The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999

Disputes

13.  Any dispute between a water undertaker and a person who has installed or proposes to instal a water fitting–

(a)as to whether the water undertaker has unreasonably withheld consent, or attached unreasonable conditions, under regulation 5 above; or

(b)as to whether the water undertaker has unreasonably refused to apply to the regulator for a relaxation of the requirements of these Regulations,

shall be referred to arbitration by a single arbitrator to be appointed by agreement between the parties or, in default of agreement, by the regulator.