Water Services Amendment Regulations 2020 (WA)

4 December 2020 GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, WA 4425

WATER

WA301

Water Services Act 2012

Water Services Amendment Regulations 2020

SL 2020/240

Made by the Governor in Executive Council.

1.             Citation

These regulations are the Water Services Amendment
Regulations 2020.

2.             Commencement

These regulations come into operation as follows —

(a) regulations 1 and 2 — on the day on which these

regulations are published in the Gazette;

(b) the rest of the regulations — on the day after that day.

3.             Regulations amended

These regulations amend the Water Services Regulations 2013.

4.             Regulation 3 amended

In regulation 3(1) insert in alphabetical order:

family violence has the meaning given in the
Restraining Orders Act 1997 section 5A;

5.             Regulation 7A inserted

After regulation 7 insert:

7A.	Codes of practice: family violence
For the purposes of section 26(2) of the Act, matters relating to customers who are directly or indirectly affected by family violence are prescribed.

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6.             Regulation 65 amended

(1)

In regulation 65(4) delete “The” and insert:

Unless subregulation (5) applies, the

(2)

After regulation 65(4) insert:

(5)

The licensee must not make a record relating to a customer available for inspection by a person under subregulation (4), or give a copy of a particular record relating to the customer to a person under subregulation (4), if doing so would disclose information that the customer has requested be kept confidential because the customer believes that disclosure of the information could increase the risk of family violence to the customer or a person associated with the customer.

(6)

Subregulation (5) does not apply if the customer consents to the information being disclosed to the person.

V. MOLAN, Clerk of the Executive Council.

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