Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015
Amendment of section 5 of Water Services Act 2014 | ||
49. Section 5 of the Water Services Act 2014 is amended— | ||
(a) in subsection (3), by inserting “and section 5A (inserted by section 50 of the Environment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015)” after “this section”, and | ||
(b) by inserting the following subsection after subsection (3): | ||
“(3A) For the purposes of this section and section 5A, an approved housing body (being a body standing approved of for the purposes of section 6 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 ) that— | ||
(a) is in receipt of funding from the Health Service Executive under— | ||
(i) an arrangement under section 38 of the Health Act 2004 , or | ||
(ii) section 39 of the Health Act 2004 , | ||
and | ||
(b) is liable for the payment of any charge for the provision of water services to a dwelling, | ||
shall be regarded as the occupier of the dwelling.”. |