53Obligations of monopoly suppliers

#### 53 Obligations of monopoly suppliers 53 Obligations of monopoly suppliers > > (1) It is a condition of a monopoly supplier’s licence that the supplier must connect premises within the area to which the monopoly service declaration under this Division applies and supply the monopoly service to the premises, if the owner of the premises requests the supplier to do so. > > > (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the regulations may impose further conditions on a monopoly supplier’s licence relating to the connection and supply of the monopoly service to premises within the area to which the monopoly service declaration under this Division applies. > > > (3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a licensee until— > > > > > (a) an operational approval has been granted that enables the monopoly supplier to supply the monopoly service to the premises concerned, and > > > > > (b) the owner of the premises concerned has complied with the conditions set out in the regulations, if any, or the reasonable conditions specified by the licensee to ensure the safe, reliable and financially viable supply of the monopoly service, if any. > > > (4) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to premises if— > > > > > (a) the premises have been disconnected from the scheme providing the monopoly service by order of a court or in accordance with a customer contract referred to in section 46AB, or > > > > > (b) the requested service is part of a coupled service, being a service that the licensee cannot provide on a scheme-wide basis without providing another service, and the owner of the premises refuses to accept the coupled service, or > > > > > > Example. > > > > > > Recycled water and sewerage services may be coupled if it is necessary to provide recycled water produced from the treatment of sewage to provide the sewerage service. > > > > > (c) other circumstances, if any, prescribed by the regulations exist. > > **s 53:** Subst 2021 No 26, Sch 1\[19\].