Water Management (General) Regulation 2025

This section applies to metering equipment installed in connection with a work before 1 April 2019—

if the equipment was validated (an existing validation) by a duly qualified person in accordance with AS 4747—

for open channel metering equipment—within 12 months before the application day for the equipment, or

for other metering equipment—within 5 years before the application day for the equipment, and

found by the duly qualified person to comply with the matters required to be checked on validation.

For the application of section 7 to metering equipment referred to in subsection (1)—

for open channel metering equipment—the first interval of 12 months for the validation after the application day ends 12 months after the existing validation, and

for other metering equipment—the date of installation is taken to be the date on which the existing validation occurred.

A report setting out the steps taken in relation to the metering equipment must be given to the Minister by a person who intends to rely on this section.

The report must be—

given before the application day for the mandatory metering condition for the metering equipment, and

given in the approved form and approved manner, and

accompanied by any documents given by the duly qualified person to the person reporting and that relate to the checks carried out by the duly qualified person.