The local authority may also enter into agreements for supplying water by meter, or otherwise, on such terms as may be agreed between them and the persons receiving the supply, and shall have the like powers for recovering water charges under such agreements as they have for recovering water rates.
Any ten persons rated to the general rate in a borough or urban district, or any five persons rated to the general rate in a contributory place in a rural district, if aggrieved by the refusal of the local authority to make charges in respect of all water supplied by them under this Act in that borough, district or contributory place, or by their refusal to make such charges as those ratepayers deem reasonable and adequate, may appeal to the Minister, and the Minister may make such order in the matter as he thinks fit.