Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

Am	amended	LW	legislation website	Sch	Schedule
Cl	clause	No	number	Schs	Schedules
Cll	clauses	p	page	Sec	section
Div	Division	pp	pages	Secs	sections
Divs	Divisions	Reg	Regulation	Subdiv	Subdivision
GG	Government Gazette	Regs	Regulations	Subdivs	Subdivisions
Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted

Table of amending instruments

Hunter Water Act 1991 No 53 (formerly Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991). Assented to 11.12.1991. Date of commencement of Part 1, Div 1 of Part 5 and secs 35, 39 and 70, 13.12.1991, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 13.12.1991, p 10545; date of commencement of the remainder, 1.1.1992, sec 2 and GG No 180 of 20.12.1991, p 10554. This Act has been amended as follows:

1992	No 34	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992. Assented to 18.5.1992. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 2 relating to the Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991, 1.1.1991, Sch 2.
	No 77	Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Amendment Act 1992. Assented to 23.11.1992. Date of commencement, assent, sec 2.
1993	No 32	Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1993. Assented to 8.6.1993. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.1993, sec 2 (1) and GG No 73 of 1.7.1993, p 3342.
1994	No 45	Native Title (New South Wales) Act 1994. Assented to 2.6.1994. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991, 28.11.1994, sec 2 and GG No 156 of 25.11.1994, p 6868.
1995	No 11	Statute Law Revision (Local Government) Act 1995. Assented to 9.6.1995. Date of commencement of the provision of Sch 1 relating to the Hunter Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1991, 23.6.1995, sec 2 (1) and GG No 77 of 23.6.1995, p 3279.
1996	No 122	Building Services Corporation Legislation Amendment Act 1996. Assented to 3.12.1996. Date of commencement, 1.5.1997, sec 2 and GG No 43 of 24.4.1997, p 2171.
	No 139	Strata Schemes Management (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1996. Assented to 16.12.1996. Date of commencement, 1.7.1997, sec 2 and GG No 68 of 27.6.1997, p 4770. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 No 55. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2.18, assent, sec 2 (2).
1997	No 128	Water Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 16.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2.1, 4.12.1998, sec 2 and GG No 169 of 4.12.1998, p 9346. The proclamation appointed 6.11.1998 as the date of commencement. Pursuant to section 23 (5) of the Interpretation Act 1987, the proclamation does not fail merely because it was not published in the Gazette until after the day appointed in the proclamation, but section 23 (5) provides, in that event, for those provisions of the Act to commence on the day on which the proclamation was published in the Gazette.
	No 152	Environmental Planning and Assessment Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1998, sec 2 and GG No 101 of 1.7.1998, p 5119.
	No 156	Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997. Assented to 19.12.1997. Date of commencement, 1.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 178 of 24.12.1998, p 9952.
1998	No 11	Co-operative Housing and Starr-Bowkett Societies Act 1998. Assented to 15.5.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 6.12, 1.9.2000, sec 2 and GG No 112 of 1.9.2000, p 8633.
	No 138	Heritage Amendment Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement, 2.4.1999, sec 2 and GG No 27 of 5.3.1999, p 1546.
	No 145	Water Legislation Amendment (Drinking Water and Corporate Structure) Act 1998. Assented to 8.12.1998. Date of commencement, 1.1.1999, sec 2 and GG No 176 of 18.12.1998, p 9726.
1999	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.29, assent, sec 2 (2); date of commencement of Sch 4, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 94	Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act 1999. Assented to 8.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 4.116, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of 24.12.1999, p 12184.
2000	No 60	Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2000. Assented to 5.7.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 1, 1.11.2000, sec 2 and GG No 141 of 27.10.2000, p 11289; date of commencement of Sch 3, 17.7.2000, sec 2 and GG No 88 of 14.7.2000, p 6231. Amended by Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000 No 93. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2.23, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 92	Water Management Act 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 8.12, 1.1.2001, sec 2 and GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13471.
	No 93	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2000. Assented to 8.12.2000. Date of commencement of Sch 2.22, assent, sec 2 (2).
2001	No 34	Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 4.23, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001
2003	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.20, assent, sec 2 (2).
2004	No 101	Home Building Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 9.6, 29.4.2005, sec 2 and GG No 50 of 29.4.2005, p 1530.
2005	No 64	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2005. Assented to 1.7.2005. Date of commencement of Sch 2.25, assent, sec 2 (2).
2006	No 90	National Park Estate (Lower Hunter Region Reservations) Act 2006. Assented to 21.11.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 9, 1.1.2007, sec 2 (2).
	No 104	Water Industry Competition Act 2006. Assented to 27.11.2006. Date of commencement, 8.8.2008, sec 2 and GG No 95 of 8.8.2008, p 7438.
2007	No 82	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2007. Assented to 7.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Schs 2 and 4, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW 3.7.2009.
2009	No 7	Associations Incorporation Act 2009. Assented to 7.4.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (237) LW 11.6.2010.
	No 17	Real Property and Conveyancing Legislation Amendment Act 2009. Assented to 13.5.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 3, assent, sec 2 (1).
	No 54	Government Information (Public Access) (Consequential Amendments and Repeal) Act 2009. Assented to 26.6.2009. Date of commencement, 1.7.2010, sec 2 and 2010 (248) LW 18.6.2010.
2010	No 42	Residential Tenancies Act 2010. Assented to 17.6.2010. Date of commencement, 31.1.2011, sec 2 and 2010 (658) LW 3.12.2010.
	No 127	Public Health Act 2010. Assented to 7.12.2010. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 1.9.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (275) LW 29.6.2012.
2011	No 59	Plumbing and Drainage Act 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011. Date of commencement, 1.7.2012, sec 2 and 2012 (298) LW 29.6.2012.

