Water Act 2000

It is declared that—

a relevant notice has effect, and is taken from gazettal to have always had effect, as provided by its terms, as a law binding on all persons; and

the pricing arrangements for the supply of water set out in a relevant notice are, and are taken from gazettal to have always been, the pricing arrangements applicable to the corporatised entity; and

for water supplied by the corporatised entity—

the corporatised entity is required, and is taken from gazettal to have always been required, to charge the prices determined under the relevant notice; and

amounts charged by the corporatised entity under a relevant notice, before the commencement of this section, were, and are taken to have always been, lawfully charged; and

amounts charged by the corporatised entity under a relevant notice, after the commencement of this section, are lawfully charged.

A relevant notice may be amended or repealed by regulation.

In this section—gazettal means the gazettal of the relevant notice.pricing arrangements include the provision for the adjustment of the arrangements provided for in the relevant notice.relevant notice means—

Rural Water Pricing Direction Notice (No. 01) 2000, gazetted on 6 October 2000 at pages 429 to 432; or

Rural Water Pricing Direction Notice (No. 01) 2002, gazetted on 28 June 2002 at page 803; or

Rural Water Pricing Direction Notice (No. 02) 2002, gazetted on 27 September 2002 at page 268; or

Amendment of Rural Water Pricing Direction Notices (No. 01) 2005, gazetted on 1 July 2005 at page 678.