Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00159:body:0:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2013C00159
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Character Range: 2799–5622

97 (8) of the Act provides that the civil penalty for a contravention of a provision of the water market rules is 200 penalty units.

Subsection 147 (3) of the Act provides that the pecuniary penalty for a contravention of a civil penalty provision must not exceed:
         (a) if the wrongdoer is an individual — the relevant amount specified for the civil penalty provision; or
         (b) otherwise — an amount equal to 5 times the amount of the relevant amount specified for the civil penalty provision.
contract includes agreement.
trade includes transfer.
transformation, in relation to the whole or a part of an irrigation right against an irrigation infrastructure operator, means the transformation of the whole of that right, or a part of that right, in accordance with transformation arrangements, into a water access entitlement.
transformation arrangements means arrangements of the kind referred to in paragraph 97 (1) (a) of the Act.
transitional period means the period beginning on the commencement of these Rules and ending on 31 December 2009.

4 Transitional provision for application of these Rules

  Until the end of the transitional period:
 (a) a provision of a contract, arrangement or understanding between an irrigation infrastructure operator and a person who has an irrigation right or a water delivery right against the operator that is in force immediately before the commencement of these Rules continues to have the same force and effect as it would have if these Rules had not been made; and
 (b) a reference in these Rules to business days has effect as a reference to business days after the end of the transitional period.

Part 2 Facilitation of transformation

5 Irrigation infrastructure operators to inform irrigators of the making of these Rules

  As soon as possible after the commencement of these Rules, each irrigation infrastructure operator must, by written notice, inform each person who has an irrigation right against the operator that these Rules have been made, how copies may be obtained and how the ACCC may be contacted for further information about these Rules or its role in relation to them.

6 Irrigation infrastructure operator to establish procedures for transformation

 (1) An irrigation infrastructure operator (not being an operator to whom subrule (2) applies) must establish clear procedures for the transformation, in accordance with these Rules, of the whole or a part of an irrigation right held against the operator and:
 (a) may include in those procedures provisions under which a person may ascertain details of an irrigation right and associated water delivery right held by the person against the operator; and
 (b) must ensure that, no later than the end of the transitional period:
 (i) details of those procedures; and
 (ii) procedures