Water Act 2003

Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)

14 (1) Section 43 (calculation of payments to undertaker in respect of provision of water main) is amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1), for “water charges payable for the use during that year of that main are” there is substituted “relevant revenue in respect of that main for that year is”.

(3) For subsection (7) there is substituted—

“(7) Any reference in this section to the relevant revenue in respect of a main provided by a water undertaker for any year is—

(a) in relation to premises connected with the main which are supplied with water by the undertaker, is a reference to so much of the aggregate of any charges payable to the undertaker in respect of services provided in the course of that year as represents charges which—

(i) have been imposed by the undertaker in relation to those premises; and

(ii) are reasonably attributable to the provision of a supply of water (whether or not for domestic purposes) to those premises by means of that main;

(b) in relation to premises connected with the main which are supplied with water by a licensed water supplier, is a reference to so much of the aggregate of any charges made during the course of that year which—

(i) are payable by the supplier to the undertaker in respect of the duty under section 66A(2)(b), 66B(3)(b) or 66C(2)(b)(ii) below; and

(ii) are reasonably attributable to the use of that main for the purpose of the supplier supplying water to those premises.”