68Mandatory metering equipment condition on certain access licences

68 Mandatory metering equipment condition on certain access licences

68 Mandatory metering equipment condition on certain access licences

(1) For the Act, section 115, it is a mandatory condition of an access licence that metering equipment is installed, used and properly maintained in connection with a water supply work that is or may be used to take water under the licence if—

(a) the work is exempt from the requirement for a water supply work approval because of the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979, section 4.41 or 5.23 or because the work is part of a transitional Part 3A project under that Act, or

(b) the work is used for the purpose of prospecting or fossicking for minerals or petroleum under the Mining Act 1992 or the Petroleum (Onshore) Act 1991.

(2) In this section—

transitional Part 3A project has the same meaning as in the Environmental Planning and Assessment (Savings, Transitional and Other Provisions) Regulation 2017, Schedule 2.