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Water Act 2000
sec.572Power to make and levy rates and charges
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### sec.572 Power to make and levy rates and charges
A category 1 water authority, for carrying out its functions under this Act, may make and levy charges on its customers.
A category 2 water authority, for carrying out its functions under this Act, may make and levy—
charges on its customers; and
if the authority has an authority area—rates and charges on its ratepayers.
Without limiting subsection (1) or (2) (a) , the authority may make and levy a charge for providing connections to its works.
A charge may be made and levied on a volumetric basis for water activities carried out.
A rate may be made and levied on a ratepayer’s land in the authority area in relation to a water service—
if the water service is provided to the land as an irrigation service involving the supply of water the volume of which is not measured—on the basis of the area of the land that is the subject of the irrigation service; or
otherwise—on the basis that it is land to which water may be supplied under the water service.
Subsections (4) and (5) do not limit the ways in which a charge or rate may be made or levied.
s 572 amd 2014 No. 64 s 146
(sec.572-ssec.1) A category 1 water authority, for carrying out its functions under this Act, may make and levy charges on its customers.
(sec.572-ssec.2) A category 2 water authority, for carrying out its functions under this Act, may make and levy— charges on its customers; and if the authority has an authority area—rates and charges on its ratepayers.
(sec.572-ssec.3) Without limiting subsection (1) or (2) (a) , the authority may make and levy a charge for providing connections to its works.
(sec.572-ssec.4) A charge may be made and levied on a volumetric basis for water activities carried out.
(sec.572-ssec.5) A rate may be made and levied on a ratepayer’s land in the authority area in relation to a water service— if the water service is provided to the land as an irrigation service involving the supply of water the volume of which is not measured—on the basis of the area of the land that is the subject of the irrigation service; or otherwise—on the basis that it is land to which water may be supplied under the water service.
(sec.572-ssec.6) Subsections (4) and (5) do not limit the ways in which a charge or rate may be made or levied.
- (a) charges on its customers; and
- (b) if the authority has an authority area—rates and charges on its ratepayers.
- (a) if the water service is provided to the land as an irrigation service involving the supply of water the volume of which is not measured—on the basis of the area of the land that is the subject of the irrigation service; or
- (b) otherwise—on the basis that it is land to which water may be supplied under the water service.