Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) A person who is
liable to pay a water supply charge set out in Schedule 3 Division 2
for water supplied in a charge period to a residential unit in a
multi‑unit development is entitled to the rebate on the charge set out
in subregulation (2) if —
(a) the
person is —
(i)
an eligible pensioner who is a registered person, as
defined in the Rates and Charges (Rebates and Deferments) Act 1992
section 3(1), and who was registered immediately before the charge
period; or
(ii)
a concession card holder who is registered with the Water
Corporation for the purposes of this regulation on the basis that the person
is a tenant in the multi‑unit development and who was registered
immediately before the charge period;
and
(b) in
respect of the water supply to the multi‑unit development, the units are
not individually metered; and
(c) the
unit was occupied by the person during the whole of the charge period, whether
or not the land was also occupied by any other person.
(2) The rebate is 50%
of the charge for the average unit consumption for the charge period.
(3) Despite
subregulation (2), the discount for charges payable for water supplied to
a multi‑unit development during the current consumption year cannot
exceed 50% of the charge —
(a) for
a unit in the metropolitan area — for the first 150 kL of
water supplied to the multi‑unit development in the consumption year;
(b) for
a unit in the town of Cue, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount
Magnet, Mullewa, Sandstone, Wiluna or Yalgoo — for the first
600 kL of water supplied to the multi‑unit development in the
consumption year;
(c) for
a unit south of 26° South Latitude, other than land covered by
paragraph (a) or (b) — for the first 400 kL of water
supplied to the multi‑unit development in the consumption year;
(d) for
a unit north of 26° South Latitude — for the first 600 kL
of water supplied to the multi‑unit development in the consumption year.
(4) In
subregulation (1), a reference to a multi‑unit residential
development includes a reference to a caravan park.
(5) In
subregulation (2), the average unit consumption for a charge period is
the total volume of water supplied to the multi‑unit development in the
charge period divided by the number of units in the development.
(6) The Water
Corporation may, having regard to the circumstances of a particular person,
disregard the requirement in subregulation (1)(a) that the person have
been a registered person or registered with the Water Corporation before the
charge period.
(7) A rebate must
be —
(a) paid
to the person entitled to it; or
(b)
credited against any other liability the person may have to pay water service
charges to the Water Corporation.
(8) A person
registered with the Water Corporation for the purposes of this regulation
must, within 21 days, advise the Water Corporation in writing of the
person —
(a)
ceasing to be an eligible pensioner; or
(b)
ceasing to occupy the unit the subject of the registration with the Water
Corporation.