Singapore legislation
Section 20
Section 20
Tariffs for supply of water and apparatus
(1)
The prices to be charged for the supply of water by the Board and the hire of apparatus shall be in accordance with such tariffs as may from time to time be prescribed.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall prevent the Board from —
charging, by special agreement, other prices which shall be published in the Gazette as soon as possible after such special agreement has been entered into; or
fixing, with the approval of the Minister, different tariffs for consumers similarly situated for a temporary period.
(3)
The Board shall, in fixing tariffs and making agreements for the supply of water, neither show undue preference as between consumers similarly situated nor exercise undue discrimination as between persons similarly situated, having regard to the place and time of supply, the quantity supplied, and the purpose for which the supply is taken.
(4)
The tariffs fixed by the Board under section 30(1) of the repealed Public Utilities Act [Cap. 261, 1992 Ed] in respect of a supply of water which are effective immediately before 1st October 1995 shall continue to have effect as though determined by the Board under this section until rescinded, varied or otherwise determined by the Board.