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           (9)           The estimated offset for a year shall be discounted in order to determine

its net present value by applying such factor, and in accordance with

such other provision, as may be determined by the Authority.

           (10)          A determination made by the Authority for the purposes of subsection

(9) above—

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                  (a)                 may be made in relation to a particular water main or in relation

to water mains generally; and

                  (b)                 may be revoked at any time except in relation to an adopted

main in respect of which the agreement referred to in subsection

(1) above has already been made.

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           (11)          Any dispute between the water undertaker and the other person as to

the payments required to be made or the security required to be

provided by virtue of this section may be referred to the Authority for

determination under section 30A above by either party to the dispute.

       51D            Prohibition on connection without adoption

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           (1)                         Where a person (other than a water undertaker) constructs a water

main or service pipe which is to be used, in whole or in part, for

supplying water for domestic or food production purposes, no water

undertaker may permit that water main or service pipe to become

connected with its supply system unless it vests (to the relevant extent)

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in a water undertaker.

           (2)                         In subsection (1) above, “the relevant extent” means the extent specified

in the agreement for the vesting in the undertaker of the water main or

service pipe in question.

           (3)           The prohibition imposed on a water undertaker by subsection (1) above

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shall be enforceable under section 18 above by the Authority.

       51E            Sections 51A to 51D: supplementary

           (1)           For the purposes of sections 51A to 51D above, the definition of “water

main” in section 219(1) below shall be treated as if the words “not being

a pipe for the time being vested in a person other than the undertaker”

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were omitted.

           (2)           In sections 51A to 51C above, references to so much of the service pipe

as the undertaker could otherwise, by virtue of sections 45 to 51 above,

be required to lay shall be construed disregarding section 46(8) above.

           (3)           In this Act, references to vesting or the making of a declaration of

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vesting with respect to a service pipe refer to so much of the service

pipe as is specified for those purposes in the relevant vesting

agreement.”

     (2)    In section 45 of the WIA (duty to make connections with main), after subsection

(1) there is inserted—

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           “(1A)              In relation to service pipes which do not belong to or fall to be laid by

the undertaker—

                  (a)                 subsection (1) above is subject to section 51D(1) below; and

                  (b)                 any such service pipe which is to vest in the undertaker by

virtue of an agreement under section 51A shall be connected to

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one of the undertaker’s water mains subject to and in

accordance with the terms of that agreement.”

     (3)    In section 47 of the WIA (conditions of connection with water main), in

subsection (2), for sub-paragraph (i) of paragraph (d) there is substituted—

                        “(i)                           subject to section 51D(1) below, so much of the service

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pipe to the relevant premises as does not belong to, vest

in or fall to be laid by the undertaker; and”.

     (4)    After subsection (2) of section 179 of the WIA (vesting of works in undertaker)

there is inserted—

           “(2A)              In addition to the water mains and service pipes which vest in a water

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undertaker by virtue of subsection (1) above, every water main and so

much of each service pipe with respect to which a declaration of vesting

made by a water undertaker under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of this Act takes

effect shall also vest in that undertaker.”

     (5)    After subsection (1) of section 198 of the WIA (maps of waterworks) there is

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inserted—

           “(1A)              Subject to subsections (4) and (5) below, it shall also be the duty of every

water undertaker to keep records of the location and (in the case of a

water main) other relevant particulars of—

                  (a)                 every water main in relation to which a declaration of vesting

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has been made by the undertaker under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of

this Act but has not taken effect; and

                  (b)                 every water main which is the subject of any agreement to make

such a declaration which has been entered into by (or on behalf

of) the undertaker.

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           (1B)              For the purposes of this section the other relevant particulars of a water

main are (in addition to its location) particulars of whether it is vested

in the undertaker or, if it is not, of whether it is a water main in relation

to which a declaration has been made under Chapter 2 of Part 3 of this

Act or a water main which is the subject of an agreement to make such

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a declaration.”

