Water Management Act 2000

The regulations may declare a matter that is dealt with by this Act or the regulations to be an excluded matter for the purposes of section 250C of the Water Act 2007 of the Commonwealth in relation to—

the whole of the Commonwealth water legislation, or

a specified provision of that legislation, or

that legislation other than a specified provision, or

that legislation otherwise than to a specified extent.

Note.

Section 250C of the Water Act 2007 of the Commonwealth provides that if a State law declares a matter to be an excluded matter for the purposes of that section in relation to all or part of the Commonwealth water legislation, then the provisions that are the subject of the declaration will not apply in relation to that matter in the State concerned.

In this section—

Commonwealth water legislation has the same meaning as it has in the Water Act 2007 of the Commonwealth.

matter includes act, omission, body, person or thing.