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Water Charge Rules 2010
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This item is authorised by the following title:
Water Act 2007
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F2020C00877 C02
01 July 2020
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name of Rules
3 Definitions
5 Member owned operator
6 Related customer
6A Transfer or assignment of right of access does not constitute termination or surrender
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Part 2—Conditions on infrastructure charges and planning and management charges, and exemptions relating to certain contracts
7 Conditions applying to infrastructure charges and planning and management charges
8 Additional conditions applying to Part 6 and 7 operators
9 Exemption relating to certain contracts
9A Infrastructure operator to pass through certain charges
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Part 3—Restriction of differing infrastructure charges for same infrastructure service
10 Restriction of certain infrastructure charges
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Part 4—Schedule of charges
11 Requirements for a schedule of charges—infrastructure operator
12 Requirements for a schedule of charges—other person
13 Content of schedule of charges
15 Distributing and publishing schedule of charges
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Part 6—Approval or determination of infrastructure charges of Part 6 operators
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Division 1—General
23 Part 6 operators
23A Part 6 operators and prospective Part 6 operators must notify ACCC
23B ACCC must notify Part 6 operators and prospective Part 6 operators of its view
23C ACCC may exempt a Part 6 operator from requirements in this Part
23D Ceasing to be a Part 6 operator
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Division 2—Approval or determination of infrastructure charges for each year of each regulatory period
24 Changing the length of a regulatory period
24A Application for determination or approval of charges—first regulatory period
25 Application for determination or approval of charges—subsequent regulatory periods
26 ACCC may request further information
27 ACCC must publish application
28 ACCC to consider submissions and publish draft approval or determination
29 ACCC to determine or approve infrastructure charges
30 Period within which ACCC must determine or approve infrastructure charges
31 ACCC to give notice to Part 6 operator of its determination or approval and publish the decision
32 Effect of determination or approval under this Division
33 Transitional provision for temporary continuation of existing charges
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Division 3—Annual review of infrastructure charges for second or subsequent year of a regulatory period
34 Application by Part 6 operator to ACCC for annual review of infrastructure charges
35 ACCC may request further information
36 ACCC to publish application and draft approval or determination
37 ACCC to approve or determine infrastructure charges
38 Notice of the decision and effect of approval or determination under this Division
39 Transitional provision for temporary continuation of existing infrastructure charges
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Division 4—Variation of approval or determination
40 Operator may apply for variation of approval or determination in certain circumstances
41 ACCC may request further information
42 ACCC must publish application
43 ACCC to decide whether or not to vary its approval or determination
43A Variation of determination or approval by ACCC in response to certain regulatory or taxation events
44 ACCC to give notice of its decision under this Division and publish the decision
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Part 7—Approval or determination of infrastructure charges of Part 7 operators
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Division 1—General
45 Part 7 operators
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Division 2—Approval or determination of infrastructure charges
46 Application by Part 7 operator to ACCC
47 ACCC may request further information
48 ACCC to publish application and draft approval or determination
49 ACCC to approve or determine the infrastructure charges
50 Period within which ACCC to approve or determine infrastructure charges
51 ACCC to give notice to Part 7 operator of its approval or determination and publish the decision
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Part 8—General
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Division 1—Disclosure of information
52 ACCC to publish submissions
53 ACCC not to publish applications and submissions if confidential
54 Where ACCC disagrees with claim that information is confidential
55 Exempt contracts
56 Monitoring water charges and compliance
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Division 2—Proceedings
57 Proceedings to recover loss or damage
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Part 10—Termination fees
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Division 1—Certain fees prohibited
70 Prohibition of certain fees and charges
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Division 2—Termination fees
71 Termination fee may be levied in certain circumstances
72 Calculation of maximum general termination fee
73 Approval of additional fee payable under certain contracts relating to capital works
74 Infrastructure operator to give termination information statements
75 Liability to pay termination fee
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Division 3—Disconnection fees
76 Disconnection fee
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Division 4—Right to terminate right of access not affected
77 Right to terminate not affected
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Part 11—Transitional provisions
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Division 1—Amendments made by the Water Charge Amendment Rules 2019
78 Definitions
79 Transition for exemption provision (rule 9)
80 Transition for schedule of charges provisions (rule 7 and Part 4)
81 Transition for existing Part 6 operators
82 Transition for existing Part 7 operators
83 Transition for Regulators under Part 9
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Schedule 1—Information to be included in an application under Division 2 of Part 6
1AA Use of forecasts in application
1 Consultation
2 Regulatory and legislative obligations
3 Infrastructure service standards
4 Revenue
5 Regulatory asset base
6 Rate of return
7 Renewals annuity
8 Capital expenditure
9 Operating expenditure
10 Tax
11 Demand or consumption
12 Infrastructure charges
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Schedule 2—Determination of regulatory asset base in relation to a Part 6 operator
1 Determination of regulatory asset base for first Part 6 period
2 Determination of regulatory asset base for a regulatory period after the first Part 6 period
3 Approved capital expenditure project
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Schedule 3—Information to be included in an application under Part 7
1 Infrastructure charges
2 Asset base
3 Costs recovered through the Part 7 operator’s infrastructure charges
4 Demand or consumption
5 Distributions
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Endnotes
Endnote 1—About the endnotes
Endnote 2—Abbreviation key
Endnote 3—Legislation history
Endnote 4—Amendment history