     (6)    In section 219 of the WIA (general interpretation), in subsection (1), in the

definition of “service pipe”, after “below” there is inserted “and to section

51E(3) above”.

     (7)    The amendments of the WIA made by this section do not apply in respect of

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any water main or service pipe the construction of which was begun before the

coming into force of this section.

Sewers and drains

 95    Requisition and adoption of sewers

     (1)    In section 99 of the WIA (financial conditions of compliance with sewer

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requisition)—

           (a)           in subsection (2), for paragraph (a) there is substituted—

                        “(a)                           bind the person or persons mentioned in that subsection

to pay to the undertaker either (at the election of such

person or persons)—

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                               (i)                              in respect of each of the twelve years following

the provision of the sewer, an amount not

exceeding the relevant deficit (if any) for that

year on that sewer; or

                               (ii)                             following provision of the sewer, a single

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amount not exceeding the discounted aggregate

deficit on that sewer; and”,

           (b)           in subsection (6), for the words from “shall be referred” to the end there

is substituted “may be referred to the Authority for determination

under section 30A above by either party to the dispute.”,

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           (c)           for subsection (7) there is substituted—

                  “(7)                    In this section “relevant deficit” and “discounted aggregate

deficit” have the meanings given by sections 100 and 100A

below, respectively.”

     (2)    In section 100 of the WIA (calculation of “relevant deficit” for the purposes of

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section 99), in subsection (8), in paragraph (b), for “that has already been

provided” there is substituted “in respect of which the conditions referred to in

section 99(1) above have already been satisfied.”.

     (3)    After section 100 of the WIA there is inserted—

       “100A                        Calculation of “discounted aggregate deficit” for the purposes of

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section 99

           (1)           For the purposes of section 99 above the discounted aggregate deficit

on a public sewer is the amount equal to the sum of the estimated

relevant deficits for each of the twelve years following the provision of

the sewer, in each case discounted in accordance with subsection (6)

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below.

           (2)           The estimated relevant deficit for any year is the amount (if any) by

which the estimated drainage charges payable for the use during that

year of that sewer would be exceeded by the annual borrowing costs of

a loan of the amount required for the provision of that sewer.

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           (3)           Subsections (2) to (6), (8) and (9) of section 100 above (which relate to

the annual borrowing costs of a loan of the amount required for the

provision of a public sewer) shall apply for the purposes of this section

as they apply for the purposes of that section.

           (4)           Any reference in this section to the estimated drainage charges payable

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for the use during any year of any sewer is a reference to so much of the

aggregate of any charges expected to be payable to the sewerage

undertaker for the provision of services in the course of that year as

would represent charges—

                  (a)                 imposed by the undertaker in relation to such of the premises

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with which the sewer is expected to be connected as are

premises where there are buildings; and

                  (b)                 reasonably attributable to the use of that sewer for the drainage

for domestic sewerage purposes of those premises or to the

disposal of effluent drained for any such purposes from those

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           (5)           For the purposes of subsection (4) above, a thing is expected to be the

case if, at the time the relevant calculation is made, it is reasonably

likely to occur.

           (6)           The estimated relevant deficit for a year mentioned in subsection (1)

above shall be discounted in order to determine its net present value by

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applying such factor, and in accordance with such other provision, as

may be determined by the Authority.

           (7)           A determination made by the Authority for the purposes of subsection

(6) above—

                  (a)                 may be made in relation to the provision of a particular public

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sewer or in relation to the provision of public sewers generally;

and

                  (b)                 may be revoked at any time except in relation to a public sewer

in respect of which the conditions referred to in section 99(1)

above have already been satisfied.”

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     (4)    The amendments made by subsections (1) to (3) of this section do not apply in

respect of public sewer requisitions (as defined in section 100(9) of the WIA) for

which notice has been served under section 98(1) of that Act before

commencement of the subsection in question.

