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South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009
sec.53BIRequirements for carrying out work
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### sec.53BI Requirements for carrying out work
A distributor-retailer may carry out water infrastructure work on a publicly-controlled place only if—
the public entity has given its written approval for the carrying out of the work (a public entity approval ); or
See also section 108 (Public entity approvals taken to be given for existing water infrastructure work).
the public entity and the distributor-retailer have entered into a written consent arrangement for the carrying out of the work (a consent arrangement ); or
the carrying out of the work is necessary because of an emergency.
If the work is carried out because of an emergency, the distributor-retailer must, as soon as practicable, give the entity notice of the work.
Without limiting the matters of a consent arrangement, the arrangement may—
apply to 1 or several locations; and
be subject to the SEQ design and construction code; and
if the arrangement is for water infrastructure within an agreed location on a road—provide for the distributor-retailer to give a water approval for the infrastructure without a public entity approval; and
provide for a person identified in the consent arrangement to carry out water infrastructure work on a publicly controlled place; and
be subject to reasonable conditions.
s 53BI ins 2010 No. 20 s 9
amd 2014 No. 16 s 6
(sec.53BI-ssec.1) A distributor-retailer may carry out water infrastructure work on a publicly-controlled place only if— the public entity has given its written approval for the carrying out of the work (a public entity approval ); or See also section 108 (Public entity approvals taken to be given for existing water infrastructure work). the public entity and the distributor-retailer have entered into a written consent arrangement for the carrying out of the work (a consent arrangement ); or the carrying out of the work is necessary because of an emergency.
(sec.53BI-ssec.2) If the work is carried out because of an emergency, the distributor-retailer must, as soon as practicable, give the entity notice of the work.
(sec.53BI-ssec.3) Without limiting the matters of a consent arrangement, the arrangement may— apply to 1 or several locations; and be subject to the SEQ design and construction code; and if the arrangement is for water infrastructure within an agreed location on a road—provide for the distributor-retailer to give a water approval for the infrastructure without a public entity approval; and provide for a person identified in the consent arrangement to carry out water infrastructure work on a publicly controlled place; and be subject to reasonable conditions.
- (a) the public entity has given its written approval for the carrying out of the work (a public entity approval ); or Note— See also section 108 (Public entity approvals taken to be given for existing water infrastructure work).
- (b) the public entity and the distributor-retailer have entered into a written consent arrangement for the carrying out of the work (a consent arrangement ); or
- (c) the carrying out of the work is necessary because of an emergency.
- (a) apply to 1 or several locations; and
- (b) be subject to the SEQ design and construction code; and
- (c) if the arrangement is for water infrastructure within an agreed location on a road—provide for the distributor-retailer to give a water approval for the infrastructure without a public entity approval; and
- (d) provide for a person identified in the consent arrangement to carry out water infrastructure work on a publicly controlled place; and
- (e) be subject to reasonable conditions.