Tasmanian Consolidated Acts Tasmanian Consolidated Acts
- Act 13 of 2008
- Royal Assent 13 June 2008
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Long Title
PART 1 - Preliminary
1. 1. Short title
2. 2. Commencement
3. 3. Interpretation
4. 4. Act binds Crown
PART 2 - Objective of Act
5. 5. Objective of Act
PART 3 - Administration
6. 6. Functions of Minister
7. 7. Powers of Minister
8. 8. Minister may establish committees
9. 9. Delegation of Minister's functions and powers
10. 10. Exemption from Act
PART 4 - Regulation of Water and Sewerage Industry Division 1 -
Regulator Subdivision 1 - Functions and powers
11. 11. The Regulator
12. 12. Functions of Regulator
13. 13. Powers of Regulator
14. 14. Delegation of Regulator's functions and powers
15. 15. Matters to which Regulator is to have regard
16. 16. Independence of Regulator
17. 17. Regulator's power to require information
18. 18. Power to direct regulated entities to keep records
19. 19. Special reports to Minister
Subdivision 2 - Codes
20. 20. General provisions relating to codes
21. 21. Publication and availability of codes
22. 22. Review, amendment and replacement of codes
Subdivision 3 - Administration of office of Water and Sewerage
Economic Regulator
23. 23. Guidelines for conduct of Regulator
24. 24. Advisory committees
25. 25. Staff of Regulator
26. 26. Assistance and facilities
27. 27. Funds
28. 28. Annual report of Regulator
29. 29. Tabling of annual report
Division 2 - Licensing of regulated entities Subdivision 1 -
Licensing
30. 30. Requirement for licence
31. 31. Declaration of regulated activities and non-regulated
activities
32. 32. Deemed licensee
33. 33. Contravening person still subject to regulated entity
obligations
34. 34. Applications for licences
35. 35. Determination of applications by Regulator
36. 36. Duration of licences
37. 37. Conditions of licences
38. 38. Matters to be included in licence
39. 39. Annual licence fees
40. 40. Variation of licence conditions
41. 41. Enforcement of licences
42. 42. Regulator's power of direction
43. 43. Suspension and cancellation of licences in public interest
44. 44. Activities not authorised
45. 45. Regulated entities to be notified of proposed action
46. 46. Review of licences
47. 47. Emergency directions
48. 48. Register of licences
Subdivision 2 - Reserve supplier
49. 49. Declaration of reserve supplier
Subdivision 3 - Changes to operations of licence
50. 50. Licence cannot be transferred
51. 51. Surrender of licence
52. 52. Applying for cancellation of licence as regulated entity
53. 53. No compensation is payable
54. 54. Notice of proposed or anticipated stoppage of provision of
regulated service
Subdivision 4 - Step-in-operator
55. 55. Power to take over operations
56. 56. Appointment of step-in-operator
Division 2A - Powers and obligations of regulated entities
Subdivision 1 - Water and sewerage officers
56A. 56A. Appointment of water and sewerage officers
56B. 56B. Conditions of appointment
56C. 56C. Water and sewerage officer's identity card
56D. 56D. Production of identity card
Subdivision 2 - Functions and powers relating to water infrastructure
and sewerage infrastructure
56E. 56E. Power to carry out work on public land
56F. 56F. Power to enter land for purposes related to water
infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure
56G. 56G. Acquisition of land, &c.
