Water Industry Act 2012

Despite section 7 of the Essential Services Commission Act 2002, the Minister may, in relation to any prescribed matter, by notice published in the Gazette, give directions to the Commission as to—

whether or not a prescribed matter—

should be subject to regulation under a code or set of rules made under the Essential Services Commission

should be subject to conditions of a licence under this

should be subject to any other form of regulation by the Commission under this Act or the Essential Services

insofar as a prescribed matter is subject to any form of regulation under paragraph (a), the extent of the regulation and, if the Minister thinks fit, provisions that will apply with respect to that prescribed matter.

The Minister may, by further notice in the Gazette, vary or revoke a previous notice published by the Minister under this section.

This section does not limit or derogate from any other power of the

In this section—

any matter relevant to water meters, including as to their design, features, installation or operation; and

any matter relevant to billing customers in relation to the supply of water under a retail service where a water meter is not available to be used to determine the quantity of water supplied; and

any matter relevant to the disconnection of a retail service (including circumstances or services in relation to which disconnection may not occur).