10Sewerage charges payable by home owner

#### 10 Sewerage charges payable by home owner 10 Sewerage charges payable by home owner > > (1) This clause applies to residential sites— > > > > > (a) at which water and sewerage services are provided to the operator by a water supply authority, and > > > > > (b) at which water use is separately measured or metered but at which sewerage use is not separately measured or metered, > > > > but only where— > > > > > (c) the water supply authority charges for water and sewerage services separately, and > > > > > (d) the water supply authority specifies a sewerage discharge factor to calculate the sewerage use (however described) either in the bill or in another reasonably accessible way. > > > (2) If, for a particular period, the operator of a community has paid or is liable to pay the charges levied by the water supply authority for sewerage services in respect of residential sites to which this clause applies, those sites are exempt from the operation of section 77 (2) (a) of the Act, subject to the condition set out in subclause (3). > > > (3) The condition is that the operator— > > > > > (a) may only charge the home owner of a residential site to which this clause applies an amount for sewerage use calculated by multiplying the volume of water used during the particular period as indicated by the water meter reading for the residential site by the relevant discharge factor, and > > > > > (b) must not require payment of an amount for sewerage use in respect of the period concerned that is not calculated in accordance with paragraph (a).