Water and Sewerage Industry Act 2008

A person may apply in writing to a regulated entity for a certificate in respect of information concerning water and sewerage relating to land specified and clearly identified in the application.

The regulated entity, on receipt of an application made in accordance with subsection (1), is to issue a certificate in the prescribed form with answers to prescribed questions that are attached to the certificate.

A certificate under subsection (2) relates only to information that the regulated entity has on record as at the date of issue of the certificate.

The person referred to in subsection (1) is to pay to the regulated entity the prescribed fee on or before the issue of the certificate.

A regulated entity, on request, may provide in or with the certificate any other information or document relating to the land that the regulated entity considers relevant.

A regulated entity does not incur any liability in respect of any information provided in good faith from sources external to the regulated entity.

A person, with the consent of the occupier or owner of specified land, may request in writing to a regulated entity that an inspection be carried out of that land to obtain supplementary water infrastructure or sewerage infrastructure information relevant to that land.

If a regulated entity agrees to a request under subsection (5) or (7), the regulated entity may impose any reasonable charges for costs incurred.

In this section – land includes – any buildings and other structures erected on the land; and land covered with water; and water covering land; and any estate, interest, easement, privilege or right in or over land.