Wastewater Charges (Guernsey) Regulations, 2011 (S.I. No. 48 of 2011)

GREFFE ROYAL COURT GUERNSEY STATUTORY INSTRUMEN 2011 No.l+<6 15 DEC 2011 ~ GUERNSEY The Wastewater Charges (Guernsey) Regulations, 2011 Made Coming into operation Laid before the States ISh December 2011 lSI January, 2012 2011 THE PUBLIC SERVICES DEPARTMENT, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 1 and 5 of the Fees, Charges and Penalties (Guernsey) Law, 20078 and all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations: New wastewater charges prescribed. 1. Regulation 2 has effect to prescribe (a) Charge A and Charge B of the wastewater charges in the 2009 Law, and (b) Rate 1 and Rate 2 specified in the Schedule to the 2009 Law for the purposes of calculating Charge C under that Law. a Order in Council No. VII of 2008; as amended by Ordinance No. IV of 2011; Recueil d'Ordonnances Tome XXXIII, p. 38; and Order in Council No. VIII of 2010. Amendments to the 2009 Law. 2. The 2009 Law is amended by substituting, in the Schedule to that Law, for the amount or rate set out in column 2 of the table below, the amount or rate set out in the corresponding entry in column 3 of the table below Relevant Charge or Former amount or Current amount or Rate rate rate (Column 1) (Column 2) (Column 3) Charge A £30 £30.84 Charge B £50 £51.44 Rate 1 (for Charge C) £0.61 £0.62 Rate 2 (for Charge C) £0. 13 £0.14 Interpretation. 3. (1) In these Regulations "the 2009 Law" means the Wastewater Charges (Guernsey) Law, 2009 b , and "the commencement date" means the date specified in regulation 6 for the commencement of these Regulations. (2) The Interpretation (Guernsey) Law, 1948< applies to the interpretation of these Regulations. b Order in Council No. VIII of 2010; commenced by Ordinance No. LI of 2010. < Ordres en Conseil Vol. XIII, p. 355. 2 (3) 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 provisions. 4. (1) This regulation applies to any written account served by the Department under section 8 of the 2009 Law which concerns both (a) an amount of metered water supplied by the Department to a metered property before the commencement date, and (b) an amount of metered water so supplied on or after the commencement date. (2) In calculating Charge C of the 2009 Law (under section 5(1) (a) of that Law) for the purposes of a written account to which this regulation applies, the Department must apply (a) former Rate 1 in relation to the proportion of metered water estimated to be supplied to the metered property before the commencement date, and (b) current Rate 1 in relation to the proportion of metered water estimated to be supplied to the metered property on or after the commencement date. (3) In this regulation "current Rate 1" means the rate specified as Rate 1 (for Charge C) in column 3 of the table in regulation 2, 3 "former Rate 1" means the the rate specified as Rate 1 (for Charge C) in column 2 of the table in regulation 2, "metered property" has the meaning given by section 18(1) of the 2009 Law, and "metered water" has the meaning given by section 18(1) of the 2009 Law. Citation. 5. These Regulations may be cited as the Wastewater Charges (Guernsey) Regulations, 2011. Commencement. 6. These Regulations come into force on the l~ of January, 2012. EPUTY B M FLOUQUET Minister of the States Public Services Department For and on behalf of the Department 4 EXPLANATORY NOTE (This note is not pan a/the Regulations) These Regulations prescribe new wastewater charges and rates applying under the Wastewater Charges (Guernsey) Law, 2009. These Regulations will come into force on the 1" of January, 2012. 5