s.13Interconnection agreements
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Section 13Part 4 — INTERCONNECTION OF WATER SUPPLY OR WASTEWATER SYSTEMS

Interconnection agreements

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Subject to this Part, service providers may on their own initiative, enter into interconnection agreements to facilitate continuity of supply or services as they may determine to be best suited for their operations or the Office may of its own volition direct the parties to enter into interconnection agreements on terms which the Office may determine.
Where interconnection is agreed, the parties shall be subject to section 44 of the Utility Regulation and Competition Law (2019 Revision) and the Office may impose specific conditions on the parties pursuant to section 45 of that Law.
Where a service provider receives confidential information from another service provider for the purpose of interconnection of their respective water supply or wastewater systems and the information is declared by the latter service provider to be confidential in that the information relates to matters including —
consumer information or statistics;
market forecasts;
plans for the development of new services or capacity;
requests for proposals, or bids of a commercial nature; or
current or proposed business plans,
the recipient service provider shall treat such information in confidence and may only share it among such of its employees who need the information in order to provide services to the service provider providing the information.

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