Valid from 01/04/2004
Textual Amendments
F1Pt. 2 Ch. 1A inserted (1.4.2004 for specified provisions and purposes and 1.8.2005 for further specified provisions and purposes and 1.10.2005 for further specified provisions and 1.12.2005 otherwise) by Water Act 2003 (c. 37), ss. 56, 105(3), Sch. 4 para. 2; S.I. 2004/641, art. 3(l), Sch. 1 (with art. 6, Sch. 3); S.I. 2005/968, art. 3(b) (with savings in art. 4, Sch. 1, 2); S.I. 2005/2714, arts. 2(h), 3(a) (with Sch. para. 5)
(1)For the purposes of section 17A(3)(a) above, βhousehold premisesβ means premises in which, or in any part of which, a person has his home.
(2)The fact that a person has his home in, or in part of, any premises does not mean that the premises are household premises unless the principal use of the premises is as a home.
(3)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision as toβ
(a)the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be treated as having his home in, or in part of, any premises for the purposes of this section; and
(b)the factors which are, or are not, to be taken into account in determining the principal use of any premises for those purposes.
(4)The power to make regulations under subsection (3) above is exercisable by the Assembly (and not by the Secretary of State) in relation to premises supplied with water using the supply system of a water undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales.]