Sydney Water Act 1994

The Governor may make regulations about a matter that is—

required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed, or

necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

Without limiting the provisions of this section, the regulations may make provision about—

the renewal of, and the arrangements to apply pending the renewal of, an operating licence, and

in the case of a drought, emergency or accident, or if the Minister is for some other reason of the opinion that it is necessary in the public interest and for the purpose of maintaining water supply—the restriction or regulation of the supply and use of water in the area of operations, and

requirements to notify the Corporation about damage to works, or other property, of the Corporation, and

the classification or valuation of land or other basis or bases for the making of fees or charges, and the procedure for the making and imposing of fees or charges, and

charges on land and the recovery of amounts charged on land, including applying the provisions (with or without modification) of Divisions 4 and 5 of Part 2 of Chapter 17 of the Local Government Act 1993, and

matters to which the regulations referred to in clause 2 of Schedule 9 relate.

A regulation may create an offence punishable by a penalty for a breach of the regulation not exceeding—

for a corporation—200 penalty units, or

otherwise—100 penalty units.

Regulations may be made about—

authorising the Corporation to make arrangements with another person to collect fees or charges on behalf of the Corporation, and

the fees to be paid by the person to the Corporation.

The regulations may apply, adopt or incorporate the following publications as in force for the time being—

a standard published or adopted by Standards Australia,

the Plumbing Code of Australia produced for all State governments by the Australian Building Codes Board.