Water Industry Act 1999

1. Introduction

2. Summary

3. Background

   1. English and Welsh Provisions

      1. Water Charging in England and Wales

      2. Disconnection

      3. Basis of water charging - unmeasured charges

      4. Charging by reference to volume

      5. Rights for tenants to choose the basis of water charging

   2. Scottish Provisions

4. Overview of the Act

5. Commentary on Sections

   1. Sections 1 & 2 and Schedule 1: Disconnection and restriction of supply

   2. Sections 3 & 4: Charges schemes and agreements

   3. Section 5: Regulations concerning charges schemes

   4. Section 6: rights of consumers to elect for charging by reference to volume

   5. Section 7: restrictions on water companies’ power to charge by reference to volume

   6. Section 8: charging by reference to rateable value

   7. Sections 9 & 10: metering

   8. Section 11: rights of tenants in relation to metering

   9. Section 12 and Schedule 2: Water Industry Commissioner For Scotland

   10. Section 13 and Schedule 3, Part II: Commissioner’s advice on charges

   11. Section 14: application to Wales and Scotland

6. Commencement

   1. English and Welsh Provisions

   2. Scottish Provisions

7. Hansard References

8. ANNEX A

9. ANNEX B