56UConnections

56U Connections

(1)  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 the regulated entity will permit an owner of land to connect, or relocate or adjust a connection, to the regulated entity's water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure; and

(b) a description of the land, whether identified by individual title or by locality, it will permit to be connected to the regulated entity's water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure.

(2)  A regulated entity must permit an owner of land to connect, relocate or adjust a connection to its water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure in accordance with its price and service plan approved by the Regulator under section 65 .

(3)  The terms and conditions of connection, relocation or adjustment to a regulated entity's water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure specified in a price and service plan approved by the Regulator under section 65 are binding on the successors in title of the owner or assigns in respect of that land.

(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 the regulated entity will permit a connection or relocation or adjustment of a connection to its water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure and a description of the land that it will permit to be connected to its water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure.

(5)  The regulated entity must publish on its website the policy and a description of the land referred to in subsection (4) .