(1) An owner of land that is connected to a water main or sewer main owned by
the Corporation is taken to have entered into a customer contract with the
Corporation, on terms and conditions published under section 35 as varied from
time to time in accordance with section 38, for the provision of water supply
or sewerage services, or either of them, to the land.
(2) A customer contract
is not unconscionable, harsh or oppressive for the purposes of any law.
(3) A
customer contract does not operate so as to impose obligations on the
Corporation or any owner of land in respect of the supply of water, or the
provision of a sewerage service, during the term of any contract in that
regard entered into between the owner of the land and a registered operator or
registered retailer within the meaning of the Water Industry Competition Act
2006 .
