Water and Sewerage Industry (Pricing and Related Matters) Regulations 2021 (Tas)

Water and Sewerage Industry (Pricing and Related Matters) Regulations 2021

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 .

13 September 2021

B. BAKER

Governor

By Her Excellency's Command,

MICHAEL DARREL JOSEPH FERGUSON

Minister for Finance

PART 1 - Preliminary

1. Short title These regulations may be cited as the Water and Sewerage Industry (Pricing and Related Matters) Regulations 2021 .

2. Commencement These regulations take effect on 22 September 2021.

3. Interpretation In these regulations – Act means the Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008 ; asset means water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure; common property has the same meaning as it has in the Strata Titles Act 1998 ; connection charge means a charge calculated by reference to the costs that are associated with installing assets that are dedicated to the provision of a regulated service to a particular customer; contributed asset means an asset – (a) that has been – (i) transferred, granted, donated, or given by way of a gift, to a regulated entity by a person; or (ii) constructed by a regulated entity using funds provided by a person – under a transaction, or arrangement, by which the person does not receive an asset, item, money, or money's worth, in return; and (b) in relation to which there is no financial interest held by any person, other than the regulated entity, in any part of any of the assets of the entity – but does not include an asset that was, before 1 July 2011, transferred to the regulated entity under section 41 of the Water and Sewerage Corporations Act 2008 ; developer charge means a charge referred to in regulation 18 ; fixed charge means a charge, which is recurrent, for the provision of a regulated service to a customer, but does not include a variable charge for the service; general unit entitlement has the same meaning as it has in the Strata Titles Act 1998 ; lot has the same meaning as it has in the Strata Titles Act 1998 ; price determination investigation, in respect of a regulated service, means an investigation for the purpose of gathering information that may be required by the Regulator before making a price determination in respect of the regulated service or a variation of such a price determination; pricing zone means an area of land in respect of which prices, which will apply for the provision of a regulated service, may vary from the prices charged in respect of another pricing zone; scheme has the same meaning as it has in the Strata Titles Act 1998 ; service introduction charge means a charge, in respect of a property, that relates to the installation, alteration or utilisation of assets by a regulated entity so as to enable the provision, by the entity, of a regulated service to the property but does not include – (a) a connection charge; or (b) a fixed charge; or (c) a developer charge; special unit entitlement has the same meaning as it has in the Strata Titles Act 1998 ; variable charge means a charge, for a regulated service, that varies according to the volume of the water delivered to, or sewage removed from, the property to which the charge relates.