The Water Services Charges (Billing and Collection) (Scotland) Order 2005

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Services Charges (Billing and Collection) (Scotland) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2005.

(2) In this Order–

“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1);

“the 1992 Regulations” means the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 1992(2);

“the 2002 Act” means the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002;

“charges scheme” means a charges scheme made under section 31 of the 2002 Act for the relevant year;

“council tax” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1992 Act;

“dwelling” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1992 Act;

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(3); and “area”, in relation to a local authority, means the local government area (within the meaning of that Act) for which the Council is constituted;

“the relevant year” means the period of 12 months beginning on 1st April 2005;

“Scottish Water” means the body corporate established by section 20(1) of the 2002 Act;

“sewerage charges” means charges payable under a charges scheme in respect of the provision of sewerage services to a dwelling in the relevant year;

“water charges” means charges payable under a charges scheme in respect of the provision of water supply services to a dwelling in the relevant year; and

“water services charges” means sewerage charges and water charges.

(1)

1992 c. 14, as relevantly amended by 1994 c. 39 (Schedule 13, paragraph 176), and S.S.I. 2005/51.

(2)

S.I. 1992/1332, as amended by S.I. 1996/430, and S.S.I. 2000/166, 2000/261 and 2002/166.

(3)

1994 c. 39.