Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

[Index] [Table] [Search] [Search this Act] [Notes] [Noteup] [Previous] [Next] [Download] [Help]

UTILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 17

Customers

    (1)     In this Act:

"customer", for a utility service, means—

        (a)     a person for whom the service is provided under a customer contract; or

        (b)     a person who has applied, orally or in writing, to the relevant utility for the service to be provided under a customer contract.

"franchise customer", in relation to the supply of water to premises, means a customer other than a non-franchise customer for the supply to the premises.

"non-franchise" customer , for the supply of water to premises, means a person who has that status because of a declaration under section 18.

    (2)     For subsection (1), definition of "customer", paragraph (b), an application for a connection or supply service in relation to water or sewerage includes an application by, or for, a person for approval of a plan for plumbing or drainage work to connect premises to the relevant network.

    (3)     For this Act, a customer to whom a declaration under section 18 applies is a non-franchise customer for a utility service only in the circumstances to which the declaration relates.



AustLII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback