ID:
policies-16
Name:
Water Industry Act 1999
Issuing organisation:
UK Parliament
Geographical Scope:
England and Wales
Type:
Legistlation
Scientific domain:
chemistry
Type of water:
Drinking water; wastewater
Water management focus:
monitoring; management
Parameter change rate assumption:
Description:
The Water Industry Act 1999 made several important amendments to the Water Industry Act 1991. These included: removing a company’s right to disconnect domestic customers for non-payment of bills, limiting the circumstances in which companies can starting charging domestic customers on a metered basis, securing that companies could continue to charge customers on the basis of rateable value.
Status:
Effect Date:
Resource:
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/9/contents
Recommendations:
Enhanced consumer protections, including banning disconnections for non-payment and introducing debt recovery safeguards.
