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

     The Staged Connection category is primarily intended for network Connections for multi-
     stage subdivision estates and master-planned communities. This category is also for
     any Connection that will be staged over two or more approvals, whether or not Network
     Infrastructure works are also involved,
     Schedule 1, Table 3 - Connection Criteria for Staged Connections sets out the
     Connection Criteria that Unitywater will assess applications in this category against.
 3.3.    Applications and Approvals
     a.  Requirements for all categories of Connections
     Schedule 2 sets out the following:
     «  the way to apply for a Water Approval; and
     *  the timeframes for decisions for Connections.
      Schedule 3, Table 6 - Amendments of conditions of Water Approvals sets out the way to
     amend conditions of Water Approvals.
 3.4.    Construction Maintenance and Defects Liability
 Unitywater's construction maintenance and defects liability requirements are those as
 specified in Unitywater’s Connections Administration Manual.
 Unitywater's Connections Development Manual establishes the requirements and processes
 for the construction and acceptance of all water and sewerage infrastructure that will be
 constructed by a developer and handed to Unitywater as a ‘Donated Asset’ to operate and
 maintain.
 3.5.   Miscellaneous
     a.  Conditions for when water approval for a Connection lapses
     A Water Approval for a Connection has effect until it lapses under a condition of the
     approval.
     Unitywater’s conditions for when a Water Approval lapses are that all categories of
     Water Approvals (including Standard Connections, Other Connections and staged
     Connections) lapse 4 years after the date the Water Approval takes effect’.
           Note: Application to extend or otherwise aller the lapsing period of a Water Approval may be made to Unitywater
            in the way described in Schedule 3, Table 6 - Amendments of conditions of Water Approvals Step.
     b.  Agreements
     The Act provides for water infrastructure agreements to be entered into as provided
     under s.99BRDA of the Act, and for water approval condition agreements to be entered
     into as provided under s.99BRAL of the Act.
     The period for executing any agreement referred to in s S9BRDA and s.99BRAL of the
     Act is 6 months starting from the day after:

 * Water approval takes effect in accordance with s.99BRAO of the Act.
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