Plumbers and Drainers Licensing Act 1983

The purpose of this section is to remove any doubt about the following during the prescribed period:

the application of the Act because of the repeal of the Water

Supply and Sewerage Act 1983 and the commencement of the Water

Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000;

the validity of the performance of a function or exercise of a power under the Act.

During the prescribed period, it is declared that:

the Act continued to apply in relation to work carried out in each relevant area despite the repeal of the Water Supply and

Sewerage Act 1983; and

the performance of a function or exercise of a power under the

Act was validly performed or exercised even if performed or exercised in relation to a relevant area.

A person cannot be held criminally liable in relation to an act or omission during the prescribed period in relation to work in a relevant area only because of a declaration under this section.

In this section:

exercise of a power includes the purported exercise of a power.

performance of a function includes the purported performance of a function.

prescribed period means the period starting on 1

January 2001 and ending on the day immediately before the commencement of this section.

relevant area means an area that, on 31 December 2000, was any of the following:

a sewerage district or water district declared or deemed to have been declared under section 10 of the repealed Water Supply and

Sewerage Act 1983;

a sewered area declared or deemed to be a sewered area under section 12 of that Act;

a water supply area declared under section 13 of that Act.

the Act means this Act as in force from time to time during the prescribed period.

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