Water Services Act 2017
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Notice of provision of water services exceeding threshold amount | ||
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11. The Act of 2007 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 53C (inserted by section 10 ): | ||
“53D. (1) Irish Water shall give a notice to a customer to whom, over a 12 month period, in relation to a dwelling, Irish Water provides water services exceeding the threshold amount. | ||
(2) In the notice under subsection (1) Irish Water shall— | ||
(a) identify the 12 month period concerned, | ||
(b) inform the customer that the threshold amount has been exceeded in that 12 month period, and | ||
(c) inform the customer that subsection (3) shall apply if the threshold amount continues to be exceeded over the 6 month period beginning on the day of the giving of the notice. | ||
(3) A customer in relation to whose dwelling Irish Water provides water services exceeding the threshold amount over the 6 month period commencing on the day of the giving of a notice under subsection (1), shall be liable, in accordance with section 21 (amended by section 15 of the Water Services Act 2017) of the No. 2 Act of 2013, to pay Irish Water for any such water services provided by Irish Water that exceed the threshold amount— | ||
(a) during that 6 month period, and | ||
(b) during any period after the expiration of that 6 month period.”. |