Water Bill

Line 13, at end insert—

“(d)   leasehold properties; and

(e)   private rented properties”

Line 3, leave out “houses” and insert “freehold and leasehold homes”

Page 114, line 23, at end insert—

“(8A)    The Secretary of State may, by regulation set out the definition of who is a
“person who has a qualifying interest”.

(8B)    Regulations under subsection (8A), may include persons who are—

(a)   the freeholder;

(b)   the leaseholder;

(c)   the owner of a commonhold tenancy,

for a relevant property.”

Page 120, leave out line 6

Page 120, line 6, at end insert—

“( )     The meaning of “household premises” in regulations under subsection (4)
must include mixed hereditaments.”

Page 120, line 14, at end insert—

“(7)     Except as provided in subsection (8), the definition of “household
premises” in any regulations made for the purposes of this Part must not
include or exclude persons by reason of the premises being (or not being)
owned or occupied by the policyholder or any other person of a specified
description or because the premises are, or are not, owned by, or the
policyholder is or is not, an individual.

(8)     The definition of “household premises” may exclude premises where the
policyholder or the owner of the premises is—

(a)   a corporation or company incorporated by statute or Royal Charter
or under the Companies Acts (other than small companies within
the meaning of section 382 of the Companies Act 2006 or medium
companies within the meaning of section 468 of that Act);

(b)   a person or body specified in paragraph 12 in Schedule 1 to the
Housing Act 1988;

(c)   a registered provider of social housing, or

(d)   an industrial and provident society.”

Insert the following new Clause—

“Internal drainage boards: apportionment of drainage expenses

(1)     The Land Drainage Act 1991 is amended as follows.

(2)     In section 37 (apportionment of drainage expenses), at end insert—

“(f)   in the case of—the Secretary of State may by order define an equivalent
measure for valuing the land”.”

(i)   any land to which none of paragraphs (a) to (d)
applies and is it not possible to calculate a value
under paragraph (e)(ii) as the relevant rating lists no
longer exist or cannot be located, or

(ii)   land to which one of paragraphs (a) to (c) does apply
but for which the relevant rating lists no longer exist
or cannot be located,

  the Secretary of State may by order define an equivalent measure for valuing the land”.”