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Water Services Act 2021

Preliminary provisions - Interpretation - Key terms

13: Meaning of point of supply

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"Where your drinking water supply connects to your home or property"

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When you hear the term 'point of supply' in the Water Services Act 2021, it refers to a specific location. This location is where the drinking water supply connects to your infrastructure or where you can access the drinking water. The point of supply can be different depending on the type of water supply you have. You might have a reticulated network, a non-reticulated supply, or a supply with an end-point treatment device, and each of these has its own point of supply. The point of supply is an important concept in the Water Services Act 2021, and it helps to clarify who is responsible for the drinking water supply at different points.

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Part 1Preliminary provisions
Interpretation: Key terms

13Meaning of point of supply

  1. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, point of supply, in relation to a drinking water supply, means,—

    1. if the supply is a reticulated network, the toby, reservoir float valve, or other final point of the supply to which the consumer’s or another drinking water supplier’s own infrastructure connects; or
      1. if the supply is from a non-reticulated supply, community water tap, or other type of supply, the final point of the supply at which the consumer or another drinking water supplier can consume, use, or collect drinking water; or
        1. if the supply includes an end-point treatment device, the end-point treatment device; or
          1. if the supply is from a water carrier, the final point at which drinking water is supplied to the consumer’s or another drinking water supplier’s own infrastructure.