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Performance of certain functions by metering authorities.
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20.— (1) The functions of each water services authority under paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 32 of the Act of 2007 shall, in addition to being performable by a water services authority, be performable by a metering authority in so far only as they relate to premises that contain one or more dwellings, and references in any enactment or instrument under an enactment to a water services authority shall, to the extent that they relate to any such function, be construed as including references to a metering authority.
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(2) For the purposes of this Part and subject to subsection (3), the functions (other than the functions referred to in subsection (1)) of a water services authority under the Act of 2007 shall, in addition to being performable by a water services authority, be performable by a metering authority—
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(a) in the like manner as they would be performable by a water services authority,
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(b) subject to the like consent and conditions (if any) as would apply if the functions were being performed by a water services authority, and
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(c) to the extent only that their performance is necessary or expedient for the performance of functions referred to in subsection (1).
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(3) For the avoidance of doubt, the functions to which this section applies shall be performable by—
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(a) a water services authority,
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(b) a metering authority, or
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(c) jointly by both metering authorities.
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