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Sydney Water Act 1994
56No customer contract for unauthorised connection
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56 No customer contract for unauthorised connection
56 No customer contract for unauthorised connection
(1) An owner of land is not to be taken to have entered into a customer contract under section 55 if the connection of the land to a water main or sewer main—
(a) was not authorised by the Corporation, a predecessor of the Corporation or another appropriate authority, and
(b) has not since been approved by the Corporation, a predecessor of the Corporation or another appropriate authority.
(2) The Corporation may give approvals for the purpose of this section.