Water (Lake Eildon Recreational Area) (Houseboats) Regulations 2024

The GMR Water Corporation may issue a houseboat licence, on any terms and conditions the GMR Water Corporation considers appropriate, if it is satisfied that—

the houseboat is not more than 20 metres in length and not more than 8 metres in width; and

the applicant for the licence is the owner of the houseboat; and

the applicant has obtained a permanent mooring for the houseboat; and

all fees that the applicant is liable to pay to the GMR Water Corporation in relation to a houseboat licence have been paid; and

one of the following is installed on the houseboat and is in good working order—

a toilet connected to an on‑board blackwater system that complies with the specifications in Schedule 1;

if the design of the houseboat precludes a toilet connected to an on‑board blackwater system, a portable toilet; and

in the case that the houseboat is required by subregulation (2) to have a greywater treatment system, the houseboat has that system and the system is in good working order; and

a compliance certificate has been issued by a licensed plumber, in accordance with Part 12A of the Building Act 1993, for all plumbing work in respect of the blackwater and greywater installations required for the houseboat.

For the purposes of subregulation (1)(f)—

a type 1 houseboat, in respect of which an application is made on or after 1 January 2034, is required to have—

a comprehensive on‑board greywater treatment system that meets the new greywater discharge standard and that complies with the specifications in Part 2 of Schedule 2; or

a pre‑existing on‑board greywater treatment system that meets the old greywater discharge standard; and

a type 2 houseboat, in respect of which an application is made on or after 11 June 2027, is required to have a comprehensive on‑board greywater treatment system that meets the new greywater discharge standard and that complies with the specifications in Part 2 of Schedule 2; and

a type 3 houseboat, in respect of which an application is made on or after 1 January 2034, is required to have—

a simple greywater treatment system, the grease trap of which complies with the specifications in Part 1 of Schedule 2; or

a pre‑existing on‑board greywater treatment system that meets the old greywater discharge standard.

The GMR Water Corporation may refuse to issue a houseboat licence if, by issuing it, the total number of houseboat licences in force would exceed the maximum number determined by the GMR Water Corporation under regulation 10.