55 Supplies for non-domestic purposes
Water Industry Act 1991 (1991 c 56) | Legislation

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55  Supplies for non-domestic purposes

(1)     This section applies where the owner or occupier of any premises in the area of a water undertaker requests the undertaker to provide a supply of water to those premises and—

(a)     the premises are premises which do not consist in the whole or any part of a building; or

(b)     the requested supply is for purposes other than domestic purposes.

[(1A)     This section also applies where—

(a)     a water undertaker is requested to provide a supply of water to premises which are not in the undertaker's area by the owner or occupier of the premises;

(b)     the premises are household premises (as defined in section 17C above) or [, in the case of premises to be supplied using the supply system of a water undertaker whose area is wholly or mainly in Wales,] the total quantity of water estimated to be supplied to the premises annually for the purposes of subsection (2) of section 17D above is less than the quantity specified in that subsection; and

(c)

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