Water Charges (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 (G.S.I. No. 38 of 2008)

The Water Charges (Amendment) Regulations, 2008 GUERNSEY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT Made Coming into operation Laid before the States July, 2008 1" January, 2009 2008 I GREFFE ROYAL COURT 1 7 JUL 2008 GUERNSEY THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 17 of the Loi ayant rapport a la Fourniture d'Eau par les Etats de cette Ile aux Habitants de la dite Ile, 1927, as amendeda, section 1 of the b Fees, Charges and Penalties (Guernsey) Law, 2007 and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby make these following Regulations: 1 Increase in water charges for 2009. 1. For paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Schedule to the Water Charges Ordinance 1991C, as amended, substitute the following paragraphs a Ordres en Conseil Vol. VIII, p. 112; Vol. XXVI, b.536; Vol. XXVII, p. 136; and Vol. XXIX, p. 594. b Order in Council No. VII of 2008. C Tome XXV, p. 287; Ordinance XLVII of 2004. " 1. The charges which may be made in 2009 under section 5 for a supply of water to a property by measure are (a) a charge of £1.60 per cubic metre of water supplied, and (b) the quarterly charge in column 2 below appearing opposite the size shown in column 1 of the meter which measures the property's supply. 2. The charge which may be made in 2009 under section 4 or 6 for a supply of water for domestic purposes to a property otherwise than by measure is the quarterly charge in column 2 below and a quarterly charge of £0.41 multiplied by each assessable unit of the property as calculated for the purposes of property tax under the provisions of the Taxation of Real Property (Guernsey and Alderney) Ordinance, 2007~. 1. Size of meter 15 mm (lh") 20 mm (% ") 25 mm (1 ") 40 mm (1 '/2 ") 50 mm (2") 75 mm (3") 100 mm (4") 2. Quarterly charge £26.93 £34.99 £38.77 £43.62 £46.14 £48.48 £53.30 Ordinance No. XXXIU of 2007, amended by No. X hf 2008. Rate per assessable unit of TRP £0.41 Quarterly charge £26.93 Amendment of section 7 2. For sections 7(1) and 7(2), substitute "7. (1) Where a new property is supplied with water for domestic purposes by the Department and no assessable unit of the property has been calculated in respect of that property for the purposes of the Taxation of Real Property (Guernsey and Alderney) Ordinance, 2007, the Department may, for the purposes of calculating the charges which may be made under section 4 or 6 for the supply, estimate the assessable units of the property for that property. (2) If the assessable units of real property, when inscribed in the property tax register established under the Taxation of Real Property (Guernsey and Alderney) Ordinance, 2007, differ from the assessable units of the property so estimated, the amount (if any) by which the charges actually paid differ from the charges which would have been payable had they been calculated according to the inscribed assessable units of the property, shall be refunded by or (as the case may be) paid to the Department. Repeals 3. The Water Charges (Amendment) Order, 2007~, is repealed. Interpretation. 4. (1) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948~ applies to the interpretation of these Regulations. (2) Any reference in these Regulations to an enactment is a reference thereto as from time to time amended, re-enacted (with or without e GSI No. 29 of 2007. Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 355. ' . modification), Citation. extended applied 5. These Regulations may Regulations, 2008. be cited as the Water Charges (Amendment) Commencement. 6. These Regulations ome into force on the 1" January, 2009. Minister of the States Public Services Department For and on behalf of the Department EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulations) These Regulations prescribe the charges which will be made for the supply of water for 2009. These Regulations come into force on IS' January, 2009.