New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER MANAGEMENT (GENERAL) REGULATION 2018 - REG 228

228 Interpretation

(1) In this Part--

"application day" for the mandatory metering equipment condition imposed on an authority means the day that condition applies to the authority.

"approval holder" , for an approved work, means the holder of the water supply work approval relating to the approved work.

"approved work" means a water supply work for which a water supply work approval has been granted.

"AS 4747" means Australian Standard AS 4747--2013, Meters for non-urban water supply , as in force from time to time.

"authority" means a water supply work approval, an access licence or a licence or other entitlement under the former 1912 Act.

"faulty" , in relation to point-of-intake metering equipment or storage metering equipment, means equipment not operating properly or that is not operating.

"mandatory floodplains condition" means the mandatory condition imposed on a water supply work approval under clause 238B or Division 3A, Subdivision 2.

"mandatory metering equipment condition" means a condition imposed on a water supply work approval by section 101A(1) of the Act or on another authority under clause 229.

"measurement period" means the period determined by operation of clause 238F.

"metered work" means a water supply work in connection with which metering equipment has been installed.

"open channel" means a channel or conduit used for conveying water that is not enclosed.

"point-of-intake metering equipment" , for a water supply work, means equipment that measures the flow of water as it enters the water supply work.

"primary metering equipment" means the point-of-intake metering equipment or storage metering equipment for a water supply work.

"registered surveyor" means a registered surveyor under the Surveying and Spatial Information Act 2002 or a corresponding law of another State or a territory.

"secondary metering device" means a device or a type of device--

(a) approved by the Minister, notice of the approval of which must be published on a website maintained by the Department, and

(b) validated by a duly qualified person in accordance with the standards specified by the Minister for the device or type of device.

"storage metering equipment" , for a water supply work, means metering equipment that measures the surface level of water in the work.

"storage metering equipment standards" means the storage metering equipment standards approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette.

"survey benchmark standard" means a survey benchmark standard approved by the Minister and published in the Gazette.

(2) For the purposes of this Part, an authority applies to a work if--

(a) the authority authorises the use of the work, or

(b) the work is or may be used to take water that is permitted to be taken under the authority.