Interpretation
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In this Order—
- “the 1992 Act” means the Local Government Finance Act 1992 ;
- “the Act” means the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002;
- “charges scheme” means a scheme approved under section 29A of the Act ;
- “council tax” has the same meaning as it has in Part 2 of the 1992 Act;
- “dwelling” has the same meaning as it has in Part 2 of the 1992 Act;
- “service year” means each of the financial years beginning in 2014, 2015, 2016 , 2017, 2018 and 2019;
- “the services” means those services provided by Scottish Water for which a local authority must, under article 3, demand and recover the charges payable under a charges scheme;
- “sewerage charges” means charges for sewerage services under a charges scheme; and
- “water charges” means charges for water services under a charges scheme.
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.
Section 29A was inserted by section 21(1) of the 2005 Act.
Art. 2 in force at 8.2.2014, see art. 1
Words in art. 2 substituted (9.12.2017) by The Water and Sewerage Services to Dwellings (Collection of Unmetered Charges by Local Authority) (Scotland) Amendment Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/348), arts. 1, 2