The Water Services Charges (Billing and Collection) (Scotland) Order 2012

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Water Services Charges (Billing and Collection) (Scotland) Order 2012 and comes into force on 1st April 2012.

(2) In this Order—

“the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992(1);

“the 1992 Regulations” means the Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) (Scotland) Regulations 1992(2);

“the 1994 Act” means the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994(3);

“the 2002 Act” means the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002;

“the 2010 Order” means the Water Services Charges (Billing and Collection) (Scotland) Order 2010(4);

“billing year 2012-13” means the billing year that commences on 1 April 2012 and ends on 31 March 2013;

“billing year 2013-14” means the billing year that commences on 1 April 2013 and ends on 31 March 2014;

“charges scheme” means a charges scheme made under section 29A(5) of the 2002 Act for a relevant year;

“core functions” has the same meaning as in section 70(2) of the 2002 Act;

“council tax” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1992 Act;

“dwelling” has the same meaning as in Part II of the 1992 Act;

“financial year 2011-12” means the financial year that commences on 1 April 2011 and ends on 31 March 2012”;

“financial year 2012-13” means the financial year that commences on 1 April 2012 and ends on 31 March 2013;

“financial year 2013-14” means the financial year that commences on 1 April 2013 and ends on 31 March 2014;

“financial year 2014-15” means the financial year that commences on 1 April 2014 and ends on 31 March 2015;

“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the 1994 Act; and “area”, in relation to a local authority, means the local government area (within the meaning of that Act) for which the Council is constituted;

“Principles of Charging Statement” means the statement of policy made by the Scottish Ministers under section 29D of the 2002 Act in respect of the period 2010-15(6);

“relevant year” means, as appropriate, the billing years 2012-13 or 2013-14;

“relevant period” means the period from 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2015;

“Scottish Water” means the body corporate established by section 20(1) of the 2002 Act;

“sewerage charges” means charges payable under a charges scheme in respect of the provision of sewerage services to a dwelling in a relevant year;

“valuation appeal committee” means a valuation appeal committee constituted in accordance with section 29 of the 1994 Act;

“valuation appeal panel” means a valuation appeal panel constituted in accordance with section 29 of the 1994 Act;

“water charges” means charges payable under a charges scheme in respect of the provision of water supply services to a dwelling in a relevant year; and

“water services charges” means sewerage charges and water charges.

(1)

1992 c.14, as relevantly amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 176, and S.S.I. 2005/51.

(2)

S.I. 1992/1332, as amended by S.I. 1992/3290, S.I. 1994/3170, S.I. 1996/430, S.I. 1996/746, S.I 1997/728, S.S.I. 2000/166, S.S.I. 2000/261, S.S.I. 2002/166, S.S.I. 2006/67, and S.S.I. 2006/402.

(3)

1994 c.39.

(4)

S.S.I. 2010/10.

(5)

Sections 29A and 29D were inserted by section 21(1) of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3).

(6)

Published on the Scottish Government’s website on 27 October 2009.