Water Industry Competition Act 2006
7FApproval to specify certain matters
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7F Approval to specify certain matters
7F Approval to specify certain matters
(1) A scheme approval must specify the following—
(a) the area (the area of operations) within which the water industry infrastructure, including a reticulation network connected to the infrastructure, is authorised to be constructed,
(b) the location that the water industry infrastructure, other than pipelines within the reticulation network connected to the infrastructure, is authorised to be constructed,
(c) the class or classes of water industry infrastructure authorised by the approval,
(d) the design capacity of the water industry infrastructure, as expressed in kilolitres per day, authorised by the approval,
(e) the purposes for which the water industry infrastructure is intended to be operated after its construction,
(f) for a scheme to be constructed in stages—
(i) the water industry infrastructure authorised to be constructed in each stage, and
(ii) the part of the area of operations within which the infrastructure is authorised to be constructed in each stage.
(2) An operational approval must specify the following—
(a) the scheme and scheme approval to which it applies,
(b) the purposes for which the water industry infrastructure is authorised to be operated,
(c) for a scheme that is to be constructed in stages, the stage or stages to which the operational approval applies.
(3) The same land may be within the area of operations of more than one approval.
s 7F: Ins 2021 No 26, Sch 1[4].