Victorian Numbered Regulations Victorian Numbered Regulations(1) The owner of a houseboat may apply to the Water Corporation for a houseboat licence to leave and operate a houseboat in the recreational area.
(2) An application for a houseboat licence must—
(a) be made in a form and manner approved by the Water Corporation; and
(b) be accompanied by payment of the appropriate fee specified in Schedule 2.
(3) The Water Corporation may issue a houseboat licence if it is satisfied that—
(a) the houseboat is not more than 20 metres in length and not more than 8 metres in width; and
(b) there is installed on the houseboat the following installations which are in good working order—
(i) a toilet and an on-board blackwater system or, if the design of the houseboat precludes such installation, a portable toilet; and
(ii) either—
(A) an on-board greywater treatment system that is able to treat both greywater and kitchen wastewater to a standard equal to, or greater than the greywater discharge standard; or
(B) an on-board greywater treatment system that is able to treat greywater to a standard equal to, or greater than, the greywater discharge standard, together with a kitchen wastewater installation which connects to an approved on-board blackwater system; and
(c) the owner has obtained a permanent mooring for the houseboat; and
(d) all fees that the applicant is liable to pay to the Water Corporation in relation to a houseboat licence have been paid; and
(e) a compliance certificate has been issued by a licensed plumber for all plumbing work in respect of the on-board blackwater and greywater treatment systems and water supply installations, in accordance with Part 12A of the Building Act 1993 .
(4) In the case of a houseboat that has been licenced before the commencement date, the requirements of subregulation (3)(b)(ii) only apply to an application for a houseboat licence that is to be issued on or from 1 July 2020.
(5) A houseboat licence may be issued by the Water Corporation upon such terms and conditions as the Water Corporation may determine.
(6) A houseboat licence expires on 30 June next following the date of issue.
(7) If a houseboat licence is issued after 31 July in any year, the amount payable for the houseboat licence must be reduced by one twelfth for each completed month which has passed since 1 July.
(8) The Water Corporation may refuse to issue a houseboat licence if, by issuing it, the total number of houseboat licences issued would exceed the maximum number determined by the Water Corporation under regulation 8.