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Clause 5 | |
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BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON | |
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Page 3, line 44, at end insert--
("( ) The power to make regulations under this section shall only be exercised after consultation with such persons and bodies as the Secretary of State considers it appropriate to consult in relation to the proposed regulations."") | |
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Page 3, line 44, at end insert--
("( ) No regulations shall be made under this section unless a draft has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament."") | |
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Clause 6 | |
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BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON | |
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Page 4, line 25, at end insert--
("In either of those cases, the undertaker may instead fix charges in respect of those premises on the basis of average consumption of water in premises of comparable size.") | |
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Clause 7 | |
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BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON | |
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Page 6, line 4, leave out ("either") | |
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Page 6, line 14, at end insert (", or
(c) there would have been grounds for altering the rating valuation under Part V of the General Rates Act 1967 (notwithstanding any repeal of that Part) as it applied to the premises.")
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Page 6, line 25, at end insert--
("(5) Any dispute arising under subsection (2)(c) above shall be referred to the Director for determination under section 30A by any party to the dispute."") | |
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Clause 11 | |
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BY THE BARONESS MILLER OF HENDON | |
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Page 8, line 8, at end insert-- | |
| | ("209B.--(1) Whenever in the case of private dwellinghouses which are not subject to section 144B and which constitute the whole or any part of any building divided into flats it is not reasonably practicable for the water undertaker for the purpose of charging for the water supplied to each dwellinghouse in the said building on a volumetric basis to install or connect a meter to each such dwellinghouse, or to do so would involve the incurring by the undertaker of unreasonable expense, then the undertaker may accede to or adopt one or other of the courses set out in subsections (2) and (3) below.
(2) The first course of action referred to in subsection (1) above is as follows--
(a) the owner of the building may demand from the undertaker a supply of water for the building in accordance with sections 52 to 54 above,
(b) the undertaker shall be entitled to fix, demand and recover from the owner of the building charges for the supply of water by reference to the volume supplied in accordance with sections 142 and 143 above, and
(c) subject to the terms of the lease under which each such dwellinghouse is held by the respective occupier thereof but subject also to the provisions of sections 143A and 150 above, the owner shall be entitled to recover charges from the occupier for the re-supply to them of such water.
(3) The second course of action referred to in subsection (1) above is that the undertaker may, in respect of those dwellinghouses, fix demand and recover charges assessed on the basis of the average consumption of water in dwellinghouses of comparable size in accordance with the provisions of sections 142 to 143A above.
(4) In this section "owner" means the immediate lessor of the occupiers of the dwellinghouses in the said building or any management organisation managing the building of which the dwellinghouse forms part.
(5) Any dispute arising under this section shall be referred to Director for determination under section 30A by any party to the dispute."") | Water undertaker
to install meter
to each
dwellinghouse. |
