area of operations, in relation to a regulated entity, means the area within which the regulated entity is authorised to exercise the powers conferred by a licence;
(a) an owner and occupier of a property that is connected to a regulated entity's water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure; or
(b) an owner (but not an occupier) of a property that is connected to a regulated entity's water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure; or
(c) an occupier of a property that is connected to a regulated entity's water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure and is liable for service charges; or
(d) an owner or occupier of a property that is not connected to a regulated entity's water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure but to which a regulated service is available from a regulated entity and the regulated entity imposes a service charge;
customer complaints process means a process established pursuant to section 75 to deal with complaints by customers of a regulated entity relating to regulated services provided by that regulated entity;
customer contract means a contract between a regulated entity and a customer for the provision of regulated services to the customer, which includes standard terms and conditions of service;
customer service code means a code issued under section 57 ;
deemed licensee means a person deemed to be licensed under section 32 ;
(a) locating, inspecting, testing, operating, maintaining, repairing, altering, adding to, installing, upgrading, replacing or removing the water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure; or
(b) excavating land in order to carry out work of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) ;
person includes an Agency, a statutory authority and an emanation of the Crown;
regulated activity means an activity for which a person is required to hold a licence or interim licence granted under this Act and includes the provision of a regulated service;
regulated entity means –
(a) a person holding a licence or an interim licence granted under this Act; or
(b) a person deemed to hold a licence under section 32 ; or
(c) a person who has surrendered his or her licence under this Act; or
(d) a person whose licence has been cancelled or suspended; or
(e) a person who has obligations under section 33 ; or
(f) a person who, but for an exemption under section 90 , would be required to hold a licence under section 30 ;
regulated service means the provision of a water service or a sewerage service by a regulated entity;
regulations means regulations made and in force under this Act;
(a) an individual, means some other individual who is the first-mentioned individual's –
(i) employer, employee or partner; or
(ii) a partner, within the meaning of the Relationships Act 2003 , parent, step-parent, grandparent, child, step-child, grandchild, sibling, step-sibling, nephew or niece; or
(b) a body corporate, means a related body corporate within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth;
reserve supplier means a person who is declared to be a reserve supplier under section 49 ;
(c) the treatment of sewage, including any outfall pipe or other work that stores or conveys water leaving the infrastructure used for the treatment of sewage; or
(d) any other infrastructure used in connection with sewage and declared to be sewerage infrastructure by the Minister by order –
and includes a combined system but does not include –
(e) any pipe, fitting or apparatus that is situated upstream of a customer's connection point to a sewer main; or
(f) infrastructure situated entirely within the one land holding and not connected to any other infrastructure situated within another land holding; or
(g) any other infrastructure used in connection with sewage and declared not to be sewerage infrastructure by the Minister by order;
sewerage service means –
(a) a service that is provided in connection with the collection, storage, treatment, conveyance or reticulation of sewage and includes a retail service for the collection of sewage; or
(b) any other service declared to be a sewerage service by the Minister by order;
[Section 3 Amended by No. 51 of 2008, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2009]sewerage system means the pipes, fittings, meters and other connected accessories required for or incidental to the discharge or conveyance of sewage to a regulated entity's sewerage infrastructure, but does not include the regulated entity's sewerage infrastructure;
statutory authority means a body or authority, whether incorporated or not, that is established or constituted under a written law or under the royal prerogative, being a body or authority which, or of which, the governing authority wholly or partly comprises a person or persons appointed by the Governor, a Minister or another statutory authority, but does not include an Agency;
[Section 3 Amended by No. 32 of 2012, s. 4, Applied:25 Feb 2013]trade waste means liquid waste generated other than in the course of domestic activities and includes liquid waste generated by any trade, industrial, commercial, educational, medical, dental, veterinary, agricultural, horticultural, scientific research or experimental activities;
water includes recycled water and re-use water, but does not include sewage;
(d) any other infrastructure used in connection with water and declared to be water infrastructure by the Minister by order –
but does not include –
(e) any pipe, fitting or apparatus that is situated downstream of a customer's connection point to a water main; or
(f) any pipe, fitting or apparatus that is situated upstream of a customer's connection point to a stormwater drain; or
(g) infrastructure situated entirely within the one landholding and not connected to any other infrastructure situated within another landholding; or
(h) any other infrastructure used in connection with water that is declared not to be water infrastructure by the Minister by order;
water service means a service that is provided in connection with the collection, storage, treatment, conveyance, reticulation or supply of water and includes a retail service for the supply of water, but does not include –
(a) supply or use of water for irrigation purposes; or
[Section 3 Amended by No. 51 of 2008, s. 4, Applied:01 Jul 2009]water system means the pipes, fittings, meters and other connected accessories required for or incidental to the supply and measurement of water provided by a regulated entity, but does not include a regulated entity's water infrastructure.