{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-water-undertaking-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-water-undertaking-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2008/226",
  "legislation_title": "The Valuation (Water Undertaking) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/valuation-water-undertaking-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Northern Ireland Water Limited",
  "text": "(1) Anything which would (apart from these Regulations) be more than one hereditament shall be treated as one hereditament if it is—\n(a) occupied by or, if unoccupied, owned by Northern Ireland Water Limited for the purposes of its duties as a water undertaker under Part 1V of the 2006 Order; and\n(b) occupied by any reservoir, water treatment plant, water pumping station, depot, pipelines or other apparatus used for the supply, distribution or treatment of water or for a purpose connected with or ancillary thereto.\n(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not include—\n(a) any water fittings;\n(b) any property used for the purposes of a waste water treatment works; or\n(c) any office premises unless they are situate on operational land.\n(3) In this regulation “operational land”, in relation to Northern Ireland Water Limited, means land which is used for any purpose referred to in paragraph (1)(b) not being land which, in respect of its nature and situation, is comparable rather with land in general than with land which is used for that particular purpose.\n(4) The hereditament described in paragraph (1) shall be treated as occupied by Northern Ireland Water Limited.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3(4) added (31.1.2011) by Valuation (Telecommunications, Natural Gas and Water) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/431), regs. 1, 5"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 7.7.2008, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/226/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:36:20.549511+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}