Water (Reconnection Charges) Order, 2006 (G.S.I. No. 33 of 2006)

2 3 2006 No. ~3 The Water (Reconnection Charges) Order, 2006 Made Coming into operation Laid before the States 14" September, 2006 18" September, 2006 WHEREAS the charges which may be made by the Public Services Department, acting by and through Guernsey Water, for reconnecting the supply of water to a property were last fixed by an O r d i i c e of the States with effect from 1st May 1991a; WHEREAS the percentage increase in the Guernsey Retail Price Index during the period b commencing nine months prior to the effective date of that Ordinance and ending on the most recent date for which that Index has been published in a Billet d'Iftatc was 71%; NOW THEREFORE THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 17(5) of the Law entitled "Loi ayant rapport ?I la Foumiture d'Eau par les Iftats de cette fle aux Habitants de la dite $leu registered a Receuil d'Ordonnances Tome XXV, p. 287. 1st August 1990. c 3 1" March, 2006: Billet d'Iftat No. X of 2006. d on 7th May, 1927 , as amendede and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order: Variation of water charges. 1. The charges which may be made under section 12(1) of the Water Charges Ordinance, 1991 and set out in paragraph 4 of the Schedule to that Ordinance are: (a) £65 (where the Department considers that the shutting-off or subsequent reconnection of the supply in question by the Department's employee has caused that employee to undertake duties outside his normal working hours). (b) £40 (in any other case). Citation and commencement. 2. This Order may be cited as the Water (Reconnection Charges) Order, 2006 and shall come into force on the 1 8 ~ September 2006. Dated this of September, 2006. Minister of the States Public Services Department For and on behalf of the Department d Ordres en Conseil Vol. VIII, p. 112. e Ordres en Conseil Vol. XI, p.236; Vol. XV, p.274; Vol. XXVI, p.536; Vol. XXX, pp. 118 and 219; No. VII of 1991 : Article 17 was substituted by the States Water Supply (Amendment) (Guernsey) Law, 1978 (Ordres en Conseil Vol. XXVI, p.536). EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is notpart of the Order) This Order makes provision for the charging of shutting-off and subsequently reconnecting water supplies, as detailed under section 12 (1) of the Water Charges O r d i i c e , 1991. The charges are within the range of the increase in the Retail Price Index since that Ordinance was enacted on 1'' May 1991.