2017 No. 244
The Sewerage Services (Exception from Sewerage System Prohibition) (England) Regulations 2017
Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 117P(4) of the Water Industry Act 19911.
Citation and commencement1
These Regulations may be cited as the Sewerage Services (Exception from Sewerage System Prohibition) (England) Regulations 2017 and come into force on 1st April 2017.
Specified circumstances in which prohibition on use of a sewerage system does not apply2
1
Section 117P(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (prohibition on unauthorised use of sewerage system) does not apply where—
a
a sewerage undertaker2 provides sewerage services to any premises; and
b
provision of those services—
i
involves use of the sewerage system of another sewerage undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England; and
ii
is under a main connection agreement or an old main connection agreement.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)