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WATER AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT REGULATION (NO. 1) 2008 No. 44 - SECT 3

3 Insertion of new s 87A

After section 87--

insert--

'(1) This section applies to a service provider carrying out the measure in schedule 10B, item 15 in relation to premises of a customer of the service provider if the premises are tenanted.

'(2) The service provider may direct the customer, by written notice to the customer, to give the service provider, in writing, the name of the tenant of the premises within the stated period of at least 15 business days after the giving of the notice.

'(3) Subsection (5) applies if--

(a) the service provider has given the customer an excessive water use notice for the premises; and
(b) the premises have been the subject of--
(i) an excessive water use notice; and
(ii) a continued excessive water use notice.

'(4) For subsection (3)(b), the premises have been the subject of an excessive water use notice or a continued excessive water use notice if the service provider has given the tenant of the premises the notice.

'(5) The service provider may direct the customer, by written notice to the customer--

(a) to carry out any of the following work at the premises--
(i) repair any water leaks on the premises, if the water is leaking from the service provider's water service;
(ii) install water efficient shower heads and water efficient taps in each bathroom and kitchen in the premises; and
(b) to give the service provider within the stated period of at least 20 business days after the giving of the notice--
(i) a certificate from a licensed plumber certifying that the work directed to be carried out under the notice (the relevant work) has been carried out; or
(ii) a statutory declaration declaring the relevant work has been carried out.

'(6) The service provider may give a direction under subsection (5) only if the service provider reasonably believes that carrying out the work will decrease the amount of water taken at the premises from the service provider's water service.

'(7) In this section--

continued excessive water use notice, for premises of a customer of the service provider, means a notice of continued excessive water use given by the service provider to the customer, or the tenant of the premises, under the notice of procedures document.

excessive water use notice, for premises of a customer of the service provider, means a notice of excessive water use given by the service provider to the customer, or the tenant of the premises, under the notice of procedures document.

notice of procedures document means the document called 'Notice of Procedures - Residential Excessive Water Users Compliance Program' mentioned in schedule 10B, item 15.

water efficient shower head means a shower head that has--

(a) a 3 star rating or better under the WELS scheme; or
(b) a maximum flow rate of 9 L/min.

water efficient tap means a tap that has--

(a) a 3 star rating or better under the WELS scheme; or
(b) a maximum flow rate of 9 L/min.

WELS scheme means the water efficiency labelling and standards scheme established by the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005 and corresponding laws within the meaning of that Act.'.



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