Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order applies the following provisions of the Water Act 1989 to the Isles of Scilly with appropriate modifications–
(a)
sections 49, 64 and 66 (power to disconnect service pipes and cut off supplies);
(b)
sections 75 to 81 and Schedule 10 (charges for water supplies and sewerage services and metering);
(c)
sections 131 to 135 and Schedule 14 (drought etc.);
(d)
sections 174, 175, 177 to 180, 182, 185, 187, 189 and 192 and certain provisions of Schedule 26 and of Part I of Schedule 27 (miscellaneous and supplemental provisions).