sec.53AQProvision about service areas—after water netserv plan is in effect

### sec.53AQ Provision about service areas—after water netserv plan is in effect This section applies to a distributor-retailer on and from the day the distributor-retailer adopts under section 99BRAB a water netserv plan. For a relevant provision— the distributor-retailer’s connection area is taken to be a service area, for both a retail water service and a sewerage service, within the meaning of the Water Supply Act ; and the distributor-retailer is taken to be the service provider for the service area, for both a retail water service and a sewerage service, within the meaning of the Water Supply Act . In this section— relevant provision means the following provisions of the Water Supply Act — section 161 (9) ; chapter 2 , part 5 , divisions 3 and 5 ; schedule 3 , definition retail water service . s 53AQ ins 2010 No. 20 s 9 amd 2014 No. 16 s 5 ; 2019 No. 17 s 315 (sec.53AQ-ssec.1) This section applies to a distributor-retailer on and from the day the distributor-retailer adopts under section 99BRAB a water netserv plan. (sec.53AQ-ssec.2) For a relevant provision— the distributor-retailer’s connection area is taken to be a service area, for both a retail water service and a sewerage service, within the meaning of the Water Supply Act ; and the distributor-retailer is taken to be the service provider for the service area, for both a retail water service and a sewerage service, within the meaning of the Water Supply Act . (sec.53AQ-ssec.3) In this section— relevant provision means the following provisions of the Water Supply Act — section 161 (9) ; chapter 2 , part 5 , divisions 3 and 5 ; schedule 3 , definition retail water service . - (a) the distributor-retailer’s connection area is taken to be a service area, for both a retail water service and a sewerage service, within the meaning of the Water Supply Act ; and - (b) the distributor-retailer is taken to be the service provider for the service area, for both a retail water service and a sewerage service, within the meaning of the Water Supply Act . - (a) section 161 (9) ; - (b) chapter 2 , part 5 , divisions 3 and 5 ; - (c) schedule 3 , definition retail water service .