68AMeaning of “operate a system of sewage management”

#### 68A Meaning of “operate a system of sewage management” 68A Meaning of “operate a system of sewage management” > > (1) In this Part, operate a system of sewage management means hold or process, or re-use or discharge, sewage or by-products of sewage (whether or not the sewage is generated on the premises on which the system of sewage management is operated). > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), operate a system of sewage management includes the following— > > > > > (a) use artificial wetlands, transpiration mounds, trenches, vegetation and other effluent polishing, dispersal or re-use arrangements in related land application areas, > > > > > (b) hold or process sewage that is to be subsequently discharged into a public sewer. > > > (3) However, operate a system of sewage management does not include any of the following— > > > > > (a) any action relating to the discharge of sewage directly into a public sewer, > > > > > (b) any action relating to sewage or by-products of sewage after their discharge into a public sewer. > > > (4) In this section— > > > > public sewer means a sewer operated by a council or county council, a water supply authority (within the meaning of the [Water Management Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2000-092)), a State owned corporation specified in Schedule 1 or 5 to the [State Owned Corporations Act 1989](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1989-134) (or a subsidiary of such a corporation) or any other public or local authority. > > > > related land application area, in relation to a sewage management facility, means the area of land (if any) where it is intended that effluent and bio-solid waste from the facility will be re-used, applied or dispersed into the environment. > > > > sewage includes any effluent of the kind referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of waste in the Dictionary to this Act. > > > > sewage management facility means— > > > > > (a) a human waste storage facility, or > > > > > (b) a waste treatment device intended to process sewage, > > > > and includes a drain connected to such a facility or device. > > **s 68A:** Ins 2002 No 40, Sch 1 \[12\].