“connection notice” shall be construed in accordance with section 45(8) above;

“consumer”, in relation to a supply of water provided by a water undertaker to any premises, means (except in Chapter IV) a person who is for the time being the person on whom liability to pay charges to the undertaker in respect of that supply of water would fall;

“food production purposes” means the manufacturing, processing, preserving or marketing purposes with respect to food or drink for which water supplied to food production premises may be used, and for the purposes of this definition “food production premises” means premises used for the purposes of a business of preparing food or drink for consumption otherwise than on the premises;

“necessary works” includes works carried out, in exercise of any power conferred by or under any enactment, by a person other than a water undertaker;

“private supply” means, subject to subsection (2) below, a supply of water provided otherwise than by a water undertaker F1or by a F2water supply licensee in accordance with Chapter 1A of Part 2 of this Act (including a supply provided for the purposes of the bottling of water), and cognate expressions shall be construed accordingly;

“private supply notice” shall be construed in accordance with section 80(7) above;

“water fittings” includes pipes (other than water mains), taps, cocks, valves, ferrules, meters, cisterns, baths, water closets, soil pans and other similar apparatus used in connection with the supply and use of water;

“wholesome” and cognate expressions shall be construed subject to the provisions of any regulations made under section 67 above.