S.L. 545.14 Art. 12Public service obligations.

(1) The Minister may direct the Regulator, in the general interest, to impose as a licence condition on any water supplier or any sewerage services operator granted a licence to provide any services under these regulations, a public service obligation to supply any service, in any specified form, to any final customer or specific groups of final customers, at specified prices.

(2) Any additional costs incurred as a result of these obligations may be identified by the water supplier, or by the sewerage services operator, and shall be verified by the Regulator.

(3) Additional costs referred to in subregulation (2) may be recovered as specified by the Regulator, including through an additional charge imposed on other water suppliers or other sewerage services operators, as the case may be.