Water Charges (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 (S.I. No. 2 of 2014)

GREFFE ROYAL COURT — 9 JAN 2014 GUERNSEY STATUTORY INSTRUMENT GUERNSEY 2014 No. 2 The Water Charges (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 Made 9th January, 2014 Coming into operation 10” January, 2014 Laid before the States 2014 THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 17 of the Lol ayant rapport a Ia Fourniture d’Eau par les Etats de cette lie aux Habitants de Ia dite lIe, 1927, as amendeda, sections 1 and 5 of the Fees, Charges and Penalties (Guernsey) Law, 2007b and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations: Increase in water charaes. 1. For paragraphs I and 2 of the Schedule to the Water Charges Ordinance l99l~, as amended, substitute the following paragraphs “1. The charges which may be made under section 5 for a supply of water to a property by measure in 2014 and thereafter are a Ordres en Conseil Vol. VIII, p. 112, as amended by Ordres en Conseil Vol. XI, p. 236; Vol. XV, p. 272; Vol. XXVI, p. 536; Vol. XXX, pp. 118 and 219; and Vol. XXXIII, p. 133. b Order in Council No. VII of 2008, amended by No. VIII of 2010; and Recueil d’Ordonnances Tome XXXIII, p. 38: and Ordinance No. IV of 2011. C Recueil S Ordonnances Tome XXV, p. 287; as amended by Tome XXIX, pp. 406 and 594; G.S.I. No. 33 of 2006; G.S.I. No. 40 of 2006; G.S.I. No. 29 of 2007; G.S.I. No. 38 of 2008; G.S.I No. 78 of 2009; G.S.I. No. 114 of 2010; G.S.I. No. 47 of 2011; and G.S.I. No. 76 of 2012. (a) a charge of £1.88 per cubic metre of water supplied, and (b) the quarterly charge in column 2 below appearing opposite the size shown in column I of the meter which measures the property’s supply. I. 2. Size of meter Quarterly charge l5mmQ2”) £27.01 20 mm (¼”) £40.27 25 mm (1”) £44.62 40mm (1V2”) £50.21 50 mm (2”) £53.11 75 mm (3”) £55.80 100mm (4”) £61.36 2. The charge which may be made under section 4 or 6 for a supply of water for domestic purposes, in 2014 and thereafter, to a property otherwise than by measure is the quarterly charge in column 2 below and a quarterly charge of £0.51 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, 2O07’~. 1. 2. Rate per assessable unit of TRP Quarterly charge £0.51 £27.01 d Recueil d’Ordonnances Tome XXXII, p.504, as amended Order in Council No. XIII of 2010; Recueil d’Ordonnances Tome XXXIII, p. 45, 332 and 674; No. LIII of 2010; Ordinance No. LIII of 2010; No. XLVIII of 2011; No. XIII of 2012; No. LI of2012; G.S.I. No. 54 of 2008; G.S.I. No.109 of 2010; No. 40 of 2011; and No. 51 of 2013. Revocation. 2. The Water Charges (Amendment) Regulations, 2012e are revoked. Interpretation. 3. (1) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, I948~ 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 modification), extended or applied. Transitional 4. (1) Notwithstanding regulation 1, the charges which may be made under section 5 of the Water Charges Ordinance, 1991 taken together with paragraph 1(a) of the Schedule to that Ordinance, in respect of a supply of water to a property by measure on or before the 9th January, 2014, shall be £1.85 per cubic metre of water supplied, instead ofll.88 per cubic metre of water supplied. Citation. 5. These Regulations may be cited as the Water Charges (Amendment) Regulations, 2014. Commencement. 6. These Regulations come into force on the 10th January, 2014. G.S.I. No. 76 of 2012. Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 355. Dated this 9th day of January, 2014 DE UTYPALU ON 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 water supplied by the Department in 2014 and thereafter. A transitional provision is made for the volume-based charge in paragraph 1(a) of the Schedule to the Water Charges Ordinance 1991. Water supplied to a property by measure before the commencement of these Regulations will be charged at £1.85, instead of~1.88, per cubic metre. These Regulations come into force on the 0th January, 2014.