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Ins	inserted	Rep	repealed	Subst	substituted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

Sydney Water Act 1994 No 88 (formerly Water Board (Corporatisation) Act 1994). Assented to 12.12.1994. Date of commencement of Parts 1, 3, 4 and 5 and sec 54, 19.12.1994, sec 2 and GG No 170 of 16.12.1994, p 7400; date of commencement of remainder, 1.1.1995, sec 2 and GG No 170 of 16.12.1994, p 7400. This Act has been amended as follows:

1995	No 16	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995. Assented to 15.6.1995. Date of commencement of Sch 2.28, assent, Sch 2.
	No 27	Evidence (Consequential and Other Provisions) Act 1995. Assented to 19.6.1995. Date of commencement, 1.9.1995, sec 2 and GG No 102 of 25.8.1995, p 4355.
	No 32	State Owned Corporations Amendment Act 1995. Assented to 23.6.1995. Date of commencement, 1.7.1995, sec 2 and GG No 79 of 30.6.1995, p 3437.
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.
1997	No 55	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. Assented to 2.7.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 1.30, 1.7.1997, Sch 1.30.
	No 128	Water Legislation Amendment Act 1997. Assented to 16.12.1997. Date of commencement of Sch 2.5, 1.11.2000, sec 2 and GG No 139 of 20.10.2000, p 11188.
	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 6.23, 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.
	No 162	Consumer Claims Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement, 1.3.1999, sec 2 and GG No 25 of 26.2.1999, p 971.
	No 171	Sydney Water Catchment Management Act 1998. Assented to 14.12.1998. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 2.7.1999, sec 2 and GG No 76 of 2.7.1999, p 4608.
1999	No 85	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 1999. Assented to 3.12.1999. Date of commencement of Sch 2.66, 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 4.164, 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. 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 8.27 [1]–[4], 1.1.2001, sec 2 and GG No 168 of 22.12.2000, p 13471; date of commencement of Sch 8.27 [5] [7] and [8]: not in force; the amendment made by Sch 8.27 [6] was without effect as the section being amended was repealed by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2000 No 60.
2001	No 34	Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001. Assented to 28.6.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 4.64, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001.
	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2001. Assented to 17.7.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 1.19, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 82	Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal Act 2001. Assented to 21.11.2001. Date of commencement of Sch 7.21, 25.2.2002, sec 2 (1) and GG No 48 of 22.2.2002, p 901.
	No 118	Aboriginal Land Rights Amendment Act 2001. Assented to 19.12.2001. Date of commencement, 25.10.2002, sec 2 and GG No 189 of 25.10.2002, p 9059.
2003	No 40	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. Assented to 22.7.2003. Date of commencement of Sch 1.51, assent, sec 2 (2).
	No 55	Sydney Water Amendment (Water Restrictions) Act 2003. Assented to 29.10.2003. Date of commencement, 1.11.2003, sec 2 and GG No 176 of 31.10.2003, p 10367.
2004	No 101	Home Building Amendment Act 2004. Assented to 15.12.2004. Date of commencement of Sch 9.8, 29.4.2005, sec 2 and GG No 50 of 29.4.2005, p 1530.
2005	No 85	Public Sector Employment and Management Amendment (Extended Leave) Act 2005. Assented to 17.11.2005. Date of commencement, 1.1.2006, sec 2 and GG No 164 of 23.12.2005, p 11224.
2006	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.
	No 120	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2006. Assented to 4.12.2006. Date of commencement of Sch 1, assent, sec 2 (2).
2007	No 94	Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act 2007. Assented to 13.12.2007. Date of commencement of Sch 2, 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.
	No 56	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009. Assented to 1.7.2009. Date of commencement of Sch 4, 17.7.2009, sec 2 (1).
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.
	No 62	Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2) 2011. Assented to 16.11.2011. Date of commencement of Sch 2.38, 6.1.2012, sec 2 (1).

