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Water Act 2000
sec.360ZMinister’s direction about bulk services supplied by SEQ service provider
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### sec.360Z Minister’s direction about bulk services supplied by SEQ service provider
This section applies if—
an SEQ service provider supplies bulk services to the bulk water supply authority under a bulk water supply agreement; and
the SEQ service provider and the bulk water supply authority can not agree, under the terms of the bulk water supply agreement, about a matter relating to the supply of, or the charge for, the bulk services.
The Minister may, under the principles in the bulk water supply code, give the SEQ service provider or the bulk water supply authority a direction about 1 or both of the following—
the supply of bulk services by the SEQ service provider to the bulk water supply authority, including a direction to the SEQ service provider to give the bulk water supply authority access to infrastructure owned by the SEQ service provider;
the charge payable for bulk services supplied by the SEQ service provider to the bulk water supply authority.
The SEQ service provider or the bulk water supply authority must comply with a direction given to it by the Minister under subsection (2) .
Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
s 360Z ins 2006 No. 23 s 9
amd 2007 No. 57 s 76 ; 2008 No. 34 s 708 ; 2010 No. 20 s 87
sub 2012 No. 39 s 51
(sec.360Z-ssec.1) This section applies if— an SEQ service provider supplies bulk services to the bulk water supply authority under a bulk water supply agreement; and the SEQ service provider and the bulk water supply authority can not agree, under the terms of the bulk water supply agreement, about a matter relating to the supply of, or the charge for, the bulk services.
(sec.360Z-ssec.2) The Minister may, under the principles in the bulk water supply code, give the SEQ service provider or the bulk water supply authority a direction about 1 or both of the following— the supply of bulk services by the SEQ service provider to the bulk water supply authority, including a direction to the SEQ service provider to give the bulk water supply authority access to infrastructure owned by the SEQ service provider; the charge payable for bulk services supplied by the SEQ service provider to the bulk water supply authority.
(sec.360Z-ssec.3) The SEQ service provider or the bulk water supply authority must comply with a direction given to it by the Minister under subsection (2) . Maximum penalty—1,665 penalty units.
- (a) an SEQ service provider supplies bulk services to the bulk water supply authority under a bulk water supply agreement; and
- (b) the SEQ service provider and the bulk water supply authority can not agree, under the terms of the bulk water supply agreement, about a matter relating to the supply of, or the charge for, the bulk services.
- (a) the supply of bulk services by the SEQ service provider to the bulk water supply authority, including a direction to the SEQ service provider to give the bulk water supply authority access to infrastructure owned by the SEQ service provider;
- (b) the charge payable for bulk services supplied by the SEQ service provider to the bulk water supply authority.