The Water and Sewerage Undertakers (Inset Appointments) Regulations 2000

• Citation: S.I. 2000/1842
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Water and Sewerage Undertakers (Inset Appointments) Regulations 2000 and shall come into force on 17th August 2000.

Section 2 Amendment of the Water Industry Act 1991

(1) The Water Industry Act 1991 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In section 7(5) (continuity of appointments, replacement appointments etc.) the following shall be substituted for paragraph (a)—

(a) the premises are, or are likely to be, supplied with not less than the following quantity of water in any period of twelve months:

(i) if the area of the relevant undertaker concerned is wholly or mainly in Wales, 250 megalitres;

(ii) in all other cases, 100 megalitres; and

(3) In section 158 (powers to lay pipes in streets), the following shall be substituted for subsection (9)—

(9) Where the company which has replaced the relevant undertaker has done so as water undertaker, in the application of this section and section 159 below in relation to that company any pipe supplying, or intended to supply, any of the premises referred to in subsection (8)(c) above with a supply of water which exceeds, or is likely to exceed, in any period of twelve months—

(a) if the area of the relevant undertaker concerned is wholly or mainly in Wales, 250 megalitres;

(b) in all other cases, 100 megalitres,

shall, for the purposes of subsection (7) above, be deemed to be a water main.