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Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (2016 Chapter 7).

Country/Territory
United Kingdom
Document type
Legislation
Date
2016
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to amend, and to confer power to amend, the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006; and for connected purposes.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Water supply Institution Sewerage Sustainable development
Geographical area
Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe
Abstract

This Act amends the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 so as to ensure that the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development continues subsidy payments to Northern Ireland Water Ltd (NI Water) in lieu of household water charges. It also: stipulates that Schedule 1 (which amends Chapter 1 of Part 4 of the 2006 Order so as to align the procedures for making water resources management plans and drought plans, and to permit them to be prepared in a single document) has effect; provides for the power of the Department to remove or relax duty to install water meters when making domestic connections; defines “sustainable drainage system” and provides for some matters in respect of sewerage.

Full text
English
Website
www.opsi.gov.uk

References - Legislation

Amends

Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. No. 3336 (N.I. 21) of 2006).

Legislation | United Kingdom | 2006

Keyword: Basic legislation, Water supply, Institution, Access-to-information, Data collection/reporting, Water abstraction, Water rights

Source: FAO, FAOLEX