Water Industry Act 2012

This clause applies in connection with the provision of retail services during the transitional financial year with respect to the sale or supply of water (including a right to the supply of water) to land within a water district by SA Water.

An agreement under section 19 of the relevant Act entered into for the purposes of the transitional financial year, or that would have effect in relation to the transitional financial year if this Act were not enacted, may have effect in relation to the transitional financial year as if the relevant Act had not been repealed.

To the extent that may be relevant to the imposition and recovery of water rates for services supplied during the transitional financial year on account of when meters are read and the form or nature of the relevant rate or rates—

water rates may be charged and recovered on a pro rata basis according to—

readings that relate to water supplied during various periods or parts of periods; and

the application of the relevant rate or rates over the period of supply to which a water rate is to be applied; and

water rates declared or imposed under this clause may, depending on when meters are read, be recovered after the end of the transitional financial year.

In connection with the operation of this clause, any determination, calculation or adjustment of any amount (whether in the nature of a water rate or in relation to the supply of any water or other services) over or in respect of any period (whether or not falling within the transitional financial year) or on a pro rata basis may assume that water has been supplied at a uniform daily rate over any relevant period.

This clause does not apply to or in relation to—

the determination or imposition of a fee for laying, installing, providing or connecting any infrastructure in connection with a retail service;

any fee relevant to the use of a meter or other device;

any case prescribed by the regulations.