Department of Water and Energy
Legislation
DWE provides advice and administrative services to two Ministers in the discharge of their allocated responsibilities under the following Acts:
Minister For Water
Central Coast Water Corporation Act 2006 No 105
Dams Safety Act 1978 No 96
Googong Dam Catchment Area Act 1975 No 4
Hunter Water Act 1991 No 53 (except Part 5 Division 8, the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment)
Menindee Lakes Storage Agreement Act 1964 No 4
Murray–Darling Basin Act 1992 No 65
New South Wales—Queensland Border Rivers Act 1947 No 10
Pipelines Act 1967 No 90 (jointly with the Minister for Energy)
Public Works Act 1912 No 45, section 34 (3) and (4) (remainder, the Minister for Commerce)
Rivers and Foreshores Improvement Act 1948 No 20 (repealed but operative for certain purposes)
State Water Corporation Act 2004 No 40
Sydney Water Act 1994 No 88
Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998 No 171
Water Act 1912 No 44
Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (New South Wales) Act 2005 No 12
Water Industry Competition Act 2006 No 104 (except Part 3, the Premier)
Water Management Act 2000 No 92
In addition, certain sections of the Local Government Act 1993 (sections 56-66, 90 and others) relate to the Country Towns Water Supply and Sewerage Program managed by DWE.
Minister For Energy
Aberdare County Council (Dissolution) Act 1982 No 74
AGL Corporate Conversion Act 2002 No 16
Eastern Gas Pipeline (Special Provisions) Act 1996 No 126
Electricity Supply Act 1995 No 94
Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987 No 103 (except parts, the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment)
Energy Services Corporations Act 1995 No 95
Eraring Power Station Act 1981 No 107
Gas Industry Restructuring Act 1986 No 213
Gas Pipelines Access (New South Wales) Act 1998 No 41
Gas Supply Act 1996 No 38 (except part, jointly the Minister for Commerce and the Minister for Fair Trading)
Gosford–Wyong Electricity Supply (Special Provisions) Act 1985 No 182
National Electricity (New South Wales) Act 1997 No 20
Northern Rivers County Council (Undertaking Acquisition) Act 1981 No 95
Pipelines Act 1967 No 90 (jointly with the Minister for Water)
Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 No 99
Copies of all NSW legislation can be obtained from www.legislation.nsw.gov.au.