Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

CANBERRA SEWERAGE AND WATER SUPPLY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3 OF 1999) - REG 3

    Regulation 4 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

        (a)     by omitting from subregulation (1) the definition of “Australian Standard 3500” and substituting the following definition:

“ ‘Australian Standard 3500' means Australian Standard 3500 as in effect on 1 March 1999;”;

        (b)     by omitting from subregulation (1) the definitions of “Authority”, “Authority pipes”, “authorised”, “determined charge”, “disconnector trap”, “internal closet”, “ordered”, “public building”, “Supervising Officer”, “Territory Land”, “the Engineer”, “the Proper Authority” and “the sewerage system”;

        (c)     by inserting in subregulation (1) the following definitions:

“ ‘business day' means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or another day that is a public holiday in the Territory;

‘certifier' means a registered construction practitioner who is registered in the category of Plumbing Plan Certifier in accordance with the Construction Practitioners Registration Regulations ;

‘determined fee' means the fee determined under section 80 of the Energy and Water Act for the purposes of the provision of these Regulations where the expression occurs;

‘MP52' means the Manual of Authorisation Procedures for Plumbing and Drainage Products, being that manual published by Standards Australia on behalf of the Agriculture and Resources Management Council of Australia and New Zealand Committee for Plumbing Product Authorisations, entitled ‘SAA MP52—1997';

‘plan approval' means a plan approval issued under regulation 8 ;

‘registered construction practitioner' means a person who is registered under the Construction Practitioners Registration Act 1998 ;

‘single residential building' means a detached house or a building making up no more than 2 residences, and includes—

        (a)     a part of such a building; and

        (b)     an adjunct to such a building;

‘site plan' has the same meaning as in Australian Standard HB 50 as in effect on 1 March 1999;”; and

        (d)     by adding at the end the following subregulation:

“(3)     A reference to an easement shall be read as including a reference to an area of land identified as an easement for electricity, telecommunication, water, drainage and sewerage services in, on or over the land on—

        (a)     a certificate of title relating to that land; or

        (b)     a deposited plan, within the meaning of the Districts Act 1966 relating to that land.”.