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Water and Sewerage Industry (Community Service Obligation) Regulations 2019

Country/Territory
Australia
Territorial subdivision
Tasmania
Document type
Regulation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Consumer protection Sewerage Social protection Water charges Water supply
Geographical area
Asia and the Pacific, Australia and New Zealand, Indian Ocean, Oceania, South Pacific
Abstract

These Regulations clarify, for the purposes of section 5 of the Water and Sewerage Industry (Community Service Obligation) Act 2009 (the Act), that the following classes of persons are prescribed as classes of persons that are eligible for the concession: a) persons who hold a current pensioner concession card; b) persons who hold a pensioner concession card that would be current if the persons were not temporarily out of Australia; c) persons who hold a current health care card; d) persons who hold a current Gold Card. Gold Card means a card that evidences a person’s eligibility to be provided with treatment for all injuries or diseases, under either of the the Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986 of the Commonwealth and the Military Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 2004 of the Commonwealth. The Regulations also identify prescribed institutions for the purposes of section 5(2)(b) and (3)(b) of the Act: a facility providing residential care, a hospital providing care to nursing-home type patients, and a facility providing psychiatric or psychological care to persons residing in the facility.

Full text
English
Website
www.legislation.tas.gov.au

References - Legislation

Implements

Water and Sewerage Industry (Community Service Obligation) Act 2009.

Legislation | Australia | 2009 (2019)

Keyword: Consumer protection, Offences/penalties, Water charges, Sewerage, Social protection

Source: FAO, FAOLEX