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PART 2WATER SERVICES: REASONABLE COST

Calculating cost

5.—(1) In regulations 3 and 4, “the cost to Scottish Water” is the total of—

(a)the costs which would be incurred by Scottish Water in taking pipes to the point or points referred to in regulation 3 or, as the case may be, regulation 4; and

(b)the costs which would be reasonably and necessarily incurred by Scottish Water to ensure that the pipes afford a supply of wholesome water sufficient for the domestic purposes of all owners and occupiers of the building (or the part of it) to be connected to the pipes.

(2) In calculating the cost to Scottish Water for the purposes of regulations 3 and 4 the amount of any charge payable under a charges scheme must be left out of account.

(3) In paragraph (1)(b), “owner” and “occupier” are to be construed in accordance with the meanings given to those terms in section 109(1) of the 1980 Act.