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Queensland Competition Authority Act 1997
sec.170AApplication of part to partnerships and joint ventures
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### sec.170A Application of part to partnerships and joint ventures
This section applies if a water supplier (a water body ) is a partnership or joint venture consisting of 2 or more entities (the participants ).
If this part requires or permits something to be done by a water body, the thing may be done by 1 or more of the participants for the water body.
If a provision of this part refers to a water body doing something, the provision applies as if the provision referred to 1 or more of the participants for the water body doing the thing for the water body.
Subsection (5) applies if—
a provision of this part requires a water body to do something, or prohibits a water body from doing something; and
a contravention of the provision is an offence.
The provision mentioned in subsection (4) applies as if a reference to the water body were a reference to any person responsible for the day-to-day management and control of the water body.
Subsection (7) applies if—
a provision of this part requires a water body to do something, or prohibits a water body from doing something; and
a contravention of the provision is not an offence.
The provision mentioned in subsection (6) applies as if a reference to the water body were a reference to each participant for the water body and to any other person responsible for the day-to-day management and control of the water body.
s 170A ins 2000 No. 15 s 39
amd 2010 No. 53 s 97
(sec.170A-ssec.1) This section applies if a water supplier (a water body ) is a partnership or joint venture consisting of 2 or more entities (the participants ).
(sec.170A-ssec.2) If this part requires or permits something to be done by a water body, the thing may be done by 1 or more of the participants for the water body.
(sec.170A-ssec.3) If a provision of this part refers to a water body doing something, the provision applies as if the provision referred to 1 or more of the participants for the water body doing the thing for the water body.
(sec.170A-ssec.4) Subsection (5) applies if— a provision of this part requires a water body to do something, or prohibits a water body from doing something; and a contravention of the provision is an offence.
(sec.170A-ssec.5) The provision mentioned in subsection (4) applies as if a reference to the water body were a reference to any person responsible for the day-to-day management and control of the water body.
(sec.170A-ssec.6) Subsection (7) applies if— a provision of this part requires a water body to do something, or prohibits a water body from doing something; and a contravention of the provision is not an offence.
(sec.170A-ssec.7) The provision mentioned in subsection (6) applies as if a reference to the water body were a reference to each participant for the water body and to any other person responsible for the day-to-day management and control of the water body.
- (a) a provision of this part requires a water body to do something, or prohibits a water body from doing something; and
- (b) a contravention of the provision is an offence.
- (a) a provision of this part requires a water body to do something, or prohibits a water body from doing something; and
- (b) a contravention of the provision is not an offence.