36Additional charges payable by tenant of social housing premises and separately metered gas—ss 38(1)(e) and 40(1A) of Act

#### 36 Additional charges payable by tenant of social housing premises and separately metered gas—ss 38(1)(e) and 40(1A) of Act 36 Additional charges payable by tenant of social housing premises and separately metered gas—ss 38(1)(e) and 40(1A) of Act > > (1) For the purposes of section 40(1A) of the Act, a landlord of social housing premises is exempt from the operation of section 40(1)(c) of the Act, in relation to the payment of charges for the supply of gas at social housing premises if— > > > > > (a) the social housing premises use hot water, heated by gas, from a centralised system shared by more than one social housing premises, and > > > > > (b) the premises are situated within the building that is supplied with hot water from the centralised hot water system, and > > > > > (c) the premises have an individual hot water meter that records the amount of hot water provided to the premises from the centralised hot water system, and > > > > > (d) the charge payable for the premises is calculated using the individual hot water meter readings and the common factor calculated in accordance with the Retail Market Procedures. > > > (2) For the purposes of section 38(1)(e) of the Act, a tenant of social housing premises must pay any charges for the supply of gas to the tenant at the social housing premises that are not separately metered if the circumstances specified in subclause (1)(a)–(d) apply to the premises. > > > (3) In this clause— > > > > Retail Market Procedures has the same meaning as in the [National Gas (NSW) Law](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2008-31a).