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South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009
sec.99BRBSStay of operation of water connection compliance notice
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### sec.99BRBS Stay of operation of water connection compliance notice
If the applicant gives a notice of appeal about a water connection compliance notice, the operation of the compliance notice is stayed until the earliest of the following to happen—
the Planning and Environment Court, on the application of the distributor-retailer, decides otherwise;
the appeal is withdrawn;
the appeal is dismissed.
However, subsection (1) does not apply if the compliance notice is about—
a work, if the water connection compliance notice states the entity believes the work is a danger to persons or a risk to public health; or
stopping the demolition of a work; or
clearing vegetation on freehold land; or
the removal of quarry material allocated under the Water Act 2000 ; or
extracting clay, gravel, rock, sand or soil, not mentioned in paragraph (d) , from Queensland waters; or
works the assessing authority reasonably believes is causing erosion or sedimentation; or
works the assessing authority reasonably believes is causing an environmental nuisance; or
action required to stop damage or further damage to the distributor-retailer’s water infrastructure.
s 99BRBS ins 2014 No. 16 s 21
(sec.99BRBS-ssec.1) If the applicant gives a notice of appeal about a water connection compliance notice, the operation of the compliance notice is stayed until the earliest of the following to happen— the Planning and Environment Court, on the application of the distributor-retailer, decides otherwise; the appeal is withdrawn; the appeal is dismissed.
(sec.99BRBS-ssec.2) However, subsection (1) does not apply if the compliance notice is about— a work, if the water connection compliance notice states the entity believes the work is a danger to persons or a risk to public health; or stopping the demolition of a work; or clearing vegetation on freehold land; or the removal of quarry material allocated under the Water Act 2000 ; or extracting clay, gravel, rock, sand or soil, not mentioned in paragraph (d) , from Queensland waters; or works the assessing authority reasonably believes is causing erosion or sedimentation; or works the assessing authority reasonably believes is causing an environmental nuisance; or action required to stop damage or further damage to the distributor-retailer’s water infrastructure.
- (a) the Planning and Environment Court, on the application of the distributor-retailer, decides otherwise;
- (b) the appeal is withdrawn;
- (c) the appeal is dismissed.
- (a) a work, if the water connection compliance notice states the entity believes the work is a danger to persons or a risk to public health; or
- (b) stopping the demolition of a work; or
- (c) clearing vegetation on freehold land; or
- (d) the removal of quarry material allocated under the Water Act 2000 ; or
- (e) extracting clay, gravel, rock, sand or soil, not mentioned in paragraph (d) , from Queensland waters; or
- (f) works the assessing authority reasonably believes is causing erosion or sedimentation; or
- (g) works the assessing authority reasonably believes is causing an environmental nuisance; or
- (h) action required to stop damage or further damage to the distributor-retailer’s water infrastructure.