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sec.1014Regulation-making power
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### sec.1014 Regulation-making power
The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.
A regulation may—
fix fees and charges (other than titles registry fees) payable under this Act, including, for example, for the following—
the taking and supplying of water under this Act;
drainage and resources management services;
measurement devices or services provided for the measurement requirements; and
create offences against the regulation and fix a maximum penalty of a fine of 20 penalty units for an offence against the regulation; and
state the minimum standards for the construction and decommissioning of works relating to aquifers; and
prescribe processes for dealings with water licences; and
state the effect of land dealings, or acquisition of land, on water licences; and
state, for the Planning Act , the requirements that the following operational work must comply with to be categorised as accepted development under that Act—
operational work that allows taking or interfering with water;
operational work that is the construction or modification of a levee; and
state the information to be contained in, the returns and the times for giving returns to the chief executive by a person about State quarry material or other material removed by the person from a watercourse or lake; and
declare a water service to be exempt from the requirement of a bulk water supply agreement for the supply of the water service; and
declare, for chapter 2A , part 3 , an entity to be—
a bulk water customer; or
a code-regulated entity; or
an SEQ bulk supplier.
s 1014 amd 2001 No. 75 s 101 ; 2005 No. 19 s 161 ; 2005 No. 42 s 52 sch 1 ; 2007 No. 57 s 101 ; 2008 No. 34 ss 743 , 666 sch 2 ; 2009 No. 36 s 872 sch 2 ; 2010 No. 12 s 245 ; 2010 No. 20 s 115 ; 2012 No. 39 s 76 ; 2013 No. 23 ss 286 , 302 , 352 (1) sch 1 pt 2 ; 2014 No. 40 s 147 ; 2014 No. 64 s 193 ; 2016 No. 27 s 683 ; 2019 No. 17 s 336 ; 2021 No. 12 s 138 ; 2023 No. 24 s 52
(sec.1014-ssec.1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.
(sec.1014-ssec.2) A regulation may— fix fees and charges (other than titles registry fees) payable under this Act, including, for example, for the following— the taking and supplying of water under this Act; drainage and resources management services; measurement devices or services provided for the measurement requirements; and create offences against the regulation and fix a maximum penalty of a fine of 20 penalty units for an offence against the regulation; and state the minimum standards for the construction and decommissioning of works relating to aquifers; and prescribe processes for dealings with water licences; and state the effect of land dealings, or acquisition of land, on water licences; and state, for the Planning Act , the requirements that the following operational work must comply with to be categorised as accepted development under that Act— operational work that allows taking or interfering with water; operational work that is the construction or modification of a levee; and state the information to be contained in, the returns and the times for giving returns to the chief executive by a person about State quarry material or other material removed by the person from a watercourse or lake; and declare a water service to be exempt from the requirement of a bulk water supply agreement for the supply of the water service; and declare, for chapter 2A , part 3 , an entity to be— a bulk water customer; or a code-regulated entity; or an SEQ bulk supplier.
- (a) fix fees and charges (other than titles registry fees) payable under this Act, including, for example, for the following— (i) the taking and supplying of water under this Act; (ii) drainage and resources management services; (iii) measurement devices or services provided for the measurement requirements; and
- (i) the taking and supplying of water under this Act;
- (ii) drainage and resources management services;
- (iii) measurement devices or services provided for the measurement requirements; and
- (b) create offences against the regulation and fix a maximum penalty of a fine of 20 penalty units for an offence against the regulation; and
- (c) state the minimum standards for the construction and decommissioning of works relating to aquifers; and
- (d) prescribe processes for dealings with water licences; and
- (e) state the effect of land dealings, or acquisition of land, on water licences; and
- (f) state, for the Planning Act , the requirements that the following operational work must comply with to be categorised as accepted development under that Act— (i) operational work that allows taking or interfering with water; (ii) operational work that is the construction or modification of a levee; and
- (i) operational work that allows taking or interfering with water;
- (ii) operational work that is the construction or modification of a levee; and
- (g) state the information to be contained in, the returns and the times for giving returns to the chief executive by a person about State quarry material or other material removed by the person from a watercourse or lake; and
- (h) declare a water service to be exempt from the requirement of a bulk water supply agreement for the supply of the water service; and
- (i) declare, for chapter 2A , part 3 , an entity to be— (i) a bulk water customer; or (ii) a code-regulated entity; or (iii) an SEQ bulk supplier.
- (i) a bulk water customer; or
- (ii) a code-regulated entity; or
- (iii) an SEQ bulk supplier.
- (i) the taking and supplying of water under this Act;
- (ii) drainage and resources management services;
- (iii) measurement devices or services provided for the measurement requirements; and
- (i) operational work that allows taking or interfering with water;
- (ii) operational work that is the construction or modification of a levee; and
- (i) a bulk water customer; or
- (ii) a code-regulated entity; or
- (iii) an SEQ bulk supplier.