 96    Provision of public sewers otherwise than by requisition

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In section 101A of the WIA (which imposes a duty on sewerage undertakers to

provide sewers for certain premises whose drainage gives rise to adverse

environmental effects), in subsection (2)—

           (a)           in paragraph (a), the words from “each of which” to the end of the

paragraph are omitted; and

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           (b)           in paragraph (c), “in respect of which the condition specified in

paragraph (a) above is satisfied” is omitted.

 97    Requisition of lateral drains

     (1)    Section 98 of the WIA (duty to comply with sewer requisition) is amended as

provided in subsections (2) to (5).

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     (2)    After subsection (1) there is inserted—

           “(1A)              It shall be the duty of a sewerage undertaker (in accordance with

section 101 below) to provide a lateral drain to communicate with a

public sewer and to be used for the drainage for domestic purposes of

premises in its area if—

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                  (a)                 the undertaker is required to provide the lateral drain by a

notice served on the undertaker by one or more of the persons

who under subsection (2A) below are entitled to require the

provision of the lateral drain;

                  (b)                 the premises the drainage of which would be by means of that

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lateral drain are—

                        (i)                        premises on which there are buildings; or

                        (ii)                       premises on which there will be buildings when

proposals made by any person for the erection of any

buildings are carried out; and

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                  (c)                 the conditions specified in section 99 below are satisfied in

relation to that requirement.”

     (3)    After subsection (2) there is inserted—

           “(2A)              Each of the following persons shall be entitled to require the provision

of a lateral drain, that is to say—

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                  (a)                 the owner of the premises the drainage of which would be by

means of that lateral drain;

                  (b)                 the occupier of those premises;

                  (c)                 any local authority within whose area those premises are

situated;

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                  (d)                 where those premises are situated in a new town, within the

meaning of the New Towns Act 1981—

                        (i)                        the Commission for the New Towns; and

                        (ii)                       the development corporation for the new town; and

                  (e)                 where those premises are situated within an area designated as

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an urban development area under Part 16 of the Local

Government, Planning and Land Act 1980, the urban

development corporation.”

     (4)    In subsection (3)—

           (a)           after “public sewer” there is inserted “or, as the case may be, a lateral

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drain”,

           (b)           after “of the sewer” there is inserted “or lateral drain”.

     (5)    In subsection (5)—

           (a)           the words “in a particular locality” are omitted,

           (b)           in paragraph (a), for “premises in that locality” there is substituted

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“those premises”,

           (c)           in paragraph (b), for “premises in the locality” there is substituted

“those premises”.

     (6)    In section 99 of the WIA (financial conditions of compliance)—

           (a)           in subsection (1)—

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                  (i)                 after “98(1)(c)” there is inserted “or 98(1A)(c)”,

                  (ii)                after “sewer”, in both places, there is inserted “or (as the case

may be) lateral drain”,

                  (iii)               in paragraph (a), after “subsection (2)” there is inserted “or, as

the case may be, subsection (2A)”,

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           (b)           after subsection (2) there is inserted—

                  “(2A)                    The undertakings which a sewerage undertaker may require for

the purposes of subsection (1) above in respect of any lateral

drain are undertakings which—

                        (a)                        bind the person or persons mentioned in that subsection

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to pay to the undertaker, following provision of the

lateral drain, on such terms as may be specified in the

undertaking, an amount not exceeding the costs

reasonably incurred in or in connection with the

provision of the lateral drain; and

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                        (b)                        in the case of undertakings binding two or more

persons, bind them either jointly and severally or with

 

 

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liability apportioned in such manner as they may

agree.”,

           (c)           for subsection (3) there is substituted—

                  “(3)                    For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above a person may be

required to secure his undertakings in relation to the provision

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of a public sewer or, as the case may be, a lateral drain if—

                        (a)                        it was by virtue of section 98(2)(a) or (b) or (as the case

may be) section 98(2A)(a) or (b) above that he required,

or joined in requiring, the provision of the sewer or

drain; and

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                        (b)                        he is not a public authority.”,

           (d)           for paragraph (a) of subsection (5) there is substituted—

                        “(a)                           may be given or made in relation to the provision of a

particular public sewer or (as the case may be) lateral

drain, in relation to the provision of sewers or lateral

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drains of a particular description or in relation to the

provision of public sewers or lateral drains generally;

and”.

