56JExtensions to water infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure

56J Extensions to water infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure

(1)  A person may, in writing, request a regulated entity to extend or expand its water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure.

(2)  A price and service plan submitted by a regulated entity for approval by the Regulator under section 65 must include –

(a) a policy that sets out the circumstances in which it will extend and expand its water infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure, including the circumstances in which it will extend or expand its water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure at the request of a person; and

(b) the terms and conditions that will apply to such an extension or expansion.

(3)  A regulated entity must extend or expand its water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure in accordance with its price and service plan approved by the Regulator under section 65 .

(4)  Until a price and service plan is approved by the Regulator under section 65 , the regulated entity must develop a policy that sets out the circumstances in which it will extend and expand its water infrastructure and sewerage infrastructure and include in that policy the terms and conditions that will apply to such an extension or expansion.

(5)  The regulated entity must publish on its website the policy and terms and conditions referred to in subsection (4) .