PART 2WATER SERVICES: REASONABLE COST

Non-dwellings4

For the purposes of section 6 of the 1980 Act, in determining what is a reasonable cost to take pipes affording a supply of wholesome water, where this is required for domestic purposes, to such point or points as will enable a building (or a part of it), which does not contain any dwellings, to be connected to the pipes (at a reasonable cost), the cost of taking the pipes (affording the supply) to the point or points is a reasonable cost only if the cost to Scottish Water does not exceed the amount determined by the formula—

Amount = Ucw × Vdomr[1−(11+r)6]math

where—

  • “Ucw” is the predicted average amount that water services providers are to be charged by Scottish Water per cubic metre of water supplied during the connection year, calculated using the formula in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1; and

  • “Vdom” is the relevant figure (expressed in cubic metres per annum) in the table in Schedule 2 which corresponds to the maximum number of persons to be employed at the building (or, as the case may be, the part of it) in question at any point in the connection year and to whether that building (or that part of it) has a toilet, shower or canteen (or a combination of these).