(a) to prescribe fees relating to applications for the grant or renewal of drillers' licences; and
(b) to provide for tests that may apply to an applicant for a driller's licence.
2 Authorising provision
These Regulations are made under section 324 of the Water Act 1989.
3 Commencement
These Regulations come into operation on 27 June 2022.
4 Revocation
The Water (Drillers' Licences) Regulations 2012[1] are revoked.
5 Definition
In these Regulations, the Act means the Water Act 1989.
6 Application fee for licence
For the purposes of section 311(2) of the Act, the prescribed fee is 11 fee units.
7 Board may require applicants to sit test
For the purposes of section 312(1) of the Act, the Drillers' Licensing Board may require an applicant for a driller's licence to undergo, at a time and place to be determined by the Board, an oral, written or practical test with respect to—
(a) water bore materials and design; and
(b) drilling and bore construction method and techniques; and
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(c) an understanding of the relevant parts of the Act.
8 Renewal fees
For the purposes of section 315 of the Act, the prescribed fee is 11 fee units.
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Endnotes
1 General information
See www.legislation.vic.gov.au for Victorian Bills, Acts and current Versions of legislation and up-to-date legislative information.
The Water (Drillers' Licences) Regulations 2022, S.R. No. 48/2022 were made on 21 June 2022 by the Governor in Council under section 324 of the Water Act 1989, No. 80/1989 and came into operation on 27 June 2022: regulation 3.
The Water (Drillers' Licences) Regulations 2022 will sunset 10 years after the day of making on 21 June 2032 (see section 5 of the Subordinate Legislation Act 1994).
INTERPRETATION OF LEGISLATION ACT 1984 (ILA)
Style changes
Section 54A of the ILA authorises the making of the style changes set out in Schedule 1 to that Act.
References to ILA s. 39B
Sidenotes which cite ILA s. 39B refer to section 39B of the ILA which provides that where an undivided regulation, rule or clause of a Schedule is amended by the insertion of one or more subregulations, subrules or subclauses the original regulation, rule or clause becomes subregulation, subrule or subclause (1) and is amended by the insertion of the expression "(1)" at the beginning of the original regulation, rule or clause.
Interpretation
As from 1 January 2001, amendments to section 36 of the ILA have the following effects:
• Headings
All headings included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any heading inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
This includes headings to Parts, Divisions or Subdivisions in a Schedule; Orders; Parts into which an Order is divided; clauses; regulations; rules; items; tables; columns; examples; diagrams; notes or forms.
See section 36(1A)(2A)(2B).
• Examples, diagrams or notes
All examples, diagrams or notes included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after 1 January 2001 form part of that Statutory Rule. Any examples, diagrams or notes inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, form part of that Statutory Rule. See section 36(3A).
• Punctuation
All punctuation included in a Statutory Rule which is made on or after
1 January 2001 forms part of that Statutory Rule. Any punctuation inserted in a Statutory Rule which was made before 1 January 2001, by a Statutory Rule made on or after 1 January 2001, forms part of that Statutory Rule.
See section 36(3B).
• Provision numbers
All provision numbers included in a Statutory Rule form part of that Statutory Rule, whether inserted in the Statutory Rule before, on or after
1 January 2001. Provision numbers include regulation numbers, rule numbers, subregulation numbers, subrule numbers, paragraphs and subparagraphs. See section 36(3C).
• Location of "legislative items"
A "legislative item" is a penalty, an example or a note. As from 13 October 2004, a legislative item relating to a provision of a Statutory Rule is taken to be at the foot of that provision even if it is preceded or followed by another legislative item that relates to that provision. For example, if a penalty at the foot of a provision is followed by a note, both of these legislative items will be regarded as being at the foot of that provision. See section 36B.
• Other material
Any explanatory memorandum, table of provisions, endnotes, index and other material printed after the Endnotes does not form part of a Statutory Rule. See section 36(3)(3D)(3E).
2 Table of Amendments
There are no amendments made to the Water (Drillers' Licences) Regulations 2022 by statutory rules, subordinate instruments and Acts.
3 Explanatory details
Reg. 4: S.R. No. 72/2012.
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Fee Units
These Regulations provide for fees by reference to fee units within the meaning of the Monetary Units Act 2004.
The amount of the fee is to be calculated, in accordance with section 7 of that Act, by multiplying the number of fee units applicable by the value of a fee unit.
The value of a fee unit for the financial year commencing 1 July 2021 is $15.03 and for the financial year commencing 1 July 2022 is $15.29. The amount of the calculated fee may be rounded to the nearest 10 cents.
The value of a fee unit for future financial years is to be fixed by the Treasurer under section 5 of the Monetary Units Act 2004. The value of a fee unit for a financial year must be published in the Government Gazette and a Victorian newspaper before 1 June in the preceding financial year. ↑