Water and Sewerage Industry (Community Service Obligation) Act 2009 (Tas)

Water and Sewerage Industry (Community Service Obligation) Act 2009

An Act to establish obligations of regulated entities to reduce the cost of regulated services provided to certain customers by the entities, to amend the Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Regulations 2004 and for related purposes [Royal Assent 4 September 2009]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Water and Sewerage Industry (Community Service Obligation) Act 2009 .

2. Commencement This Act commences on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

3. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – billing period, in relation to a customer of a regulated entity, means the period to which an account received by the customer from the regulated entity relates; concession means a concession granted under section 8 ; concession amount, for a billing period, has the meaning it has in section 9(4) ; eligible customer of a regulated entity in respect of a dwelling has the meaning it has in section 5 ; region means the northern region, the north-western region or the southern region; relevant regulated entity means the Corporation within the meaning of the Water and Sewerage Corporation Act 2012 ; spouse, in relation to a person, means a person who is married to the person or who is in a significant relationship, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , with the person; statutory authority means a body or authority, whether incorporated or not, that is established or constituted under a written law of the Commonwealth or the State or under the royal prerogative. (2) Unless the contrary intention appears, an expression used in this Act has the same meaning as it has in the Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 .