Licensing
Section
14(3) of the Water Supply and Sewerage Services Act
2000 provides that a licence is required to carry on
water supply services or services in a water supply
licence area or a sewerage services licence area.
Section 26 of the Water
Supply and Sewerage Services Act 2000 allows the Commission, with
Ministerial approval, to exempt a person from the requirement to hold a licence
on terms and conditions the Commission considers appropriate.
A Licensing Manual has been
prepared by the Utilities Commission to assist persons carrying on operations in
the Territory’s water supply or sewerage services industries, or who might wish
to carry on such operations, to consider whether they need to hold a licence.
The information contained in
the manual is provided for the purposes of guidance only, and not intended to be
an exhaustive statement of the law, policies and procedures applicable to the
licensing of operations in the water supply and sewerage services industries.
Licence Fees
Licence application fees and
the annual licence fee for a particular type of licence will be the fee fixed
from time to time by the Regulatory Minister. The fee is an amount that the
Minister considers to be a reasonable contribution towards administrative costs
Registers
As required by the Water Supply
and Sewerage Services Act, the Commission maintains a register of licences
issued to electricity entities. A register of exemptions granted under section
26 of the Act, is also maintained. Hard copies of these registers are kept at
the Commission’s office and are available for public inspection. Copies of major
licences and exemptions can be viewed below. Licence applications currently
under consideration by the Commission are listed below.
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