Water Charge Rules 2010
70Prohibition of certain fees and charges
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70 Prohibition of certain fees and charges
(1) An infrastructure operator must not levy a fee, charge or payment of any kind for or in respect of the termination or surrender of the whole or a part of a right of access.
Civil penalty: 200 penalty units.
(2) Subrule (1) does not apply to: (a) fees authorised under the Water Market Rules 2009; or (b) a termination fee. (3) Where: (a) a person’s right of access has been terminated or surrendered in whole or in part; and (b) the person has paid the termination fee (if any) payable under rule 71 to the infrastructure operator; the operator must not levy, and the person is not liable to pay, any fee, charge or other payment in relation to the right, or the part of the right, that has been terminated or surrendered in respect of a financial year commencing after the termination or surrender.
Civil penalty: 200 penalty units.