Water Agencies (Charges) Amendment By-laws 1999 (WA)

7 May 19991 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 1859

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Water Agencies (Powers) Act 1984

Water Agencies (Charges) Amendment

By-laws 1999

Made by the Minister under section 34(1) of the Act.

Citation

These by-laws may be cited as the Water Agencies (Charges)
Amendment By-laws 1999.

2.            The by-laws amended

The amendments in these by-laws are to the Water Agencies
(Charges) By-laws 1987*.

[4, Reprinted as at 25 August 1997.
For amendments to 31 March 1999 see 1997 Index to
Legislation of Western Australia, Table 4, p. 292 and
Gazette 6 January, 9 April, 26 June, 1 July and
30 October 1998.]

" Except as provided in this by-law, ".

3.            Regulation 2 amended

Regulation 2(1) is amended by inserting after the definition of
"caravan bay" the following definition —

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"consumption year", in relation to a property, means
the period determined by the Corporation for the
purposes of calculating the quantity charge for the
supply of water to the property.

4.            By-law 17 amended

(1) By-law 17(1) is amended by deleting "Subject to

sub-bylaw (2)," and inserting instead —

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(2) By-law 17(2) is repealed and the following sub-bylaws are

inserted instead -

(2)	Where Part 3 of Division 1 of Schedule 1 is amended during a charge period the amount payable for the period is to be calculated as if that amendment had not occurred.
(3)	Where -

(a)	there is a change in the occupation of a property referred to in item 1, 2, 3 or 4 of Part 3 of Division 1 of Schedule 1; and
(b)	within 10 days before or after the change in occupation the new occupier has obtained a special meter reading from the Corporation,

the quantity charge payable for the supply of water to
the property from that day until the end of the
consumption year is the sum of all of the amounts
calculated in accordance with the formula in Part 3A of
Division 1 of Schedule 1.

5.            By-law 19A amended

By-law 19A(4) is amended by deleting "sub-bylaw (1)" and inserting instead -

sub-bylaw (2) ".

6.            Schedule 1 amended

Schedule 1 is amended by deleting Part 3A of Division 1 and inserting instead -

Part 3A - Formula for the purposes of

by-law 17(3)

AB

where -

A =	an applicable charge rate set out in Part 3 and
B =	the quantity of water in kilolitres determined in accordance with the following formula - IFC:!~350, THEN —
CD
ORIFC>350, THEN —
C-350+(350• D)

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where -

C = the maximum consumption level in the

range set out in Part 3 corresponding to "A"
or, if the range is open ended, a level of

100 000 000 kL;

D = the number of whole or part months before

the end of the consumption year, divided

by 12.

KIM HAMES, Minister for Water Resources.