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Water Industry Competition (General) Regulation 2024
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47 Consent authority to notify registered operator of development applications
(1) A consent authority must give the registered operator for water industry infrastructure written notice of an application for a development authorisation received by the consent authority if the consent authority considers the development would significantly affect the operation of the infrastructure.
(2) Without limitation, development significantly affects the operation of water industry infrastructure if it may—
(a) increase the demand for water supplied by the infrastructure, or
(b) increase the amount of sewage to be removed by the infrastructure, or
(c) damage or interfere with, or adversely affect the operation of, the infrastructure.
(3) The consent authority is not required to give notice under subsection (1) if the consent authority—
(a) refuses the application for the development authorisation, or
(b) approves the application and imposes a condition on the development authorisation that the developer must obtain a certificate of compliance from the registered operator.
(4) The consent authority must take into account submissions from the registered operator in relation to an application for a development authorisation that has been notified under subsection (1) in deciding whether to—
(a) approve the application for the development authorisation, or
(b) impose a condition on the development authorisation.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply if—
(a) the consent authority imposes a condition on the development authorisation that the developer must obtain a certificate of compliance from the registered operator, or
(b) the consent authority does not receive submissions from the registered operator within 21 days after the notice was given to the registered operator.
(6) In this section—
consent authority means a person or body responsible for determining an application for a development authorisation.