Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER REGULATION 2016 - REG 157

157 Starting validation inspection if meter notice given before commencement

(1) This section applies in relation to a relevant authorisation if, immediately before the commencement—

(a) the relevant authorisation was not a metered entitlement; and

(b) the works through which water is taken under the relevant authorisation did not have an approved meter attached; and

(c) the chief executive had given the holder of the authorisation a meter notice for the authorisation; and

(d) the validation date for the meter notice had not passed.

(2) The holder of the relevant authorisation may arrange for a validation inspection to be carried out on the meter before the validation date.

(3) If the holder of the relevant authorisation arranges a validation inspection under subsection (2), former section 112 continues to apply in relation to the validation inspection as if the amendment regulation had not been made.

Notes—

See subdivision 5 in relation to validation inspections finalised after the commencement.

(4) If the holder of the relevant authorisation does not arrange a validation inspection under subsection (2), part 11 applies in relation to the authorisation as provided under section 153 disregarding the meter notice and the validation date for the meter notice.

(5) In this section—

"meter notice" , in relation to a relevant authorisation, means a notice given by the chief executive under former section 108 requiring an approved meter to be attached to works through which water is taken under the authorisation.

"validation date" , for a meter notice, means the date stated in the meter notice as the validation date or, if applicable, a later date stated in a notice given by the chief executive under former section 108(5) in relation to the meter notice.