9 Main connections into sewerage systems
Water Act 2014 (2014 c 21) | Legislation

9  Main connections into sewerage systems

(1)     For section 110A of the Water Industry Act 1991 (new connections with public sewers) there is substituted—

“110A Main connections

(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a qualifying person requests a sewerage undertaker to permit a main connection into the established undertaker's sewerage system for the benefit of the qualifying person, or

(b)     a sewerage undertaker proposes such an arrangement;

and references in this section to the established undertaker are references to the sewerage undertaker who is to permit the main connection.

(2)     In this section “qualifying person” means—

(a)     a sewerage undertaker, or

(b)     a person who has made an application for an appointment or variation under section 8 which has not been determined.

(3)     On the application of the qualifying person or the established undertaker, the Authority may—

(a)     if it appears to the Authority that it is necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Part that the established undertaker should permit a main connection into its sewerage system, and

(b)     if the Authority is satisfied that the established undertaker and qualifying person cannot reach agreement,

by order require the established undertaker to permit the connection

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