Water Services Act 2007
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Sewage facilities for vessels, etc. |
68.— (1) For the purposes of this section— | |
“ temporary dwellings ” means any— | ||
(a) tent, or | ||
(b) van or other conveyance (whether on wheels or not), or | ||
(c) shed, hut or similar structure, | ||
used on a temporary basis for human habitation or constructed or adapted for such use; | ||
“ traveller community ” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2 of the Equal Status Act 2000 ; | ||
“ vehicle ” includes any car, van, bus, lorry, truck or train; | ||
“ vessel ” means a water-borne craft of any type, whether self-propelled or not, and includes any air-cushion craft, ship, boat, barge or lighter. | ||
(2) A water services authority may provide or arrange for the provision of facilities for the reception and disposal of sewage from vessels, vehicles, aircraft or temporary dwellings, and may impose fees or other charges for the provision or use of such facilities. | ||
(3) The power to impose fees or other charges under subsection (2) applies notwithstanding any provision in any enactment prohibiting the making of a charge for the provision of water services to a household for domestic purposes, with the exception that a charge may not be made to a household in the traveller community for water services for domestic purposes provided since 31 December 1996. |