Water Management Act 1999

The regulations may adopt, wholly or partially and with or without modification, a code relating to matters in respect of which regulations may be made under this Act.

The code may be adopted either as in force at the time the regulations are made or as in force from time to time.

Any regulations adopting a code, or an amendment to a code, may contain such incidental, supplementary and transitional provisions as appear to the Governor to be necessary or desirable.

The regulations or a code adopted by the regulations may – refer to or incorporate, wholly or partially and with or without modification, a standard or other document prepared or published by a body prescribed by the regulations, either as in force at the time the regulations are made or as in force from time to time; and be of general or limited application; and make different provision according to the persons, things or circumstances to which they are expressed to apply.

Where a code, standard or other document is adopted under subsection (1) or (4) as it is in force from time to time, an alteration to the code, standard or other document does not take effect for the purposes of this Act – before the day on which notice of the alteration is published by the Minister in the Gazette; or if the Minister so provides in the notice, until a day specified by the Minister in the notice.

Where the regulations or a code adopted by the regulations refers to a standard or other document prepared or published by a body prescribed by the regulations – a copy of the code, standard or other document must be kept available for inspection by members of the public, without charge and during normal office hours, at an office or offices specified in the regulations; and in any legal proceedings, evidence of the contents of the code, standard or other document may be given by production of a document purporting to be certified by the Minister as a true copy of the code, standard or other document; and the code, standard or other document has effect as if it were a regulation made under this Act.