56H. 56H. Acquisition and use of land for water infrastructure and
sewerage infrastructure
56I. 56I. Work on water infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure
56J. 56J. Extensions to water infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure
56K. 56K. Right to cut off supply where repairs are necessary
56L. 56L. Regulated entity may reduce or restrict water supply
56M. 56M. Regulated entity may cut off supply of regulated services
to avert danger
Subdivision 3 - Planning referrals
56N. 56N. Interpretation
56O. 56O. Application to go to relevant regulated entity
56P. 56P. Action by relevant regulated entity
56Q. 56Q. Planning authority's decision
56R. 56R. Notification of decision and appeal
56S. 56S. Referral to regulated entities of draft amendments to
planning schemes
56T. 56T. Additional information
56TA. 56TA. Interpretation
56TB. 56TB. Regulated entity's consent required before grant of certain
permits under Building Act 2000
56TC. 56TC. Certificates for certifiable work
56TD. 56TD. Certification of water and sewerage compliance
56TE. 56TE. Appeals to Appeal Board
56TF. 56TF. Regulated entity may make policy for excluded works
Subdivision 4 - Connections and serviced properties
56U. 56U. Connections
56V. 56V. Requirement to connect or disconnect
56W. 56W. Structures over works
56X. 56X. Removal of trees
56Y. 56Y. Notice to repair
56Z. 56Z. Notice of contravention
Subdivision 5 - Installation, reading and testing of meters
56ZA. 56ZA. Entry to install and read meters
56ZB. 56ZB. Installation and replacement of meters
56ZC. 56ZC. Ownership of meter
56ZD. 56ZD. Damage, destruction or removal of meter
Subdivision 6 - Functions and powers of regulated entities relating
to fire protection
56ZE. 56ZE. Installation of fire hydrants
56ZF. 56ZF. Maintenance and marking of fire hydrants
56ZG. 56ZG. Supply of water to fire hydrant
56ZH. 56ZH. Use of fire hydrant by authorised persons
Subdivision 7 - General
56ZI. 56ZI. Interference with water infrastructure or sewerage
infrastructure
56ZJ. 56ZJ. Diversion of water or sewage
56ZK. 56ZK. Obstruction
56ZL. 56ZL. Order for costs
56ZM. 56ZM. Recovery for loss or damage
56ZN. 56ZN. Application and issue of warrant
56ZO. 56ZO. Urgent situations
56ZP. 56ZP. Recreational use of public water supplies
56ZQ. 56ZQ. Land information request
56ZR. 56ZR. Distillery Creek discharge
Division 3 - Customer service code
57. 57. Customer service code
Division 4 - Customer contract
58. 58. Regulator may require customer contracts
59. 59. Publication of customer contracts
60. 60. Entering into customer contracts
61. 61. Division not to preclude certain contracts
62. 62. Variation of customer contracts
Division 5 - Price regulation
63. 63. Application of this Division
64. 64. Price regulation of regulated services
65. 65. Price and service plan
66. 66. Price determinations
67. 67. General provisions relating to determinations
68. 68. Pricing principles
68A. 68A. Service charges
Division 6 - Performance monitoring, reporting and audits
69. 69. Performance monitoring and reporting
70. 70. State of the industry report
71. 71. Auditing
72. 72. Audits requested by Minister
73. 73. Publication of audit results
74. 74. Costs of audit
Division 7 - Complaints and disputes
75. 75. Customer complaints process
76. 76. Complaints to Ombudsman
77. 77. Compliance with Ombudsman's decision
PART 5 - Administrative Review of Regulator's Decisions
78. 78. Definitions used in this Part
79. 79. Applications for review
80. 80. Grounds for review
81. 81. Intervention by others in a review without leave
82. 82. Leave for interveners
83. 83. Parties to a review under this Part
84. 84. Interveners and the Regulator may raise new grounds for
review
85. 85. Court may terminate review
86. 86. Effect of application on operation of reviewable decision
87. 87. Court's determination
PART 6 - Transition to New Regulatory Arrangements
88. 88. Interim price order
89. 89. Interim licences
90. 90. Interim exemption from requirement to be licensed
PART 7 - Miscellaneous Division 1 - Authorised officers
91. 91. Appointment of authorised officers
92. 92. Conditions of appointment
93. 93. Authorised officer's identity card
94. 94. Production of identity card
95. 95. Power of entry
96. 96. General investigative powers of authorised officers
97. 97. Authorised officer’s power to require information
98. 98. Care to be taken
99. 99. Compensation
Division 2 - General
100. 100. Service of infringement notices
101. 101. Confidentiality
102. 102. False or misleading information
103. 103. Exclusion of personal liability
104. 104. Liability of regulated entity
105. 105. Offences by corporations
106. 106. Liability of employers and principals
107. 107. Liability of officers of body corporate
108. 108. Regulator's costs
109. 109. Recovery of monetary penalties
110. 110. Recovery of unpaid fees, charges, &c.
111. 111. Payments into Consolidated Fund
112. 112. Evidentiary certificates
113. 113. Evidentiary provision for documents
114. 114. Notices not statutory rules
115. 115. Regulations
116. 116. Administration of Act
117. 117.
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