Section 5 - Water and Sewerage Industry (Community Service Obligation) Act 2009 - Eligibility for concession

5Eligibility for concession

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5 Eligibility for concession

(1) A person is an eligible customer of a regulated entity in respect of a dwelling if the person –

(a) is a member of a class of persons prescribed in the regulations to be eligible for the concession; and

(b) occupies the dwelling as his or her principal place of residence; and

(c) is a customer of the regulated entity in relation to the dwelling.

(2) A person is an eligible customer of a regulated entity in respect of a dwelling if the person –

(a) is a member of a class of persons prescribed in the regulations to be eligible for the concession; and

(b) resides in a prescribed institution; and

(c) is a customer of a regulated entity in relation to the dwelling; and

(d) does not receive rental income from the dwelling; and

(e) does not have a spouse, or if the person has a spouse, the spouse resides in a prescribed institution and does not receive rental income from the dwelling.

(3) A person is an eligible customer of a regulated entity in respect of a dwelling if the person –

(a) is a member of a class of persons prescribed in the regulations to be eligible for the concession; and

(b) resides in a prescribed institution; and

(c) is a customer of a regulated entity in relation to the dwelling; and

(d) has a spouse who occupies the dwelling as his or her principal place of residence.

(4) A person is an eligible customer of a regulated entity in respect of a dwelling if –

(a) the person was, immediately before the death of another person, the spouse of the other person; and

(b) the other person was, immediately before his or her death, an eligible customer of a regulated entity in respect of the dwelling who had been granted the concession; and