Water Service3

1

Anything which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if it is –

a

occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by the Department for the purposes of its statutory duty; and

b

occupied by any reservoir, water treatment plant, water pumping station, depot, pipelines or other apparatus used for the supply, distribution or treatment of water for a purpose connected with or ancillary thereto.

2

Paragraph (1)(b) does not include –

a

any water fittings;

b

any property used for the purposes of a sewage treatment works; or

c

any office premises unless they are situate on operational land.

3

In this regulation “operational land”, in relation to the Department, means land which is used for any purpose referred to in paragraph (1)(b) not being land which, in respect of its nature and situation, is comparable rather with land in general than with land which is used for that particular purpose.