Section 143B: Rules about charges schemes, Water Industry Act 1991

The Authority may issue rules about charges schemes under section 143.

Rules under this section may in particular—

make provision about the types of charges that may be imposed;

make provision about the amount or maximum amount, or the methods for determining the amount or maximum amount, of any type of charge;

make provision about the principles for determining what types of charges may or may not be imposed;

make provision about principles for determining the amount of any charge that may be imposed;

require particular schemes of charges to be available in specified cases;

make provision about the timing of payment of charges;

require charges schemes to be published;

make provision about how charges schemes are to be published.

The rules may provide for the reduction of charges under a charges scheme where conditions specified by the rules are satisfied.

Rules made by virtue of subsection (3) may in particular specify conditions about—

taking steps for the purpose of reducing or managing water consumption;

taking steps for the purpose of reducing or managing the discharge of matter from premises;

taking steps for the purpose of reducing the volume of surface water entering public sewers or the rate at which it does so.

The provisions of charges schemes must comply with rules issued under this section.

The rules may make different provision for different cases, including different provision in relation to different, or different descriptions of, persons, circumstances or localities.

The power to make rules under this section may not be exercised for the purpose of limiting the total revenues of relevant undertakers from charges fixed by or in accordance with charges schemes.

The Authority may from time to time revise rules issued under this section and issue revised rules.

The Authority must issue revised rules if—

guidance is issued under section 143E, and

the Authority, having regard to that guidance, considers that it is appropriate to revise the rules.

Revised rules may include provision for applying any of their revisions to charges schemes under section 143 made before the revised rules come into effect.

Section 143B: Rules about charges schemes

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