83Trade waste code

83 Trade waste code (1) A licensee must publish a code setting out the conditions on which the licensee will approve trade waste being discharged into the licensee's sewerage services infrastructure. (2) A trade waste code may include any of the following: (a) acceptance guidelines for the characteristics of trade waste that may be discharged; (b) the form and content of standard trade waste approvals; (c) the circumstances under which the terms of an approval may be amended; (d) the period for which approvals will remain in force;

Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 42 (e) pre-treatment controls that will be required for specified trade waste discharges; (f) arrangements that will be required to ensure effective monitoring of the conditions of an approval; (g) the methodology that will be used for calculating charges for the acceptance of trade waste discharges, including both compliant and non-compliant discharges; (h) dispute resolution procedures (including the right to seek arbitration though the Utilities Commission). (3) The charges referred to in subsection (2)(g) are those from time to time prescribed under a pricing order. (4) A trade waste code must be approved by the Utilities Commission.