AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY

WATER RATES ORDINANCE 1972

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

No. 24 of 1972

	The proposed Water Rates Ordinance 1972 will, in respect of the rating year which commenced on 1 July 1972 –

•	increase the basic charge for water rates from twenty dollars to twenty-two dollars fifty cents;

•	increase the charge for excess water from twenty-five cents to thirty cents per rating year for each 1000 gallons of excess water supplied to residential units;

•	increase the charge for excess water from 12½ cents to 15 cents for each 1000 gallons of excess water supplied to a school, church, or ecclesiastical establishment.

	The proposed increases will bring the charges for water supplied closer to the actual cost of supplying such water.

         R.J.H.
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