Lower Murray Water: Decisions under Part 6 of the Water Charge Rules 2010

On 27 October 2021, the ACCC formed the view that Lower Murray Water (LMW) will be a Part 6 operator under rule 23 of the Water Charge Rules 2010 (WCR) after 30 June 2023.

The ACCC formed this view on the basis that LMW is an infrastructure operator in the Murray-Darling Basin that:

• as Victorian State law currently stands, will not be required to have all of its infrastructure charges determined or approved by a single State Agency under a law of the State in a way that is consistent with subrule 29(2)(b) of the WCR after the end of the 2018-23 regulatory period on 30 June 2023, and
• levies an infrastructure charge in relation to a bulk water service in respect of water access rights.