Section 122 | Rating of statutory water undertakings.

(1)The following section shall be substituted for section 31 of the 1967 Act—

31Statutory water undertakings.

(1)The rateable values of the hereditaments in any rating district which are occupied, otherwise than as dwellings, for the water purposes of a statutory water undertaking (hereafter in this section and in Schedule 4 to this Act referred to as “water hereditaments” of the undertaking) shall be ascertained in accordance with the provisions of the said Schedule 4.

(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) of this section, a hereditament is occupied for the water purposes of a statutory water undertaking if it is occupied for the purposes of any of the undertakers’ functions with respect to the supply of water.

(3)In this section and the said Schedule 4, references to statutory water undertakers shall be construed in accordance with section 11(6) of the Water Act 1973 (and references to statutory water undertakings shall be construed accordingly).

(2)This section shall have effect in relation to any proposal made on or after 10 March 1988 which is outstanding on the passing of this Act but shall not have effect in relation to any proposal made before 10 March 1988.