     (7)    For section 101 of the WIA (determination of completion date and route for

requisitioned sewer) there is substituted—

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       “101            Determination of completion date and route for requisitioned sewer

or lateral drain

           (1)           A sewerage undertaker shall not be in breach of a duty imposed by

section 98 above in relation to any locality or (in the case of a lateral

drain) in relation to any premises unless—

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                  (a)                 the period of six months beginning with the relevant day has

expired; and

                  (b)                                     the sewerage undertaker has not, before the end of that period,

so laid (as the case may be)—

                        (i)                        the public sewer to be provided as to enable drains and

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private sewers to be used for the drainage of premises in

the locality to communicate with the public sewer; or

                        (ii)                       the lateral drain to be provided as to enable the drain to

be used for the drainage of premises to communicate

with a public sewer vested in that undertaker,

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                                      at the place or places determined under subsection (3) below.

           (2)           The period mentioned in subsection (1)(a) above may be extended—

                  (a)                 by agreement between the undertaker and the person or

persons who required the provision of the public sewer or, as

the case may be, lateral drain; or

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                  (b)                 where there is a dispute as to whether the period should be

extended, by the Authority on a reference under subsection (4)

below.

           (3)           The places mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above shall be—

                  (a)                 such place or places as are determined by agreement between

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the sewerage undertaker and the person or persons who

required the provision of the public sewer or, as the case may

be, lateral drain; or

 

 

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                  (b)                 in default of agreement, such place or places as are determined

by the Authority on a reference under subsection (4) below to be

the place or places at which it is reasonable, in all the

circumstances—

                        (i)                        in relation to the provision of a public sewer, for drains

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or private sewers to be used for the drainage of premises

in the locality in question to communicate with the

public sewer; or

                        (ii)                       in relation to the provision of a lateral drain—

                               (a)                              for the lateral drain to communicate with a

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public sewer vested in the undertaker; and

                               (b)                              for the remainder of the drain of which the

lateral drain forms part to connect with the

lateral drain.

           (4)                         A reference for the purposes of subsection (2) or (3) above may be made

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to the Authority for determination under section 30A above by either

party to the dispute.

           (5)                         In this section “relevant day”, in relation to a requirement to provide a

public sewer for any locality or, as the case may be, a lateral drain,

means the day after whichever is the later of the following—

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                  (a)                 the day on which the conditions specified in section 99 above

are satisfied in relation to the requirement; and

                  (b)                 the day on which the place or places where (as the case may

be)—

                        (i)                        drains or private sewers to be used for the drainage of

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premises in that locality will communicate with the

public sewer; or

                        (ii)                       the lateral drain will communicate with a public sewer

and the remainder of the drain will connect with the

lateral drain,

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                                      are determined under subsection (3) above.”

     (8)    The substitution, by subsection (7), of section 101 of the WIA does not apply in

respect of requirements notified under section 98 of the WIA before subsection

(7) comes into force.

     (9)    After section 101A of the WIA there is inserted—

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       “101B            Power to construct lateral drains following provision of public sewer

           (1)           Where a sewerage undertaker provides a public sewer pursuant to a

duty to do so imposed on it by section 98 or section 101A above, the

undertaker may, at the request of the person mentioned in subsection

(2) below, also provide at the same time one or more lateral drains to be

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used for the drainage for domestic purposes of premises in its area and

to communicate with that sewer.

           (2)           A request under subsection (1) above may be made—

                  (a)                 in the case of a public sewer to be provided under section 98

above, by the person who requires the provision of the sewer

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under that section; and

                  (b)                 in the case of a public sewer to be provided under section 101A

above, by the owner or occupier of any premises in respect of

which the duty to provide the sewer arises under that section

 

 

 
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