Section 62: Disconnections at request of customer.

Water Industry Act 1991 · 1991 c. 56View on legislation.gov.uk

Part III: WATER SUPPLY — chapter II: SUPPLY DUTIES

Subject to the following provisions of this section, a water undertaker may—

disconnect a service pipe which for the purposes of providing a supply of water to any premises is connected with any water main of that undertaker; or
otherwise cut off a supply of water to any premises,

if notice specifying the time after which a supply of water to those premises will no longer be required has been served on the undertaker by a consumer and that time has passed.

No person shall be liable to a water undertaker for any expenses incurred by the undertaker in exercising the power conferred on the undertaker by this section.

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