1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Provision of Water and Sewerage Services (Reasonable Cost) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.
(2) In these Regulations–
“the 1968 Act” means the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968;
“the 1980 Act” means the Water (Scotland) Act 1980;
“the 2002 Act” means the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (1);
“the 2005 Act” means the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005(2);
“charges scheme” means a charges scheme made under section 29A of the 2002 Act(3);
“dwelling” has the same meaning as in Part II(4) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992;
“public sewerage system” has the same meaning as in section 29 of the 2005 Act;
“public water supply system” has the same meaning as in section 28 of the 2005 Act;
“sewerage charges” means charges payable under a charges scheme in respect of the provision of sewerage to, or the disposal of sewage from, a dwelling; and
“water charges” means charges payable under a charges scheme in respect of the supply of water to a dwelling.
Section 29A was inserted by section 21(1) of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3).
1992 c. 14, as amended by S.I. 1993/526 and S.I. 1997/673, regulation 2.