Utilities and Services Ordinance 1996 (CI)

Territory of Christmas Island

Utilities and Services Ordinance 1996

Ordinance No 4 of 1996 as amended

made under the

Christmas Island Act 1958

This compilation was prepared on 2 August 2001
taking into account amendments up to Ordinance No. 1 of 2001

Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing,
Attorney‑General’s Department, Canberra

Contents

 1 Short title [see Note 1] 

 2 Interpretation 

 3 Supply of utilities and services 

 4 Fees 

 5 Tabling and disallowance of determination 

Notes 

An Ordinance to amend the Utilities and Services Ordinance 1996

1 Short title [see Note 1]

  This Ordinance may be cited as the Utilities and Services Ordinance.

2 Interpretation

  In this Ordinance:

Administrator means the Administrator of the Territory appointed under section 6 of the Administration Ordinance 1968.

3 Supply of utilities and services

  The Administrator may make provision for the supply and use of any of the following utilities and services:

 (a) water;

 (b) electricity;

 (c) gas;

 (d) drainage and sewerage;

 (e) refuse removal;

 (f) public transport;

 (g) community health care;

 (h) education;

 (i) community housing;

 (j) marine traffic facilities;

 (k) marine harbour facilities;

 (l) airport facilities.

4 Fees

 (1) There is imposed on a person a fee in relation to:

 (a) the provision, by the Administrator, of a utility to the person; or

 (b) the use, by the person, of a service provided by the Administrator.

 (2) The fee is:

 (a) the fee that is:

 (i) determined by the Administrator, from time to time, to be the fee applicable to the utility or service; and

 (ii) notified in the Gazette; or

 (b) if no determination is made under subparagraph (a) (i) in respect of the utility or service, the fee or charge (if any) that is:

 (i) applicable to the utility or service under an applied law; and

 (ii) notified in the Gazette.

 (2A) A determination must specify the date on which the fee commences to apply, and may specify:

 (a) the manner in which the fee is to be paid; and

 (b) a date or period before the end of which the fee must be paid.

 (3) A determination may, in relation to a utility or service that is supplied in different localities or in different circumstances, fix different fees.

 (4) The amount of a fee is a debt due to the Commonwealth.

5 Tabling and disallowance of determination

  Sections 10, 10A, 10B and 10C of the Christmas Island Act 1958 apply to a determination as if a reference in those sections to an Ordinance were a reference to a determination.

Notes to the Utilities and Services Ordinance 1996

Note 1

The Utilities and Services Ordinance 1996 (in force under the Christmas Island Act 1958) as shown in this compilation comprise Ordinance 1996 No. 4 amended as indicated in the Tables below.

Table of Ordinances

Table of Amendments