Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000

In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

access chamber means an inspection shaft, chamber or opening giving access to a sewer.

authorised officer means a person appointed under section 35.

customer contract means a customer contract developed under section 47.

drain means the drain leading from a house or other premises on land to which a sewerage service is made available to the point of connection to the sewer that forms part of the sewerage services infrastructure of a licensee.

licence means a licence granted under Part 2.

licence area means the area in respect of which a licence is granted.

licensee means the person to whom a licence is granted.

main means a main pipe forming part of a licensee's water supply infrastructure or sewerage services infrastructure.

metering code means the code published under section 72.

native title has the same meaning as in section 223 of the Native Title Act 1993 of the Commonwealth.

owner means:

(a) in relation to land other than Crown land – the person entitled to an estate in fee simple in possession or, if the land is the subject of a lease for a period exceeding 5 years, the lessee; or

(b) in relation to land to which the Unit Titles Act 1975 applies:

(i) if the land is common property – the body corporate referred to in section 27 or 28 of that Act;

(iii) if the land is a lot (within the meaning of Part IVB of that Act) – the owner of the lot; or

(iv) if the land is a building lot – the owner of the building lot; or

(ba) in relation to scheme land of a unit title scheme as defined in the Unit Title Schemes Act 2009:

(i) if the land is common property – the body corporate of the scheme as defined in that Act; or

(ii) if the land is a unit – the unit owner of the unit as defined in that Act; or

the person or statutory corporation; or

(d) in relation to Crown land the subject of a lease – the lessee; or

(e) in relation to Crown land other than that referred to in paragraph (c) or (d) – the Crown.

price includes a price range.

pricing order means an order made under section 60.

public land means land owned by the Territory or an instrumentality or agent of the Territory or by a local government council and includes public land that is subject to native title.

service pipe, in relation to a water supply service, means a pipe leading from a main to a customer's supply point.

services officer means a services officer appointed under section 55.

sewer means a pipe, conduit or underground channel, not being a drain or a soil or waste pipe, that forms part of the sewerage services infrastructure of a licensee.

sewerage services means providing the capability to collect, convey and treat sewage, trade waste and other approved discharges from land through sewerage services infrastructure and includes retailing sewerage services.

sewerage services infrastructure means a sewer or any other infrastructure for collecting, conveying and treating sewage, trade waste, effluent or other approved discharges that forms part of the infrastructure owned or operated by a licensee.

sewerage services licence area means an area declared under section 9.

trade waste means liquid or liquid-borne waste generated from any industry, business, trade, manufacturing process or similar that is approved for discharge to sewer but does not include wastewater from a toilet, shower, hand basin or similar fixture.

trade waste code means a code prepared under section 83.

water supply infrastructure means any infrastructure for collecting abstracting, treating, storing, conveying or reticulating water that forms part of the infrastructure owned or operated by a licensee.

water supply licence area means an area declared under section 8.

water supply services means supplying water to customers (including operating water supply infrastructure and distribution infrastructure) and includes retailing water supply services.