23Public utilities

23 Public utilities

1. For the purposes of paragraph 7(1)(b), where:

2. a customer of a public utility (the first public utility) has provided consent to that public utility to enable it to confirm the entitlement of the customer to a social security-related concession; and

3. responsibility for the provision of services to the customer by the first public utility has been transferred, in whole or in part, to another public utility (the second public utility); and

4. as a result of the transfer of responsibility for the provision of services, the customer of the first public utility became a customer of the second public utility; and

5. where necessary, the second public utility advises the Commonwealth of the contact details of the customer;

this section covers a disclosure to the second public utility if the disclosure is necessary to enable the second public utility to confirm the entitlement of the customer to a social security-related concession.

1. In this section, public utility means a legal entity that provides, or is related to a legal entity that provides, any of the following services to the public:
   1. water;
   2. sewerage;
   3. gas;
   4. electricity; or
   5. telecommunications.