Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

WATER REGULATIONS 2008 - REG 4.01A

         (1)   This regulation is made for the purposes of paragraph 91 (1) (d) of the Act.

         (2)   The following kinds of fees or charges, to the extent that they do not relate to an irrigation network or an urban water supply network, or are not bulk water charges, are prescribed:

                (a)    a fee or charge payable to an infrastructure operator for access to the operator's water service infrastructure (or services provided in relation to that access);

               (b)    a fee or charge payable to an infrastructure operator for changing access to the operator's water service infrastructure (or services provided in relation to that access), including a fee or charge payable to a bulk water supplier for changing access to a bulk water service;

                (c)    a fee or charge payable to an infrastructure operator for terminating access to the operator's water service infrastructure (or services provided in relation to that access), including a fee or charge payable to a bulk water supplier for terminating a bulk water service;

               (d)    a fee or charge payable to an infrastructure operator for surrendering to the operator a right to the delivery of water through the operator's water service infrastructure.

         (3)   In this regulation:

"bulk water supplier" means a person who imposes a bulk water charge for a bulk water service.

"urban water supply network" means water service infrastructure that is operated primarily for delivering water for an urban water supply activity beyond the point at which the water has been removed from a Basin water resource.