Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00951:reg:8:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00951
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 8 (pt 5/6)
Character Range: 89758–92644

authorised officer must contain a recent photograph of the officer.

Part 10AA—Inspector‑General of Water Compliance (special powers)

10AA.01  Matters to which Inspector‑General must have regard in deciding whether contractor is fit and proper to be authorised compliance officer
  For the purposes of paragraph 222G(5)(a) of the Act, the matters to which the Inspector‑General must have regard in deciding whether an individual is fit and proper to be an authorised compliance officer are as follows:
 (a) whether the individual has appropriate training;
 (b) whether the individual has been convicted of an offence against the Water Act 2007 or a law of a State or Territory relating to water management;
 (c) whether an infringement notice has been issued to the individual for contravention of a civil penalty provision of the Water Act 2007 or a provision of a law of a State or Territory relating to water management;
 (d) whether the individual has been ordered to pay a pecuniary penalty for contravention of a civil penalty provision of the Water Act 2007 or a law of a State or Territory relating to water management;
 (e) whether the individual has been convicted within the preceding 10 years of an indictable offence, punishable by a period of 12 months imprisonment or more, against a law of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory;
 (f) whether the individual has been convicted of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, or a State or Territory, involving:
 (i) entry onto premises; or
 (ii) fraud or dishonesty; or
 (iii) intentional use of violence against another person or intentional damage or destruction of property.
Note 1: In making the decision, the Inspector‑General may also have regard to any other matter the Inspector‑General considers appropriate (see paragraph 222G(5)(b) of the Act).
Note 2: Application may be made to the Administrative Review Tribunal for review of a decision by the Inspector‑General that an individual is not fit and proper to be an authorised compliance officer (see subsection 222G(6) of the Act).

Part 10A—Transitional matters relating to former MDB Agreement

Division 10A.1—Preliminary

10A.01  Purposes of Part
  This Part provides for transitional matters relating to the former MDB Agreement and is made under Part 10A of the Act.

10A.02  References to various persons or bodies
  In this Part, if a regulation mentions any of the following persons or bodies as being referred to in an instrument made before the commencement of Part 10A of the Act, the reference includes a reference to the person or body however described:
 (a) the Murray–Darling Basin Commission;
 (b) the former Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council;
 (c) a State Contracting Government or a Contracting Government.

Division 10A.2—General—effect on instruments and things done

Subdivision 10A.2.1—References in certain instruments to