Western Australian Current Regulations

WATER SERVICES (WATER CORPORATIONS CHARGES) REGULATIONS 2014 - REG 46

46 .         Drainage areas: notice of and objections to proposed designation

        (1)         Before the Minister designates an area as a drainage area, the Minister must —

            (a)         give 2 months’ notice of the proposed designation; and

            (b)         take into account any objections made under subregulation (3).

        (2)         Notice of a proposal to designate an area as a drainage area must —

            (a)         be published in the Gazette and on the Department’s website; and

            (b)         include —

                  (i)         the date on or after which the Minister proposes to make the designation; and

                  (ii)         a description of the area sufficient to identify its location; and

                  (iii)         details of the plan on which the proposed drainage area is set out and how the plan can be inspected.

        (3)         A person with a material interest in a proposal to designate an area as a drainage area may object to the proposal in writing to the Minister within one month after the day on which notice of the proposal is published in the Gazette .

        [Regulation 46 amended: Gazette 13 Dec 2016 p. 5691.]