3Definitions

3 Definitions

3 Definitions

(1) Words and expressions used in this Act have the same meanings as they have in the State Owned Corporations Act 1989.

(2) In this Act—

area of operations means the area of operations referred to in section 16.

authorised person means an officer or other person acting on behalf of the Corporation to whom a certificate of authority has been issued under section 21 (2).

availability charge means a charge of a kind referred to in section 43.

business undertaking means all assets, rights and liabilities of Hunter Water Corporation Limited, but does not include any excluded undertaking.

contract charge means any charge or fee payable under a customer contract, or other contract made between the Corporation and a customer, for the provision of water supply or sewerage services.

Corporation means Hunter Water Corporation.

customer, in relation to the Corporation, means a person who is taken to have entered into a customer contract or a person who has made a contract with the Corporation of a kind referred to in section 37.

customer contract means a contract of a kind referred to in section 36 (1).

development and carry out development have the same meanings as they have in the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act 1979.

drainage channel means any artificial channel by which surface water is carried off.

environmental levy means an amount imposed under section 45.

excluded undertaking means any assets, rights or liabilities of Hunter Water Corporation Limited that the Minister has directed to be excluded under section 6.

headworks means dam walls, pumps and other works used for or with respect to the extraction of water in rivers and lakes, water occurring naturally on the surface of the ground or sub-surface waters and the storage of that water.

Hunter Water Board means the Hunter Water Board constituted under the Hunter Water Board Act 1988.

instrument means an instrument (other than this Act) that creates, modifies or extinguishes rights or liabilities (or would do so if lodged, filed or registered in accordance with any law), and includes any judgment, order and process of a court.

lease includes a licence or permit.

meter includes any measuring device.

Ministerial Corporation means the Hunter Water Ministerial Corporation constituted by section 63.