SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 99BM Purposes of plan

SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 99BM

99BM Purposes of plan

The purposes of an SEQ service provider’s water netserv plan for its relevant area are all of the following—

(a) to provide for strategic planning for the operation of the SEQ service provider’s business;

(b) to provide planning for the delivery of infrastructure for supplying the SEQ service provider’s water services and wastewater services for at least 20 years;

(c) to ensure the provision of safe, reliable and secure water services and wastewater services by SEQ service providers;

(d) to integrate land use planning and planning for infrastructure for the SEQ service provider’s water services and wastewater services;

(e) to provide for the management of the SEQ service provider’s water services and wastewater services in a way that seeks to achieve ecological sustainability;

(f) if the SEQ service provider is a distributor-retailer—

(i) to provide a process for approvals for connections to its water infrastructure; and

(ii) to state fees and charges that may be levied under chapter 4C for connections to its water infrastructure, including its trunk infrastructure.