Faraway girl – I have re-read the advice provided by previous respondents and I believe that you may have become a bit confused about the water bill allocation and when and how it is billed to you.
It is my understanding that the water bills for each owner do not need to form part of the actual Sinking or Admin Levy. They can be billed separately.
Ask the Developer if the water utility bills have been included in the Admin Levy? If they haven’t been included then they can be charged separately.
Each lot has a unit entitlement. The requirement for the separate water bills is that they reflect the unit entitlement. If your entitlement is 7% then you should be charged 7% of the total water bill from the time that you owned your unit. This water bill can be a charged separately from the other levies. You cannot avoid paying the water bill on the basis that it has not been incorporated into your Sinking or Admin Levy.
Ask the Developer for a copy of all of the master water bills from the time that you purchased your Lot, and then total them up. Your portion should be 7% of that total.
If you have not paid your water bill then you may be deemed to unfinancial and may not be able to vote.
The water bill would be the ‘any other amount recoverable from the owner‘ from the following SSMA 2015 definition of an ‘unfinancial owner’. ‘An ‘unfinancial owner’ means an owner of a lot in a strata scheme who has not paid all contributions levied on the owner that are due and payable, and any other amounts recoverable from the owner, in relation to the lot.’
In my opinion you are correct in stating that that the Developer would be deemed to be an ‘unfinancial owner’ if they have not paid their Sinking and Admin levies (and their water bills). Be very careful that you too are not an ‘unfinancial owner’ with an unpaid water bill.