(3) The tenant may be required to pay an
amount for all of the water consumption charges payable for the premises for a
period only if, during the period, the premises are water efficient.
(4) If
during a period the premises are not water efficient, the tenant may only be
required to pay an amount for the water consumption charges payable for the
premises for the period that is more than an amount payable for a reasonable
quantity of water supplied to the premises.
(5) Without limiting subsection
(4) , in deciding what is a reasonable quantity of water for subsection (4) ,
regard must be had to the matters mentioned in section 169(4) (a) to (e) .
(7) Also, the tenant may not be required to pay an
amount of the water service charges payable for the premises for a fixed
charge for the water service to the premises.
(8) For this section, premises
are water efficient only if they comply with the water efficiency requirements
prescribed under a regulation.
(9) In this section—
"water consumption charge" , for premises, means the variable part of a water
service charge assessed on the volume of water supplied to the premises.