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Clause 6

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD ADDINGTON

     Page 4, line 15, after ("below") insert ("on payment of the cost of the meter and of its installation.")

     Page 4, leave out lines 19 to 25, and insert--

    ("(3)  A measured charges notice shall be of no effect if--
(a)  it is not reasonably practicable to fix charges in respect of the premises by reference to the volume of water supplied, or

(b)  it would result in an increase in charges to any other customer.")

Clause 7

BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE
THE LORD ADDINGTON

     Page 6, line 25, at end insert--

("Unmeasured charges notice. 144C.--(1)  Where--

(a)  water is supplied by a water undertaker to premises in which, or in any part of which, a person has his home, and

(b)  charges in respect of those premises are fixed by virtue of any charges scheme under section 143 above by reference to the volume of water supplied, and

(c)  that person has not previously given to the undertaker a measured charges notice,

the consumer may at any time give the undertaker a notice, (in this section referred to as an "unmeasured charges notice"), requiring the undertaker to fix charges in respect of the supply without reference to the volume of water supplied.

    (2)  A water undertaker must give effect to an unmeasured charges notice before the end of a period determined in accordance with the undertaker's charges scheme.".")

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	Clause 6
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD ADDINGTON
	Page 4, line 15, after ("below") insert ("on payment of the cost of the meter and of its installation.")
	Page 4, leave out lines 19 to 25, and insert-- ("(3) A measured charges notice shall be of no effect if-- (a) it is not reasonably practicable to fix charges in respect of the premises by reference to the volume of water supplied, or (b) it would result in an increase in charges to any other customer.")
	Clause 7
	BY THE BARONESS HAMWEE THE LORD ADDINGTON
	Page 6, line 25, at end insert--
	("Unmeasured charges notice.	144C.--(1) Where--
		(a) water is supplied by a water undertaker to premises in which, or in any part of which, a person has his home, and
		(b) charges in respect of those premises are fixed by virtue of any charges scheme under section 143 above by reference to the volume of water supplied, and
		(c) that person has not previously given to the undertaker a measured charges notice,
	the consumer may at any time give the undertaker a notice, (in this section referred to as an "unmeasured charges notice"), requiring the undertaker to fix charges in respect of the supply without reference to the volume of water supplied. (2) A water undertaker must give effect to an unmeasured charges notice before the end of a period determined in accordance with the undertaker's charges scheme.".")