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WATER SERVICES ENTITIES ACT 2022 - SECT 485

485 Regulations: volumetric charging

1 The Governor-General may, by Order in Council made on the recommendation of the Minister, make regulations for 1 or both of the following purposes:

a) prohibiting or limiting the use of a variable volumetric charge for residential consumers:

b) setting, on or after 1 July 2029, the maximum proportion of total revenues for the provision of water supply or wastewater services to residential consumers that may be recovered by a water services entity through volumetric charging.

2 The Minister must, before recommending the making of regulations under this section, be satisfied that appropriate consultation has taken place with—

a) the boards of the relevant water services entities:

b) relevant regional representative groups:

c) the Commission.

3 Regulations made under this section may apply to 1 or more water services entities.

4 Regulations made under this section are secondary legislation (see Part 3 of the Legislation Act 2019 for publication requirements).

History: Section 485: inserted, on 31 August 2023, by section 34 of the Water Services Legislation Act 2023 (2023 No 52).