Queensland Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 769

The object of this chapter is, in relation to relevant business activities that provide water and sewerage services, to achieve efficiency and sustainability in the use of water by--

(a) requiring an assessment by local governments of the cost-effectiveness of introducing two-part tariffs for water services; and

(b) requiring decisions by local governments whether two-part tariffs are to be applied for water services; and

(c) if two-part tariffs are to be applied for water services--requiring implementation of the tariffs in accordance with the decision; and

(d) requiring charges for water services to be based on consumption; and

(e) requiring full cost recovery for water and sewerage services; and

(f) requiring identification and disclosure of cross-subsidies and community service obligations in the provision of water and sewerage services; and

(g) requiring disclosure of a class of consumers who are provided with water and sewerage services at an amount below full cost and the amount.