Water Act 1992

(1) The Administrator may make regulations, not inconsistent with this Act, prescribing all matters:

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

(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), the Regulations may:

(a) prescribe forms or provide for them to be approved by the Minister or the Controller; and

(b) prescribe charges or fees in connection with the issuing of a permit, licence or consent or the supply of water or the provision of a service, including charges by way of contribution to the capital costs of works associated with the supply of water or provision of services, and provide for the recovery of those charges or fees; and

(c) prescribe and provide for charges for taking a quantity of water exceeding that specified in the terms or conditions of a licence, and the recovery of those charges; and

(d) prescribe and provide for the classification of water by reference to its quantity, quality or possible use; and

(e) provide for the prevention of the propagation of, or the eradication or control of, a plant likely to obstruct a waterway or otherwise injuriously affect water; and

(f) regulate or prohibit a matter or thing in connection with the collection, storage, disposal, dispersion or discharge of water or waste; and

(g) prohibit, regulate or control access to, along or over, or the use of, water or water of a class of water for recreational purposes and impose fees or charges relating thereto; and

(h) prescribe the powers and functions of an Advisory Committee, either generally or in a particular area or in relation to a particular purpose; and

(j) prescribe different types of licences which may be granted under section 49 and the qualifications which applicants for each type of licence must possess; and

(k) prescribe the permits, licences (except a water extraction licence or a licence under Part 6B) or consents the applications for which must be advertised or notified and the manner in which they should be advertised, the information to be provided in the advertisement and the person on whom particular notice should be served; and

(m) prescribe those permits, licences (except a water extraction licence or a licence under Part 6B) or consents against the proposed granting or granting of which objections may be lodged and the persons or classes of persons who may lodge such objections, and the manner in which, and persons by whom, such objections shall be heard, otherwise considered or dealt with; and

(ma) prescribe the circumstances, procedure and requirements for licence applications to which section 71M applies; and

(mb) prescribe the procedure and requirements for licence applications to which section 71R applies; and

to more than one person jointly; and

(r) provide for the manner of making, and the consideration of, joint applications and of objections to joint applications; and

(s) prescribe terms and conditions which govern the rights and duties of joint applicants between themselves; and

(t) prescribe terms and conditions to which interests granted jointly are subject; and

(u) provide for the consequences of a failure by one or more joint holders to comply with a term or condition to which an interest granted jointly is subject or with this Act; and

(v) prescribe maximum penalties of 15 penalty units and maximum default penalties of 2 penalty units for a contravention of the Regulations; and

(w) confer a function on Aboriginal Land Councils in relation to Aboriginal water reserves.