(1)The Secretary of State may make regulations as regards any case where—
(a)a person is, under a charges scheme, liable to pay an amount to a new water and sewerage authority or to a local authority; and
(b)conditions prescribed in the regulations are fulfilled.
(2)The regulations may provide that the amount the person is liable to pay shall be an amount which—
(a)is less than the amount it would be but for the regulations; and
(b)is determined in accordance with rules prescribed in the regulations.
(3)The conditions mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above, and the rules referred to in subsection (2)(b) above, may be prescribed by reference to such factors as the Secretary of State thinks fit.
(4)The power to make regulations under this section shall be exercisable by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.