Moved by
Lord Oxburgh
74: After Clause 38, insert the following new Clause—
“Restriction on undertakers’ power to require fixing of charges by reference to volume
(1) The Water Industry Act 1991 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 144B (restrictions on undertakers’ power to require fixing of charges by reference to volume), after subsection (1) there is inserted—
“(1A) Subsection (2) below shall not apply where the water undertaker considers that the fixing of charges by reference to volume is required to allow it to meet its duties under section 37(1)(a) (providing supplies of water) or section 93A (duty to promote the efficient use of water) and that measures for fixing of charges by reference to volume have been included in both the water undertaker’s draft water resources management plan as set out in section 37B and any such plan published as set out in section 37B(8)(a).””