Water Services Act 2017
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Amendment of section 21 of No. 2 Act of 2013 | ||
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15. Section 21 of the No. 2 Act of 2013 is amended— | ||
(a) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2): | ||
“(2A) The charging of customers of Irish Water for the provision of water services under this section is deemed to be part of the approved water charges plan.”, | ||
(b) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (6): | ||
“(6) Irish Water shall not charge— | ||
(a) for the provision of water services (other than water services referred to in subsection (6A)) to a dwelling (including its curtilage), or | ||
(b) for water services provided to a fire authority within the meaning of the Fire Services Act 1981 .”, | ||
(c) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (6) (amended by paragraph (b)): | ||
“(6A) Irish Water shall charge for the provision of the following water services to a dwelling (including its curtilage): | ||
(a) services that exceed the threshold amount in respect of which a customer is liable to make a payment under section 53D (inserted by section 11 of the Water Services Act 2017) of the Act of 2007; | ||
(b) services referred to in paragraph (b) of section 3 (16) of the Water Services Act 2014 ; | ||
(c) services referred to in paragraph (c) of section 3 (16) of the Water Services Act 2014 .”, | ||
(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (8): | ||
“(8A) The amount of a charge for provision of water services that exceed the threshold amount may be calculated by Irish Water in relation to such provision over a period of less than 12 months (in this subsection referred to as the ‘lesser period’) in such proportion as is equal to the proportion of that lesser period to a period of 12 months.”, | ||
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(e) in subsection (9), by the deletion of the definition of “dwelling”. |