27 May 2015\ns 1, s 2 commenced 27 May 2015 (LA s 75 (1))\nsch 3 pt 3.42 commenced 10 June 2015 (s 2)\n\nEndnotes\nAmendment history 4\nR4\n10/06/15\nMagistrates Court (Water Resources Infringement Notices)\nRegulation 2007\nEffective: 10/06/15\npage 9\nAuthorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au\n4 Amendment history\nCommencement\ns 2 om LA s 89 (4)\nAuthorised people for infringement notice offences\ns 13 am A2015-15 amdt 3.141, amdt 3.142\nWater Resources Act infringement notice offences and penalties\nsch 1 am A2010-31 amdt 1.1; A2013-27 amdt 1.1; items renum\nR3 LA\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\n3 Oct 2007\n3 Oct 2007–\n17 Oct 2010\nnot amended new regulation\nR2\n18 Oct 2010\n18 Oct 2010–\n21 Aug 2013\nA2010-31 amendments by\nA2010-31\nR3\n22 Aug 2013\n22 Aug 2013–\n9 June 2015\nA2013-27 amendments by\nA2013-27\n© Australian Capital Territory 2015","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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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Schedule 1 was amended by Water Resources Amendment Act 2010 (A2010‑31) and Water Resources Amendment Act 2013 (A2013‑27), and s 13 (authorised people) was amended by Statute Law Amendment Act 2015 (A2015‑15), resulting in added/renumbered offence items and changes to who may serve notices."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow subject matter: applies only to specified offences under the Water Resources Act (Schedule 1).","Straightforward penalty table mapping offences to fixed dollar amounts and penalty units.","Cross‑references to multiple Acts (Magistrates Court Act, Water Resources Act, Corporations Act) increase interpretive steps.","Simple administrative rules on notice contents and identity of authorised officers (ss 9–11, 13).","Differential corporate multiplier (5×) and modest additional fees ($34 reminder cost; $200 to begin proceedings) add limited calculation tasks.","Low discretionary decision‑making in the regulation itself; enforcement discretion resides with authorised officers and the administering authority."],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation implements on‑the‑spot infringement notices (fixed‑penalty notices) under the Magistrates Court Act for specified offences in the Water Resources Act. Mechanically it lists which Water Resources offences attract an infringement notice, fixes the dollar amounts (and higher multiples for corporations), names the environment protection authority as administering body, and prescribes what must appear on notices and reminders. The stated purpose is to provide an alternative to prosecution; it therefore shifts some enforcement from court prosecutions to administrative penalty processing, affecting individuals, companies, authorised officers and the EPA."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The regulation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: establishing infringement notice procedures for Water Resources Act offences. The amendments shown in the history (2010, 2013, 2015) appear to be minor updates to offence listings and procedural details rather than scope expansion."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (9 pages total, ~3 pages of substantive provisions)","Only 13 sections, most containing single subsections","Minimal defined terms (only 3 in the dictionary: 'authority', 'authorised officer', 'Water Resources Act')","No nested exceptions or complex conditional logic","Straightforward cross-referencing (primarily to the Magistrates Court Act 1930 and Water Resources Act)","Simple tabular schedule listing 9 offences with corresponding penalties","No temporal provisions, sunset clauses, or complex commencement rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This regulation creates an on-the-spot infringement notice system for certain Water Resources Act 2007 offences in the ACT, letting authorised officers issue fixed fines instead of prosecuting in court. It affects individuals, companies (corporate fines are five times individual amounts), officers who issue notices, and the Magistrates Court for disputes. Fines and related fees (including reminder and filing fees) are set to speed enforcement of water rules while preserving rights to challenge."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-water-resources-infringement-notices-regulation-2007","history":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-water-resources-infringement-notices-regulation-2007/history","analysis":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-water-resources-infringement-notices-regulation-2007/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-water-resources-infringement-notices-regulation-2007/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-water-resources-infringement-notices-regulation-2007/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/magistrates-court-water-resources-infringement-notices-regulation-2007/documents"}}