Western Australian Current Regulations

WATER SERVICES (WATER CORPORATIONS CHARGES) REGULATIONS 2014 - REG 28

28 .         Maximum increases for various GRV based charges

        (1)         If, for a financial year, a water service charge calculated in respect of land under Schedule 4 item 2, 3 or 12 or Schedule 5 item 6 is more than 12.5% greater than the charge payable in respect of the land for the same service under the same circumstances in the previous financial year, the charge payable for the financial year cannot be more than 12.5% more than the charge payable for the previous financial year.

        (2)         If, for a financial year, a water service charge calculated in respect of land under Schedule 5 item 4 or 5 is more than $25.00 greater than the charge payable in respect of the land for the same service under the same circumstances in the previous financial year, the charge payable for the financial year cannot be more than $25.00 more than the charge payable for the previous financial year.

        (3)         If, because of a change of circumstances in a financial year, a water service charge set out in Schedule 4 item 2, 3 or 12 or Schedule 5 item 4, 5 or 6 commences to apply in respect of land, the charge payable for the remainder of the year is to be calculated as follows —

            (a)         the charge is to be calculated for the whole of the year on the basis of the new circumstances;

            (b)         the Water Corporation is to estimate a notional charge for the previous financial year in respect of the land, that is, the charge that would have been payable for that year if the new circumstances had applied to the land for the whole of that year;

            (c)         the charge calculated in accordance with paragraph (a) is to be limited in accordance with subregulation (1) or (2) (where relevant), using the notional charge estimated in accordance with paragraph (b);

            (d)         the charge calculated in accordance with paragraph (a), as limited in accordance with paragraph (c) (where relevant), is to be reduced pro rata.

        (4)         If, in a financial year, there is a change of circumstances in relation to which subregulation (3) applies and a subsequent change of circumstances in relation to which the subregulation applies, the reference in the subregulation to the remainder of the year is, for the purposes of the first mentioned application of the subregulation, to be read as a reference to that part of the year commencing on the day on which the change of circumstances occurs and ending on the day before the day on which the subsequent change of circumstances occurs.

        [Regulation 28 amended: Gazette 30 Jun 2015 p. 2364; 27 Jun 2016 p. 2538; 15 Sep 2017 p. 4796; 22 Jun 2018 p. 2213; 14 Jun 2019 p. 1930; SL 2021/80 r. 6; SL 2022/82 r. 8.]

[ 28A.         Deleted: SL 2021/80 r. 7.]