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| | Flood and Water Management Bill Committee 72-107 |
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| | Flood and Water Management Bill |
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| | | Water and sewerage charges: non-owner occupiers |
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| | To move the following Clause:— |
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| | | ‘(1) | After section 144B of the Water Industry Act 1991 (charges: charging by volume) |
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| | | (1) | This section applies to residential premises which are occupied by one or |
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| | | more persons other than the owner (and not by the owner). |
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| | | (2) | The owner must arrange for the undertaker to be given information about |
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| | | (3) | If the owner fails to comply with subsection (2), the occupiers’ liability |
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| | | for charges under this Chapter becomes shared jointly and severally with |
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| | | (4) | The Minister may make regulations— |
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| | | (a) | about the information to be given under subsection (2); |
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| | | (b) | about timing and procedure in connection with subsection (2) or |
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| | | (5) | The Minister may make regulations exempting owners from liability |
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| | | under subsection (3) where— |
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| | | (a) | information supplied by them is false or incomplete, but |
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| | | (b) | they have taken steps specified by the regulations to ensure its |
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| | | accuracy or completeness. |
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| | | (6) | “Residential premises” means premises that are— |
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| | | (a) | occupied by one or more persons as a home (but not necessarily |
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| | | as their only or main home), and |
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| | | (b) | a “dwelling”, a “house in multiple occupation” or |
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| | | “accommodation for the elderly” within the meaning of |
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| | | paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 4A. |
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| | | (7) | Where a person is the “owner” of premises by virtue of being agent or |
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| | | trustee (see section 219(1)) the duty and liability under this section attach |
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| | | to the principal (and not to the agent or trustee). |
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| | | (8) | “The Minister” means— |
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| | | (a) | the Secretary of State, in relation to services provided by an |
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| | | undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in England, and |
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| | | (b) | the Welsh Ministers, in relation to services provided by an |
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| | | undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales (for which |
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| | | purpose section 213 applies with references to the Secretary of |
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| | | State and either House of Parliament being taken as references to |
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| | | the Welsh Ministers and the National Assembly for Wales).” |
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| | | (2) | Transitional provision of an order commencing this section may, in particular, |
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| | | provide for application of the duty in new section 144C(2) to depend on service |
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| | | of a notice by an undertaker.’. |
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