Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The regulations may modify the operation of the Commonwealth water legislation so that:
(a) provisions of the Commonwealth water legislation do not apply to a matter that is dealt with by a law of a referring State specified in the regulations; or
(b) no inconsistency arises between the operation of a provision of the Commonwealth water legislation and the operation of a provision of a law of a referring State specified in the regulations.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), regulations made for the purposes of that subsection may provide that a provision of the Commonwealth water legislation:
(a) does not apply to:
(i) a person specified in the regulations; or
(ii) a body specified in the regulations; or
(iii) circumstances specified in the regulations; or
(iv) a person or body specified in the regulations in the circumstances specified in the regulations; or
(b) does not prohibit an act to the extent to which the prohibition would otherwise give rise to an inconsistency with a law of a referring State; or
(c) does not require a person to do an act to the extent to which the requirement would otherwise give rise to an inconsistency with a law of a referring State; or
(d) does not authorise a person to do an act to the extent to which the conferral of that authority on the person would otherwise give rise to an inconsistency with a law of a referring State; or
(e) does not impose an obligation on a person to the extent to which complying with that obligation would require the person not to comply with an obligation imposed on the person under a law of a referring State; or
(f) authorises a person to do something for the purposes of the Commonwealth water legislation that the person:
(i) is authorised to do under a law of a referring State; and
(ii) would not otherwise be authorised to do under the Commonwealth water legislation; or
(g) will be taken to be satisfied if a law of a referring State is satisfied.
(3) In this section:
"matter" includes act, omission, body, person or thing.