18Transitional provisions

18 Transitional provisions

(1)  In this section –

automatically eligible person means a person who was, immediately before 1 July 2009 –

(a) an eligible pensioner under the Local Government (Rates and Charges Remissions) Act 1991 ; and

(b) a person in respect of whom an application under that Act was granted and was in force; and

(c) a person to whom a water service or a sewerage service was provided by a council in respect of the dwelling to which the application relates;

commencement day means the day on which this section comes into force.

(2)  A council in a regional area must, within 30 days after the commencement day, notify each regulated entity established in the region of –

(a) the names and addresses of all persons who had paid, or were liable to pay, to the council rates in respect of a water service or a sewerage service for the 2008-2009 financial year and who were, immediately before 1 July 2009, automatically eligible persons; and

(b) any other relevant information that is held in respect of those persons by the council and that the councils are requested by an entity to provide to the entity.

(3)  On and from the commencement day, an automatically eligible person to whom section 5(1) , (2) or (3) applies who is a customer of a regulated entity in relation to a dwelling is to be taken to be, and to have been from 1 July 2009 –

(a) an eligible customer of the regulated entity in respect of the dwelling under section 5(1) , (2) or (3) respectively; and

(b) a person who has been granted the concession under this Act because the person was eligible under section 5(1) , (2) or (3) , as the case may be.