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WATER MANAGEMENT ACT 2000 - SECT 283
Definitions
283 Definitions
In this Part--
"area of operations" of a water supply authority means the area of operations
prescribed by the regulations in relation to that authority.
"charging year" , in relation to a water supply authority, means--
(a) the
period of 12 months declared by an order in force under Division 6 to be the
charging year for the water supply authority, or
(b) if the charging year is
changed under that Division by a further order, the period between the end of
one charging year and the beginning of the next.
"development area" means an area of land declared by an order in force under
Division 6 to be a development area.
"drainage area" means an area of land declared by an order in force under
Division 6 to be a drainage area.
"drainage service" means that part of drainage pipework up to its point of
connection to a water supply authority's drainage system.
"drainage service pipe" means a pipe connecting a drainage service to a water
supply authority's drainage system, and includes the plumbing fittings
connected to the pipe.
"floodplain" means an area of land declared by an order in force under
Division 6 to be a floodplain.
"meter" includes any measuring device.
"plumbing fitting" includes any pipe, apparatus or fixture used for plumbing
work.
"plumbing work" means work comprising or affecting-- (a) a water supply
service pipe or its connection (whether directly or indirectly) with a water
supply authority's water supply system, or
(b) a sewerage service pipe or its
connection (whether directly or indirectly) with a water supply authority's
sewerage system, or
(c) a drainage service pipe or its connection (whether
directly or indirectly) with a water supply authority's drainage system.
"river management area" means an area of land declared by an order in force
under Division 6 to be a river management area.
"service charge" means any of the following-- (a) a water service charge,
(b)
a sewerage service charge,
(c) a drainage service charge,
(d) a loan service
charge,
(e) a developmental works service charge,
(f) a flood mitigation
service charge,
(g) a river management service charge, or
(h) a special
industry service charge,
that may be levied under Division 6.
"sewage work" means a work (such as a pump, pipe or channel) for the purpose
of removing sewage or other waste matter from land, including a reticulated
system of such works, and includes-- (a) all associated pipes, valves, pumps
and other equipment, and
(b) all sewage treatment or sewage processing plants
and their outfalls and drainage beds,
but does not include any work declared
by the regulations not to be a sewage work.
"sewerage service" means that part of sewerage pipework, including all
sanitary fixtures, up to its point of connection to a water supply authority's
sewerage system.
"sewerage service pipe" means a pipe connecting a sewerage service to a water
supply authority's sewerage system, and includes the plumbing fittings
connected to the pipe.
"special area" means an area of land declared under Division 4 to be a special
area.
"special industry" means an industry declared by an order in force under
Division 6 to be a special industry.
"water management work" means a water supply work, drainage work, sewage work
or flood work, and includes a work in the nature of a water supply work (being
a work that receives water from a water supply work under the control or
management of a water supply authority).
"water supply service" means that part of water supply pipework from its point
of connection to a water supply authority's water supply system up to and
including its outlet valves.
"water supply service pipe" means a pipe connecting a water supply service to
a water supply authority's water supply system, and includes the plumbing
fittings connected to the pipe.
"water supply work" includes any work that receives water from a water supply
work under the control or management of a water supply authority.
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