93LInfrastructure facilities

93L Infrastructure facilities

[7 kinds of facility] (1) There are 7 kinds of infrastructure facility. [Land transport facility] (2) One kind of infrastructure facility is a land transport facility, that is to say, a road, tunnel, bridge, or railway line, or a combination of these, in Australia that is to be used for the transport of the public or their goods at a charge to them (whether the transport is by the member of the public concerned or by another person). [Air transport facility] (3) Another kind of infrastructure facility is an air transport facility, that is to say, a runway, and any associated taxiway and runway apron, in Australia that is to be used by aircraft transporting the public or their cargo at a charge to them. [Seaport facility] (4) Another kind of infrastructure facility is a seaport facility, that is to say, a wharf, or dock, in Australia for the public to embark or disembark, or for loading or unloading their cargo, onto or from seagoing vessels, where there is a charge to the public for the transport of the public or their cargo on the vessels. [Electricity generation, transmission or distribution facility] (5) Another kind of infrastructure facility is an electricity generation, transmission or distribution facility, that is to say, any one, or combination of 2 or more, of the following facilities: (a) an electricity generation facility on land in Australia; (b) an electricity transmission facility, where the electricity generation facility concerned is on land in Australia; (c) an electricity distribution facility on land in Australia; where the electricity generated, transmitted or distributed is to be principally for sale to the public either directly by the operator of the facility or indirectly through other persons. [Gas pipeline facility] (6) Another kind of infrastructure facility is a gas pipeline facility, that is to say, the whole or part of a pipeline that is to be used for transporting gas from a processing plant on land in Australia principally for sale to the public either directly by the operator of the facility or indirectly through other persons. [Water supply facility] (7) Another kind of infrastructure facility is a water supply facility, that is to say, any one, or combination of 2 or more, of the following: (a) dams, weirs, reservoirs or tanks that are to be used for storing, and regulating the flow of, water for public consumption, or other use by the public, at a charge to them; (b) bores that are to be used for extracting water for public consumption, or other use by the public, at a charge to them; (c) channels or pipelines that are to be used: (i) for supplying water for public consumption, or other use by the public, at a charge to them; or (ii) for carrying water between dams or other storage places from which it is to be supplied through channels or pipelines for public consumption, or other use by the public, at a charge to them; (d) pumps and associated structures that are to be used: (i) in extracting water from bores covered by paragraph (b); or (ii) for pumping water along channels or pipelines covered by paragraph (c); (e) equipment and structures that are to be used for treating water that is to be supplied to the public through pipelines at a charge to them, to make it fit for the public to drink. [Sewage or wastewater facility] (8) Another kind of infrastructure facility is a sewage or wastewater facility, that is to say: (a) equipment, excavations and structures that are to be used for treating, at a charge to the public, sewage, or other wastes in water, produced by the public: (i) to reduce the damage caused by its disposal in the natural environment; or (ii) to make any component of the things treated suitable for re‑use; or (b) channels, drains or pipelines for carrying sewage, or other wastes in water, produced by the public to or from the equipment and structures covered by paragraph (a); or (c) both of these.