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(1)Subject to the following provisions of this section, to section 148 above and to the provisions of Chapter III of this Part, where—
[F1(a)subsection (1A) below applies to a relevant undertaker in respect of any premises; and]
(b)there is either—
(i)a service pipe which is connected with a water undertaker’s water main and by which a supply of water is or could be provided to those premises or to any building in which those premises are contained; or
(ii)a drain or private sewer which connects those premises with a public sewer,
the undertaker shall have power, in accordance with section 172 below or otherwise, to carry out any works specified in subsection (3) below.
[F2(1A)This subsection applies to a relevant undertaker in respect of any premises if—
(a)the undertaker has fixed any charges in relation to any premises by reference to volume, [F3or]
(b)the undertaker is entitled so to fix any charges because the person who is the consumer in relation to the premises for the purposes of Chapter I of Part V of this Act has exercised his right to give—
(i)a measured charges notice under section 144A above, or
(ii)any consent for the purposes of section 144B(2)(a)(ii) above,
and has not revoked the measured charges notice or consent under section 144A, or
(c)the undertaker has given notice of its intention of so fixing any charges—
(i)within the period specified in the notice, or
(ii)in a case where it is not for the time being entitled so to fix the charges, if and when it becomes entitled to do so [F4or
(d)a [F5water supply licensee] supplies water to those premises using the undertaker’s supply system][F6, or
(e)a sewerage licensee provides sewerage services in respect of those premises using the undertaker's sewerage system.]]
[F7(1B)In subsection (1A)(d) above, the reference to the supply system of a water undertaker shall be construed in accordance with [F8section 17B] above.]
[F9(1C)In subsection (1A)(e) above, the reference to the sewerage system of a sewerage undertaker shall be construed in accordance with section 17BA.]
(2)The power under subsection (1) above to carry out works specified in subsection (3) below shall include power to carry out any such works in a street; and the power conferred by virtue of subsection (1)(c) of section 158 above and subsection (6) of that section shall apply in relation to the power conferred by this subsection as they apply in relation to the powers conferred by that section.
(3)The works mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) above are, in relation to any premises—
(a)works consisting in the installation and connection of any meter for use in determining the amount of any charges which have been or may be fixed in relation to the premises;
(b)where the premises comprise a house which is one of two or more houses to which the supply of water is wholly or partly by the same service pipe, works consisting in the installation and connection, for any purpose connected with the installation or connection of such a meter, of a separate service pipe for that house;
(c)works for the purpose of maintaining, repairing, disconnecting or removing—
(i)any meter which has been installed for use in determining the amount of any charges which have been or may be fixed in relation to the premises; or
(ii)any pipes or apparatus installed in the course of any works specified in this section;
and
(d)any other works appearing to the undertaker to be necessary or expedient for any purpose connected with the carrying out of any works specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above, including the installation and connection of any pipes or other apparatus on the premises and the alteration or removal of any of the plumbing of the premises.
(4)A notice given for the purposes of subsection (1)(a) above may relate to particular premises or to any description of premises and shall be given—
(a)by publishing the notice in the locality in which the premises to which it relates are situated in such a manner as the undertaker considers appropriate for bringing it to the attention of the persons likely to be affected by it; and
(b)by serving a copy of the notice on the Secretary of State.
(5)Subject to subsection (6) below, any works carried out by a water undertaker by virtue of the provisions of this section shall be necessary works for the purposes of Chapter II of Part III of this Act.
(6)Nothing in this section shall prevent the exercise by a water undertaker of its power by virtue of subsection (3)(b) of section 64 above to impose a condition by virtue of subsection (2)(c) or (d) of section 47 above in a case where it has, under the said section 64, required the provision of a separate service pipe to any premises.
(7)Part II of Schedule 6 to this Act shall apply to the powers conferred by this section.
(8)Any dispute between a relevant undertaker and any other person (including another such undertaker) as to the exercise of any power under this section to carry out any works on any premises shall be referred to the arbitration of a single arbitrator appointed—
(a)by agreement between the undertaker and that person; or
(b)in default of agreement, by the Director.
(9)Without prejudice to subsection (2) above, nothing in section 158, 159 or 161 above shall authorise the installation of any apparatus for measuring or showing the volume of water supplied to, or of effluent discharged from, any premises where that apparatus is to be used for the purpose only of determining the amount of any charges fixed, or to be fixed, in relation to those premises wholly or partly by reference to the volume of that water or effluent.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 162(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 9, s. 10(1)(2); S.I. 1999/3440, art. 3
F2S. 162(1A) inserted (1.4.2000) by 1999 c. 9, s.10(1)(3); S.I. 1999/3440, art. 3
F3Word in s. 162(1A)(a) inserted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 37(2); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)
F4S. 162(1A)(d) and preceding word inserted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 37(3); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)
F5Words in s. 162(1A)(d) substituted (1.4.2016) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 105(2)(a); S.I. 2016/465, art. 2(m), Sch. 1 para. 1(s) (with Sch. 2) (as amended (22.3.2017) by S.I. 2017/462, art. 16)
F6S. 162(1A)(e) and word inserted (1.4.2017) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 105(2)(b); S.I. 2017/462, art. 3(k)(xvi)
F7S. 162(1B) inserted (1.12.2005) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 101(1), 105(3), Sch. 8 para. 37(4); S.I. 2005/2714, art. 3(c) (with Sch. para. 8)
F8Words in s. 162(1B) substituted (1.4.2017) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 105(3); S.I. 2017/462, art. 3(k)(xvi)
F9S. 162(1C) inserted (1.4.2017) by Water Act 2014 (c. 21), s. 94(3), Sch. 7 para. 105(4); S.I. 2017/462, art. 3(k)(xvi)
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