Water Services (Exempt Charges) (Amendment) Bill 2014

BILL

Entitled

An Act to make provision whereby an owner of a dwelling shall not be charged
for water provided to him or her by Irish Water in circumstances where the
water being provided is either subject to a boiled water notice or is
contaminated by a negative condition and such owner shall remain exempt from
having to pay water charges for the period such notice remains or such
contamination exists.


BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Citation
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Water Services (Exempt Charges) Act
2014
(2) The Water Services Acts 2007 to 2013 and this Act may be cited
together as the Water Services Acts 2007 to 2014 and shall be read
together as one
(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as may be
fixed by order or orders of the Minister








Amendment to section 21 of the Water Services (No 2) Act 2013
2. Section 21 of the Water Services (No. 2) Act 2013 is hereby amended
by the insertion of a new subsection (8A) as follows:-

(8A) Irish Water shall not charge a customer for the provision of
water services to his or her dwelling in circumstances where the water
being provided to such dwelling is either

(a) subject to a boiled water notice
or
(b) contaminated by a negative water condition
or
(c) both (a) and (b)


ACTS REFERRED TO:
Water Services (No.2) Act 2013 number 50 of 2013

Introduced by: Deputy Barry Cowen