The Provision of Water and Sewerage Services (Reasonable Cost) (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Dwellings

3.  For the purposes of section 6 of the 1980 Act, in determining what is a reasonable cost to take pipes affording a supply of wholesome water, where this is required for domestic purposes, to such point or points as will enable a building (or a part of it), which consists only of one or more dwellings, to be connected to the pipes (at a reasonable cost), the cost of taking the pipes (affording the supply) to the point or points is a reasonable cost only if the cost to Scottish Water does not exceed the amount determined by the formula—

where—

“Cw” is the figure which is the average of—

(a)

the current charge (fixed as an annual charge) for or in connection with a supply of water to an unmetered dwelling in band B; and

(b)

the current charge (fixed as an annual charge) for or in connection with a supply of water to an unmetered dwelling in band C; and

“Nw” is the number of dwellings in the building (or, as the case may be, the part of it) which is to be connected to the pipes at the point or points in question.