8HOperator licence conditions

8H Operator licence conditions

8H Operator licence conditions

(1) The following conditions are conditions of an operator licence—

(a) the licensee must comply with the conditions of each approval that applies to water industry infrastructure for which the licensee is the registered operator,

(b) the licensee must ensure the water industry infrastructure for which the licensee is the registered operator is operated only for the purposes authorised by the relevant approval,

(c) the licensee must operate water industry infrastructure for which the licensee is the registered operator—

(i) safely and reliably, and

(ii) in a way consistent with the national safety guidelines for the control of public health risks, and

(iii) in a way that does not present an significant risk of harm to the environment,

(d) the licensee must have and maintain the capacity, including technical, financial and organisational capacity, to operate all the infrastructure for which the licensee is the registered operator,

(e) the licensee must give written notice to IPART of a failure by the licensee to maintain technical, financial or organisational capacity as soon as practicable after the failure occurs,

(f) if the licensee proposes to cease or ceases to operate water industry infrastructure for which the licensee is the registered operator, the licensee must give written notice to IPART of that fact within the period required by the regulations,

(g) the licensee must establish and maintain privacy policies and practices that lawfully enable customer information to be provided to and used by the following—

(i) a last resort provider in connection with a declared failure or last resort contingency planning,

(ii) another licensee who is substituted as the registered operator for the scheme.

(h) if the licensee is the registered operator of a regulated scheme, but is not the registered retailer for the scheme, the licensee must—

(i) ensure a water or sewerage service provided by means of the scheme is not sold except by the registered retailer for the scheme or a public water utility, and