Clause 9
Amendment of section 31
of Public Utilities (Amendment) Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 9 of 22
Clause 9
In the principal Act, in section 31 —
(a)
in subsection (1), replace “premises to which water is or has been supplied by the Board” with “premises to or from which water (including extracted water and water derived from extracted water) is or has been supplied”;
(b)
in subsection (1)(b), replace “consumed” with “used”; and
(c)
after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) For the purposes of subsection (1), where a person —
(a)
extracts water or derives water from water extracted by the person; and
(b)
uses the extracted water or water so derived at any premises,the water so used by the person is regarded as being or having been supplied to those premises.”.