2014-05-20 Planning & Organisation Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA    20 MAY 2014




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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                          20 MAY 2014

                                                                                 Document No: 001
                                                                         Effective date: 6 March 2014
                                                                       Next Review Date: 30 May 2014
       Unitywater                                 Interim Connections Policy

      PolicySponsor                   Executive Manager, |IPCDD
      Policy Author                 | Principal Policy Advisor, Strategic Planning and Asset
                                      Management
      Supporting     Legislation   &| South East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail
      Documents —                     Restructuring) Act 2009
                                      South East Queensland Design and Construction Code
                                      Unitywater Corporate Strategic Plan 2013 -18
      Documents Directly Related    | Unitywater Netserv Plan (yet to be adopted)

                                      Applies until Unitywater’s Netserv Plan takes effect
       1.   Policy Statement
      Unitywater is committed to ensuring that connections, disconnections and alterations of
      Connections to its water supply and sewerage infrastructure are systematically managed,
      meet customer needs, protect the health of the public and Unitywaters workforce and
      minimise the impact on the environment.
      2.    Purpose and Objectives
      This Policy has been prepared in accordance with s.137 of the South East Queensland
      Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Act 2009 (‘the Act’)’.
      It is a legislative requirement that a person must not connect to, alter an existing connection
      to or disconnect from Unitywater's infrastructure without Unitywater’s approval’.
      This Policy includes:
          ¢  details of the way to request a services advice notice from Unitywater;
          e  Unitywater's criteria and conditions for a Standard Connection;
          e   Unitywater's criteria for a Staged Water Connection;
          «  Unitywater's criteria for other categories of Connections;
          ¢  details of the way to apply for a Water Approval;
          e  timeframes for Unitywater’s decisions for Connections, other than a Standard
             Connection;
          e  Unitywater's requirements for construction maintenance and defects liability:

      " s. 137 of the Act provides for a distributor-retailer to introduce its connections policy in an interim capacity until the distributor
      rejailer's water Netserv Plan (that the connections policy is a component part of) is finalised.
      * See s. S9BRBX of the Act
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