Water Management Act 2000

The area of operations of a water supply authority is such as may be prescribed by the regulations for the water supply authority.

If a regulation so provides, a water supply authority has, and may exercise, in its area of operations or a specified part of its area of operations—

only such of the functions of a water supply authority as are specified in the regulation, or

all functions of a water supply authority other than functions specified in the regulation.

A regulation made for the purposes of subsection (2) may make provision for or with respect to—

matters affecting revenue, assets, rights, liabilities and employees of a water supply authority, and

procedures to be adopted for the purposes of paragraph (a).

Within the area of operations of a water supply authority, a function under this Part may be exercised only by the water supply authority unless—

the function is exercisable by the Minister, or

the function is exercised by Local Land Services under the Local Land Services Act 2013, or

with the consent of the Minister, the function is exercised by another Minister, by the delegate of another Minister or by a statutory body, or

this Part provides otherwise.

With the consent of the Minister, a water supply authority may exercise a function outside its area of operations.

Until a regulation is made for the purposes of subsection (1), the area of operations of a water supply authority is the same as it was immediately before the commencement of this Part.