6BRequirements for sale of water and sewerage services from regulated schemes

6B Requirements for sale of water and sewerage services from regulated schemes

6B Requirements for sale of water and sewerage services from regulated schemes

(1) A person must not sell water or sewerage services provided by means of a regulated scheme, including the service of connecting premises to the water or sewerage services, unless—

(a) the person is the registered retailer for the infrastructure, and

(b) the sale is authorised by the person’s retailer licence.

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a corporation—18,000 penalty units, or

(b) for an individual—3,500 penalty units.

(2) In this section, sell water or sewerage services includes charging a fee or amount to connect premises to a water or sewerage service, including charging an infrastructure charge, developer charge or administration charge related to connecting premises to a service.

(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to a council.

(4) This section does not apply to the sale of the service of connecting premises to the water or sewerage services by a registered operator for a scheme if—

(a) the scheme is under construction, and

(b) no person has been registered as the registered retailer for the scheme.

(5) The regulations may prescribe further exceptions to this section.

s 6B: Ins 2021 No 26, Sch 1[4].