Water Meters Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. No. 422 of 2016)

S T A T U T O R Y R U L E S O F N O R T H E R N I R E L A N D 2016 No. 422 WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES The Water Meters Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 Laid before the Assembly in draft Made - - - - 6th December 2016 Coming into operation - 7th December 2016 The Department for Infrastructure (a) makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(1) and (2) of the Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (b). A consultation has been carried out in accordance with the requirements of section 3(7) of the Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016. Citation, commencement and interpretation 1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Water Meters Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 7th December 2016. (2) In these Regulations “the Order” means the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006(c). (3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 (d) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly. Amendments 2. The effect of Article 81(2)(a) of the Order is hereby suspended in relation to: (a) any connection notice served in respect of a private dwelling house on or after the date these Regulations come into operation; and (a) Formerly the Department for Regional Development; see section 1(6) and Schedule 1 of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c.5) (b) 2016 c.7 (N.I.) (c) 2006/3336 (N.I.21) (d) 1954 c.33 (N.I.) 2 (b) any connection notice served before that date where a meter has not already been installed and connected pursuant to the conditions imposed by virtue of that provision. 3. The effect of Article 81(3) of the 2006 Order is also suspended insofar as it relates to specifications for the purposes of any private dwelling house to which Article 81(2)(a) applies. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Infrastructure on 6th December 2016 Linda MacHugh A senior officer of the Department for Infrastructure 3 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not part of the Regulation) Regulation 2(a) suspends the requirement, as stated in Article 81 of the Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (the Order), for Northern Ireland Water to install water meters at all new domestic water connections. Regulation 2(b) suspends the requirement for Northern Ireland Water to install water meters where a connection notice has been served but has not yet been installed at the commencement date of the Regulation. Regulation 3 suspends the requirement for Northern Ireland Water to approve or publish specifications for water meters for use in private domestic dwellings. © Crown copyright 2016 Printed in the UK by The Stationery Office Limited under the authority and superintendence of Carol Tullo, Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office being the Government Printer for Northern Ireland and the Officer appointed to print Acts of the Northern Ireland Assembly. £4.25 NI201612064 12/2016 19585 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/nisr/2016/422