New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER INDUSTRY COMPETITION (GENERAL) REGULATION 2008

- Made under the Water Industry Competition Act 2006
- As at 23 March 2012
- Reg 336 of 2008

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Regulation
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Definitions
   4.      Transfers of water supplies and sewerage services
   5.      Small retail customers

   PART 2 - LICENSING OF NETWORK OPERATORS AND RETAIL SUPPLIERS

           Division 1 - Network operators

   6.      Applications for licences
   7.      Matters as to which Minister must be satisfied in relation to licence applications: section 10 (4) (e)
   8.      Purposes for which non-potable water may be used
   9.      Prescribed licence conditions: section 13 (1) (a)

           Division 2 - Retail suppliers

   10.     Applications for licences
   11.     Matters as to which Minister must be satisfied in relation to licence applications: section 10 (4) (e)
   12.     Purposes for which water may be supplied under a retail supplier’s licence
   13.     Prescribed licence conditions: section 13 (1) (a)

           Division 3 - General

   14.     Applications for variation of licence conditions
   15.     Combined applications
   16.     Combined plans
   17.     Person to be notified as to licence applications
   18.     Register of Licences

           Division 4 - Exemptions from requirement for licence

   19.     Water industry infrastructure that is exempt from requirement for a licence
   19A.    Water industry infrastructure that was formerly exempt from requirement for a licence
   19B.    Phasing-in of requirements relating to infrastructure formerly exempt under clause 7 or 13 of Schedule 3

   PART 3 - RETAILERS OF LAST RESORT

   20.     Contingency plans: section 55
   21.     Declaration of supply failure: section 56 (2)
   22.     Special circumstances contracts: section 57 (3)
   23.     Retailer of last resort supply fee
   24.     Notice of special circumstances contract to be sent to customers

   PART 4 - CONDUCT OF SIGNIFICANT PRICING INVESTIGATIONS BY IPART

           Division 1 - Preliminary

   24A.    Definitions
   24B.    Application of Part
   24C.    Relationship of Part to applied IPART Act provisions
   24D.    Summary of procedure for conducting significant pricing investigations

           Division 2 - Issues paper

   24E.    IPART to publish issues paper
   24F.    Invitation to make submissions on issues paper

           Division 3 - Public hearing

   24G.    IPART to hold public hearing on issues paper

           Division 4 - Draft report

   24H.    IPART to publish draft report
   24I.    Invitation to make submissions on draft report

           Division 5 - Final report

   24J.    Requirements before final report is issued

   PART 5 - MISCELLANEOUS

   25.     Establishment of water industry code of conduct
   26.     Establishment of marketing code of conduct
   27.     Establishment of transfer code of conduct
   28.     Water restrictions
   28A.    Prescribed water policy document: section 7 (3)
   29.     Internal review: section 47 (2) (c)
   30.     Approved ombudsman scheme: section 49 (1) (b)
   31.     Approved auditors
   32.     Availability of guidelines
   33.     Exemption from licensing requirements: transitional provision
           SCHEDULE 1
           SCHEDULE 2
           SCHEDULE 3