4 February 2017

The key water Ministers in NSW will be Niall Blair, Don Harwin and Gabrielle Upton, with the key change the creation of a Utilities Minister for Sydney & Hunter.

A full list of the Ministers and their acts as of 30th day of January 2017 is below.

PREMIER – Gladys Berejiklian MP

  • State Owned Corporations Act 1989 No 134 (except section 37B, the Treasurer) Statutory and Other 
  • Water Industry Competition Act 2006 No 104, Part 3 (remainder, the Minister for Energy and Utilities) 

MINISTER FOR REGIONAL WATER Niall Mark Blair MLC

  • Dams Safety Act 1978 No 96
  • Dams Safety Act 2015 No 26
  • Googong Dam Catchment Area Act 1975 No 4
  • Hay Irrigation Act 1902 No 57
  • Irrigation Areas (Reduction of Rents) Act 1974 No 83
  • Murrumbidgee Irrigation Areas Occupiers Relief Act 1934 No 52
  • New South Wales—Queensland Border Rivers Act 1947 No 10
  • Public Works and Procurement Act 1912 No 45, section 34 (3) and (4) (remainder, the Minister for Finance, Services and Property)
  • Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 No 99, section 57 (remainder, the Minister for Energy and Utilities)
  • Water Act 1912 No 44
  • Water (Commonwealth Powers) Act 2008 No 69
  • Water Management Act 2000 No 92
  • Water NSW Act 2014 No 74
  • Wentworth Irrigation Act 1890 54 Vic No 7 

MINISTER FOR ENERGY AND UTILITIES Donald Thomas Harwin MLC

  • AGL Corporate Conversion Act 2002 No 16
  • Central Coast Water Corporation Act 2006 No 105
  • Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987 No 103 (except parts, the Minister for the Environment)
  • Hunter Water Act 1991 No 53
  • Northern Rivers County Council (Undertaking Acquisition) Act 1981 No 95 Pipelines Act 1967 No 90
  • Snowy Hydro Corporatisation Act 1997 No 99, (except section 57, the Minister for Regional Water)
  • Snowy Mountains Cloud Seeding Act 2004 No 19
  • Sydney Water Act 1994 No 88
  • Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (New South Wales) Act 2005 No 12 
  • Water Industry Competition Act 2006 No 104 (except Part 3, the Premier) 

MINISTER FOR HEALTH Bradley Ronald Hazzard MP

  • Fluoridation of Public Water Supplies Act 1957 No 58
  • Public Health Act 2010 No 127

MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT  Gabrielle Cecelia Upton MP

  • Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 No 63
  • Energy and Utilities Administration Act 1987 No 103, Part 6A; section 40 (1A); and section 45 in so far as it relates to Part 6A and to section 40 (1A) (remainder, the Minister for Energy and Utilities)
  • Environmental Trust Act 1998 No 82
  • Environmentally Hazardous Chemicals Act 1985 No 14
  • Local Government Act 1993 No 30, Part 2A of Chapter 6 (remainder, the Minister for Local Government)
  • National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 No 80
  • Native Vegetation Act 2003 No 103
  • Nature Conservation Trust Act 2001 No 10
  • Protection of the Environment Administration Act 1991 No 60
  • Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 No 156
  • Soil Conservation Act 1938 No 10, Parts 2A, 3 and 4, and sections 15 and 30A in so far as they relate to Parts 2A, 3 and 4, jointly with the Minister for Primary Industries (remainder, the Minister for Primary Industries)
  • Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995 No 101
  • Waste Avoidance and Resource Recovery Act 2001 No 58

MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT – Gabrielle Cecelia Upton MP

  • Local Government Act 1993 No 30 (except Part 2A of Chapter 6, the Minister for the Environment)

This was extracted from the NSW Government Gazette Published 30 Jan 2017.

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