Paragraph 2
290.Paragraph 2 sets out the arrangements for relevant agreements to be identified and considered by the Commission, in order to assess the relevant charges to be paid by customers under those agreements and to determine the charges which any licensed provider, in respect of such customers, should pay to Scottish Water for services provided under those agreements.
291.Sub-paragraph (1) requires Scottish Water to send details of relevant agreements to the Commission within one month of the schedule coming into force. Sub-paragraph (2) provides for the Commission to assess, in respect of each agreement sent, the relevant charges which the relevant customer is still entitled to pay under the agreement, and based on this and the costs which any water and sewerage services provider will incur where it provides services to that customer under the agreement and any other matter the Commission considers appropriate, to determine the charges which a provider should pay to Scottish Water (as read with sub-paragraph (6)(a)).
292.Sub-paragraph (3) requires the Commission to give each relevant customer written notice of its assessment of the relevant charges payable under the agreement and the amount which Scottish Water will be able to recover from a provider in respect of the customer. This notice is also to be sent to Scottish Water and every water and sewerage services provider, by such date as the Scottish Ministers may direct.
293.Sub-paragraph (5) sets out the circumstances in which the charging arrangements at sub-paragraph (6) apply. In the case where a relevant customer is served by a water and sewerage services provider, Scottish Water can recover any charges determined under sub-paragraph (2)(b) from the provider and the provider in turn can charge the relevant customer no more than the amount set out in the relevant agreement.
294.Sub-paragraph (7) provides that Scottish Water should bear the cost of any shortfall between the charges determined under sub-paragraph (2)(b) and any charges determined under a charges scheme.
295.Sub-paragraph (8) provides that where a relevant customer is not or has ceased to be served by a water and sewerage services provider for any reason, Scottish Water should demand and recover directly from the relevant customer no more than the relevant charge as set out in the relevant agreement as assessed under sub-paragraph (2)(a).