Section 133 of the Principal Act is amended as follows:

(a) by omitting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:

(1)  An Agency, public authority or person must not –

(a) for commercial purposes, supply water that is obtained from a private water source; or

(b) supply to any place that is used for health, educational, imprisonment or detention purposes, water that is obtained from a private water source –

unless the Agency, public authority or person is registered under this Division as a supplier of water from a private water source.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(b) by omitting from subsection (2) "uses or" ;

(c) by inserting the following subsections after subsection (2) :

(3)  For the purposes of subsection (1) , a person ( the supplier ) is not to be taken to supply water for commercial purposes to another person by reason only that the supplier supplies water to premises that are residential premises to which relates –

(a) a residential tenancy agreement, within the meaning of the Residential Tenancy Act 1997 between the supplier and the other person; or

(b) a contract, to lease the premises, entered into by the supplier and the other person.

(4)  Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to the supply, as part of the carrying on of a food business, within the meaning of the Food Act 2003 , that is registered as a food business under that Act, of water from a private water source.