Table of amendments

Sec 1	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [1].
Sec 3	Am 1998 No 11, Sch 6.23; 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [2]–[4]; 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [1]; 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [1]; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.27 [1]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.64 [1]; 2009 No 7, Sch 3.14.
Sec 3A	Ins 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [2].
Part 2	Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [5].
Secs 4, 5	Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [5].
Sec 5A	Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [5].
Sec 6	Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [5]. Am 2000 No 92, Sch 8.27 [2]; 2010 No 127, Sch 4.22.
Sec 7	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [6] [7].
Secs 8, 9	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [6].
Sec 10	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [8] [9]; 2000 No 92, Sch 8.27 [3] [4]; 2011 No 62, Sch 2.38 [1].
Sec 12	Am 1997 No 128, Sch 2.5.
Sec 13	Rep 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [1].
Sec 16	Am 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [3].
Sec 19A	Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [2] (am 2000 No 93, Sch 2.23 [8]–[10]).
Sec 19B	Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [2].
Sec 20	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.164; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.64 [2].
Part 6, Div 1A, heading	Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [3].
Sec 28	Rep 1997 No 156, Sch 4.20. Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [3].
Part 6, Div 2, heading	Am 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [4].
Sec 29	Rep 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [5].
Sec 30	Rep 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [6].
Sec 31	Am 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [7]–[10].
Sec 32	Am 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [11].
Sec 33A	Ins 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [12].
Sec 37	Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.17 [1].
Sec 44	Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.17 [2]; 2010 No 42, Sch 3.18.
Sec 46	Am 1998 No 138, Sch 2.10 [1] [2].
Sec 46A	Ins 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [4].
Sec 48	Am 2003 No 55, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 48A	Ins 2011 No 59, Sch 2.12 [1].
Sec 53	Am 1999 No 85, Sch 2.66; 2003 No 55, Sch 1 [2] [3]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Part 6, Div 6A (secs 53A–53D)	Ins 2003 No 55, Sch 1 [4].
Sec 54	Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [2]; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.51 [1] [2].
Sec 55	Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [3] [4]; 2006 No 104, Sch 3.9.
Sec 58	Am 1998 No 162, Sch 2.7 [1] [2]; 2001 No 82, Sch 7.21.
Sec 59	Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [5] [6]; 2003 No 40, Sch 1.51 [3]–[6].
Sec 60	Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [7].
Sec 62	Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [8].
Sec 64	Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.17 [3].
Sec 65	Am 2009 No 17, Sch 3.17 [4]; 2011 No 62, Sch 2.38 [2].
Sec 67	Am 2009 No 56, Sch 4.73.
Sec 69	Am 1997 No 152, Sch 4.45.
Sec 74	Am 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [9].
Sec 78	Am 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [5] [6].
Part 6, Div 10 (secs 80–87)	Rep 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [7].
Sec 88	Am 2011 No 62, Sch 2.38 [1].
Sec 93	Rep 2001 No 56, Sch 1.19 [10].
Sec 93A	Ins 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [10].
Sec 94	Rep 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [11].
Sec 95	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [12].
Sec 96	Am 2005 No 85, Sch 2.7 [1] [2].
Sec 99	Am 1996 No 122, Sch 7.18; 2004 No 101, Sch 9.8; 2011 No 59, Sch 2.12 [2].
Sec 101	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [13] [14].
Sec 104	Am 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [15]. Rep 2009 No 54, Sch 2.50.
Sec 106	Am 2006 No 120, Sch 1.32; 2011 No 59, Sch 2.12 [3].
Secs 108–110	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 1	Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.164. Rep 2000 No 60, Sch 1.5 [13].
Sch 2	Am 2001 No 118, Sch 2.11.
Sch 3	Am 1995 No 32, Sch 3.5; 1997 No 55, Sch 1.30 [1] [2]. Rep 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [16].
Sch 4	Subst 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [17].
Schs 6–8	Rep 1999 No 85, Sch 4.
Sch 9	Am 1995 No 16, Sch 2.28; 1995 No 27, Sch 1.30; 1998 No 145, Sch 3 [18]–[21]; 1998 No 171, Sch 4 [8]–[10].