4Effect of concession

4 Effect of concession

(1)  An eligible customer of a regulated entity in respect of a dwelling who is granted the concession is entitled to have the amount, for a billing period, of a relevant fixed charge that the customer is liable to pay to the entity in respect of that dwelling reduced by the concession amount for the billing period.

(2)  Despite subsection (1) , if the amount of a fixed charge in respect of a dwelling only relates to a water service, or a sewerage service, in respect of that dwelling, but not both, the customer is only entitled to have the amount, of that fixed charge, that the customer is liable to pay reduced by half the concession amount for the billing period.

(3)  Nothing in this section is to be taken to entitle a person to have any part of the concession amount for a billing period carried over to any other billing period.

(4)  In this section –

fixed charge, in relation to a dwelling, means a charge that is not calculated by reference to –

(a) the volume of water actually supplied to; or

(b) the volume of sewage or waste actually removed from –

the dwelling, but does not include any penalty or interest charges imposed on the person.