[150A Billing disputes]
Water Industry Act 1991 (1991 c 56) | Legislation

[150A  Billing disputes]

[(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision for billing disputes to be referred to [the Authority] for determination in accordance with the regulations.

(2)     In this section “billing dispute” means a dispute between a relevant undertaker and a customer concerning the amount of the charge which the undertaker is entitled to recover from the customer in connection with—

(a)     the supply of water for domestic purposes, in the case of a water undertaker; and

(b)     the provision of sewerage services other than by the carrying out of trade effluent functions, in the case of a sewerage undertaker.

(3)     Regulations under this section may only be made after consulting—

(a)     [the Authority]; and

(b)     persons or bodies appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of persons likely

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