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Water Management Act 2000
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#### 313 Classification of lands
313 Classification of lands
> > (1) The regulations must specify the factor or factors according to which a water supply authority may classify land for the purpose of levying service charges.
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> > (2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the regulations may specify that a water supply authority may classify land according to any one or more of the following factors—
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> > > (a) the purpose for which the land is actually being used,
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> > > (b) the intensity with which the land is being used for that purpose,
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> > > (c) the purposes for which the land is capable of being used,
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> > > (d) the nature and extent of the water or sewerage services connected to the land.
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> > (3) For the purposes of subsection (2) (c), land is not capable of being used for a purpose if the use of the land for that purpose would be in contravention of—
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> > > (a) the [Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1979-203), or
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> > > (b) any environmental planning instrument in force under that Act, or
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> > > (c) any other Act or law relating to the use of land.