Victorian Numbered Acts

WATER AND CATCHMENT LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 23 OF 2019) - SECT 55

    (1)     For section 142(1), (1A) and (1B) of the Principal Act substitute —

    "(1)     An Authority may provide or install, and maintain, a meter on any land to measure the following—

        (a)     the amount of water supplied or delivered to the land by the Authority in the exercise of its water supply or delivery functions;

        (b)     the amount of water taken or used.

    (1A)     An Authority may install a water meter under subsection (1) in any position it considers appropriate.

    (1B)     Without limiting subsection (1), an Authority may provide or install, and maintain, a separate meter—

        (a)     for each occupancy on any land; and

        (b)     for each point from which water is taken; and

        (c)     if water is supplied or delivered for more than one type of service, to measure the amount of water supplied or delivered for each service.

    (1C)     In determining what constitutes a separate occupancy, the Authority must have regard to—

        (a)     any regulations prescribing the following—

              (i)     any class of land or part of land as constituting an occupancy;

              (ii)     any considerations for determining what constitutes an occupancy; or

        (b)     if there are no such regulations, the principles set out in the Valuation of Land Act 1960 .".

    (2)     Section 142(2) of the Principal Act is repealed .