15Area of operations of Water NSW

15 Area of operations of Water NSW

15 Area of operations of Water NSW

(1) The area of operations of Water NSW is the whole of the State.

(2) However, nothing in this Act authorises or requires Water NSW to exercise any of the following functions except as provided by this section—

(a) a function that is conferred or imposed on the Sydney Water Corporation by or under the Sydney Water Act 1994 with respect to its area of operations,

(b) a function that is conferred or imposed on the Hunter Water Corporation by or under the Hunter Water Act 1991 with respect to its area of operations under that Act,

(c) a function that is conferred or imposed on a water supply authority by or under the Water Management Act 2000 with respect to the area of operations prescribed for it by regulations made under section 289 (1) of that Act.

(3) Subsection (2) (c) does not limit the functions of Water NSW in its capacity as a water supply authority in relation to the Fish River water supply scheme.

(4) Despite subsections (1) and (2), an operating licence may authorise Water NSW—

(a) to carry out any of its functions outside of the State, or

(b) to exercise a function referred to in subsection (2), but only with the agreement of the Corporation or water supply authority concerned (the relevant body).

(5) If Water NSW is authorised by an operating licence to exercise any functions of the kind referred to in subsection (4) (b), Water NSW is to obtain the agreement of each relevant body in relation to the exercise of those functions.

(6) Nothing in this section affects the area of operations of the Sydney Water Corporation or Hunter Water Corporation or any water supply authority.