The Provision of Water and Sewerage Services (Reasonable Cost) (Scotland) Regulations 2015

PART 1 INTRODUCTORY

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Provision of Water and Sewerage Services (Reasonable Cost) (Scotland) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1968 Act” means the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968(1);

“the 1980 Act” means the Water (Scotland) Act 1980(2);

“the 2002 Act” means the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002(3);

“the 2005 Act” means the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005(4);

“charge” means a charge fixed under a charges scheme;

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

“connection year” means the year in which the connection is to be made;

“current charge” means the charge for the connection year;

“drain” has the meaning it has in section 59(1) of the 1968 Act;

“dwelling” has the meaning it has in section 27(2) of the 2005 Act;

“previous year” means the year which preceded the connection year;

“private sewer” has the meaning it has in section 59(1) of the 1968 Act;

“public sewer” has the meaning it has in section 59(1) of the 1968 Act(6);

“r”, at each place it occurs in a formula in regulations 3, 4, 6 and 7, means 0.035;

“reference year” means the year which preceded the previous year;

“sewage” has the meaning it has in section 59(1) of the 1968 Act;

“sewerage services provider” is to be construed as it is in section 6(4) of the 2005 Act;

“water services provider” is to be construed as it is in section 6(2) of the 2005 Act; and

“year” means a period of 12 months ending with 31st March.

(2) In these Regulations, a reference to a dwelling in band B or band C is to be construed in the same way as a dwelling listed in valuation band B or, as the case may be, in valuation band C is to be construed in accordance with section 74(5) of the Local Government Finance Act 1992(7).

(1)

Section 1 was relevantly amended by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 75(2)(b); the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), schedule 5, paragraphs 2, 3 and 5; and the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), section 29(2) and schedule 3, paragraph 2.

(2)

Section 6 was relevantly amended by the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), schedule 6, paragraphs 2 and 3; and the Water Environment and Water Services (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 3), section 29(6) and (7).

(3)

2002 asp 3.

(4)

2005 asp 3.

(5)

Section 29A was inserted by section 21(1) of the Water Services etc. (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 3).

(6)

The definition of “public sewer” was amended by the Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002, schedule 5, paragraph 41(b).

(7)

1992 c.14.