SCHEDULE 8Minor and consequential amendments: licensing of water suppliers etc
Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56)
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(1)
Section 52 (the domestic supply duty) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (3), at the beginning there is inserted “
Subject to subsection (4A) below,
”
.
(3)
“(4A)
This section does not apply to any premises if—
(a)
they are not in the area of the water undertaker;
(b)
they are not household premises (as defined in section 17C above); and
(c)
the total quantity of water estimated to be supplied to them annually for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 17D above is not less than the quantity specified in that subsection.”
(4)
“(6A)
For the purposes of this section, there is also an interruption of the domestic supply duty owed by a water undertaker in relation to any premises where—
(a)
a notice is served in respect of those premises under section 63AA below; and
(b)
the time specified in that notice has passed.”