Table of amendments

Sec 1	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [1].
Sec 3	Am 1997 No 152, Sch 4.16 [1]; 1998 No 11, Sch 6.12; 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [2]–[4]; 2000 No 60, Sch 1.4 [1]; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.12 [1]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.23 [1]; 2009 No 7, Sch 3.7.
Part 2	Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5].
Sec 4	Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5]. Am 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sec 4A	Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5].
Sec 4B	Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5]. Am 2005 No 64, Sch 2.25 [1] [2].
Sec 4C	Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [5]. Am 2000 No 92, Sch 8.12 [2]; 2010 No 127, Sch 4.11.
Sec 5	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [6] [7].
Secs 6, 7	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [6].
Sec 12	Am 1997 No 128, Sch 2.1.
Sec 15	Am 2000 No 60, Sch 3.4.
Sec 16	Am 1995 No 11, Sch 1; 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [8]; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.12 [3] [4].
Sec 17A	Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.4 [2] (am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.23 [5]–[7]).
Sec 17B	Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.4 [2].
Sec 18	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.116; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.23 [2].
Part 5, Divs 1A, 1B (secs 18A–18D)	Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.4 [3].
Sec 19	Am 2006 No 90, Sch 9; 2009 No 17, Sch 3.10 [1].
Sec 25	Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.10 [2]; 2010 No 42, Sch 3.6.
Sec 27	Am 1998 No 138, Sch 2.3.
Sec 28	Am 1993 No 32, Sch 2.
Sec 29	Subst 1994 No 45, Sch 1.
Sec 30A	Ins 2011 No 59, Sch 2.3 [1].
Sec 31A	Ins 2007 No 82, Sch 1.14 [1].
Sec 34	Am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.29; 2007 No 94, Schs 2, 4.
Sec 35	Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.20 [1]–[3].
Sec 36	Am 2006 No 104, Sch 3.4.
Sec 38	Am 2003 No 40, Sch 1.20 [4]–[6].
Sec 46	Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.10 [3].
Sec 48	Am 1993 No 32, Sch 2; 1996 No 139, Sch 2.17 [1] [2] (am 1997 No 55, Sch 2.18 [1] [2]); 1997 No 152, Sch 4.16 [2] [3].
Sec 51	Am 1993 No 32, Sch 2.
Sec 53	Am 2000 No 92, Sch 8.12 [5].
Sec 61	Am 1992 No 77, sec 3.
Sec 64A	Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [9].
Sec 66	Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [10]. Am 2007 No 82, Sch 1.14 [2] [3].
Sec 67	Am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.22.
Sec 69	Am 1996 No 122, Sch 7.6; 2004 No 101, Sch 9.6; 2011 No 59, Sch 2.3 [2].
Sec 70	Am 1993 No 32, Sch 2; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.20 [7].
Sec 71	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sec 73	Rep 1997 No 156, Sch 4.6.
Sec 74	Rep 2009 No 54, Sch 2.25.
Sec 75	Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [11].
Sch 1	Am 1992 No 34, Sch 2. Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 2	Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 4 [12].