162 Works in connection with metering
Water Industry Act 1991 (1991 c 56) | Legislation

162  Works in connection with metering

(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this section, to section 148 above and to the provisions of Chapter III of this Part, where—

[(a)     subsection (1A) below applies to a relevant undertaker in respect of any premises; and]

(b)     there is either—

(i)     a service pipe which is connected with a water undertaker's water main and by which a supply of water is or could be provided to those premises or to any building in which those premises are contained; or

(ii)     a drain or private sewer which connects those premises with a public sewer,

the undertaker shall have power, in accordance with section 172 below or otherwise, to carry out any works specified in subsection (3) below.

[(1A)     This subsection applies to a relevant undertaker in respect of any premises if—

(a)     the undertaker has fixed any charges in relation to any premises by reference to volume, [or]

(b)     the undertaker is entitled so to fix any charges because the person who is the consumer in relation to the premises for the purposes of Chapter I of Part V of this Act has exercised his right to give—

(i)     a measured charges

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